Sunday, October 11, 2009

It was their 3rd marriage anniversary.Prakash and Ananya had married this day 3 years back.As most marriages in India theirs also was arranged by their parents taking care that their rashees and everything else in their horoscope matched. Both dint know each other much during their time of marriage,but both were sure they would find the man/woman of their dreams in each other after the wedding.

3 years hence Ananya and Prakash were really not sure where they were in their marriage.Were they happy,sad,melancholic or plain nonchalant.Both their characters were contrast in nature.If she was the outgoing,socializing,ambitious and bold kind-he was more of a sobre introvert, happy enough in his own cacooned small world. She lived for the moment,he lived to secure the future.Although they initially felt that they completed each other,now they were finding their differences hard to bridge.

They would not even fight much as Prakash felt all problems could be solved by being quiet.Ananya had even given up her marketing job after their marriage as she had felt it was necessary for their marriage to be more stable intially.

Ananya felt lonely,left out.She even asked Prakash's parents to come and stay with them so that she could get some company,someone to tell her feelings.But even that didnt help as what she was really missing was her hubby. She used to try to talk to Prakash to change to a more high paying job so that he could put his career into fast gear.She could not reason how Prakash could not get worked up when one of his colleagues was promoted over him.

She had this dream of her husband coming dressed in Belmonte suits,carrying her in his arms and giving her a red rose daily.She had always imagined such a romantic husband before marriage.But what she got instead(that too sometimes were)flower garlands from the temple and a tired husband from office.

She knew her husband was overtly dependent on her.From the selection of the shirt to wear to office to where to go on weekends to the budget allocation of their income.And she was feeling burdened by this additional responsibility.

Her life changed when her former classmate Aditya was back in town from starting another one of his ventures abroad.They were the best of friends when in college.She had always admired his ambitious nature,his fetish for adventure and spontaneity.

They met again at their college reunion.Both had changed,one for the better and one for the worse.He was now piling on cash as he had always dreamt of but still was missing something in his life,something hollow.As soon as he saw her he felt an instant jab at his heart.He knew he was always in love with her,but wanted to wait until he became something to ask for her hand.Now it was too late.

Once they met old memories came back,about their constant mobile chatting,their clandestine late nights CCD trips with their gang,their philosophical hours etc.They felt like they were missing each other a lot over the past 3 years.They later came to know what had been happening in their lives all this while.Aditya was shocked to see how much the fiery Ananya had changed to a docile one.He had expected a minor change but not this much.

They started to meet more often after that day as they had a lot of catching up to do.He even offered her a marketing job in his new venture.As days passed by they grew closer to each other.Ananya was now living a new life.She felt she was herself when around Aditya and not the self-modified one with Prakash.

She was now spending more time in the office.For Aditya,Ananya was his gateway out of loneliness especially after his parents tragic car accident. They had to once go out of the country to France for a deal...................................