Love.. isn’t extinct yet

Love is not done…it just happens if it has to be.

For no matter how hard the world may try to tear them apart…

They will always come together forever…people who are meant to be.

         What you are going to read ahead, is a love story of two such people. Yes, they are real and the story is very much true. Yes, even though both belong to the same era, where the word ‘love’ sure has become very common –so much so that anybody easily says to anyone that they love– but at the same time, genuine feelings of ‘love’ have become so rare, that most people even have given up on their belief in love.

         Today, the whole of human race seems to be in a hurry. Everyone seems to be running blindly –some knowing their own destination, and others not even that– crushing their own emotions and their people’s in the flow. People fall in love, for a while try to stay, but when realize they are not being able to maintain balance between the other aspects of life and love, they choose the former and just..simply..move on. If ever the feelings of love are genuine and true from both sides and people are willing to stay, the society comes in and crushes them over. Yes, true love does still exist but very rarely does survive. Call it the goodness of the people in my social circle, or the good quality of their efforts, or just coincidence, but I have been lucky enough to see many lovebirds around tying the knot. Of course, in every such case, their fight and willingness to get together forever is always appreciable. But the story that follows here, is one of those few that truly inspire. Reason? Read on to find out.

       She was still in her teens, just on the verge of entering her 20’s. Her name Shagun. He was 23, almost completing his education. And ready to take-off on his career. His name Jay. They didn’t study together. They didn’t stay in same locality or met in a cafe. They didn’t meet through a friend. Social networking hasn’t come in its action yet, leaving no question for them to come to know each other virtually. They just knew each other as family friends. In fact, hardly knew. In the name of having met each other, they had just seen each other few times in family gatherings. No communication whatsoever. Even though they were living in the same city, Delhi. It was year 2007 when Jay finally completed his education and went to Chennai to join his first job. Two years of working there, his all focus was on his profession. And on his goal of moving abroad. He did have friends, including girls, he did have even some of them trying hard to get into a relationship with him. But he maintained distance and paid all attention to his work. One of the reasons being that he did not feel that ways for any of them, and always had in mind that the right girl was yet to walk into his life, at the right time. At the end of this period, when finally now he was about to achieve is professional goal, that was to move abroad, he quit his job and came back to his home city, Delhi, in the month of october. It was in the next month, november, that the leads of our story finally met, when Jay visited Shagun’s family with his family once. It was love at first sight. They talked, liked each other, exchanged contact numbers, and it all began. The conversations on call. The meetings hiding from known people. The excuses to stay out of home longer. And the increasing depth of that feeling called ‘love’ with all of this. Two months passed this way. Then the month famous to be special for lovebirds was here — february 2009. Quite obvious, they confessed their love to each other and got committed. But for them, this month had brought a twist in the tale too. Yes, it was finally the time for Jay to fly abroad, USA. And with this, their relationship turned into a long-distance one. And there crept in the longings. The irritation of not being able to meet often. The usual wait, more importantly because of the time gap between the two countries, because of which they couldn’t even get to talk on call often. Emails became the more basic mode of communication. And consequentially, sometimes even quarrels. But given all the hardship, both of them chose to stay, to hold on. To fight, not with each other, but with the circumstances, to save relationship. And somehow, it all was going well. Year 2009 went, 2010 went, 2011 went and so did half of 2012. What stayed was their perseverance. The love only grew with time. Became stronger and stronger. All through this time, Jay could visit only once or twice, for a short span of time. Both of them could hardly meet then. It was finally in the month of july, 2013, that Jay came to India with adequate time and firm decision of taking things forward. They had decided to take this to parents. And they did. As it is one common thing between most of the love stories that have been, their parents went furious on coming to know of all this. The biggest reason being the difference of caste between the two families. Also, because all through this time, they had no idea what was going on, while their kids were into it. Things got spoiled between both parties. Shagun and Jay were trying tooth and nail to convince their parents to get them both married to each other, but all in vain. To make things worse, Jay’s father and Shagun’s mother very bitterly argued once. And stopped talking. Circumstances had become so miserable, that soon even Shagun and Jay had to stop communicating. Silence for next three months. Sure that both of them were not talking, but of course kept missing each other and constantly looking for a way out. But as they say, time often (if not always) heals wounds of people. It seemed , things had cooled down little bit in this case too. Both of them were trying to convince their respective parents. Soon, Jay could convince his parents to meet Shagun’s father once. Because her mother was still angry, so she decided not to meet. The day when the three of them met, she went off to her maternal uncle’s place. The things worked out well between the three, but convincing Shagun’s mother was still a big challenge. So, they had no option but to give things some more time. Gradually, somehow, everything went fine and ultimately, one month later now the fate was in the favour of the lovebirds. And finally the sun of good times rose and shone over them. They tied the nuptial knot in the first half of dec, 2013. They flew to USA by the end of the month and, of course, the year.

          Today is their first wedding anniversary. They are living a happy marital life together and feel blessed to have each other! Now, their families are glad to see them happy, too. Best wishes of their loved ones are always with them. Truly, some love stories live forever and inspire the rest of the community of true-lovers, and always will…