Memories of a bygone era

ow are  the photographs which triggered my memory.

 

  2009                                  1959

 

            Am I dreaming?   Without any provocation I drifted into the past. The pastwhichSomebody has rightly said that Love is a many splendoured thing. How true!! Speaking about Love, memories come gushing one by one into my mind.  It is all about love,  the love which  is  true, which has all the passion, which has the capability of transforming lives and which makes you feel  elated and thrilled. One moment you are alone, but the next moment when this love mania emancipates, you are not what you hitherto used to be!  Your thoughts, your feelings  and your emotions all are focused on one person, who has the capacity to change your persona without your being conscious of it. 

Given bel has all these years  been  hidden in  the womb  of     time  and which has now  surfaced  on the uppermost layer of my head and heart!! It has shaken me from my slumber and placed me gently into the lap of those days when love struck me!! It all happened fifty three years ago. Yes fifty three years have gone by since I married the man of my dreams. Fifty three years is not a short period. But both of us feel that all this happened only very recently!  The love which reigned   upon both of us culminated in uniting us forever!  Ours was a love   marriage. My memory is still fresh from the past. How in spite of obstacles everything fell into place. The one and only obstacle which came our way was   “ a  Punjabi girl marrying a Kerala boy”.(I am from Punjab and my husband is a Keralite.) My father, though he was very liberal, asked me several times how I would  adjust  my food  habits, language etc. Similarly, my husband’s family was apprehensive of his marrying a girl whose parents were settled far away.

 True love is always victorious. So was ours!! All this happened more than fifty years ago, when the society was not so progressive and was reluctant to approve of such alliances. Even though the marriage took place in Delhi, it had its impact in Kerala. We were told that some Kerala news papers splashed the news of our marriage. All these incidents took place more than half a century   ago but are etched in my memory very vividly.

  Fifty three years of married life have  passed away as a reel of a movie. We have enjoyed and shared all good things together in our journey through life. Adversities never shook us as our love for each other stood like a rock. We had our share of differences but our love for each other was strong enough to tide over all such situations.

      We have two children and four grand children.  Due to God’s grace they are very loving and caring. On our golden jubilee anniversary, they arranged a gala surprise party in our honor which had all the trappings of a real wedding.

  We have left behind a joyous and perilous road and have reached the evening of our lives. We are still very warm and care for each other. We are thankful to BlogAdda  for helping us to revive our old but golden memories. Amen!!

 

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