Our Story

And so began the lifelong story of our friendship

It was not long, that her Dad got transferred to another city, and henceforth she travelled across India through her early school life, learnt different cultures, met new people, etc.
All this time, I stayed in Hasimara –lets just say, busy getting civilized from my naughty self.

Her father got posted back in Hasimara, when we were in our High School, and we started taking private tuitions together.
Spent hours talking about our career goals, dreams – she wanted to be a Computer Engineer & I wanted to fly Fighter Jets

After High School, we again moved to different cities for studies. She did Graduate with Computers, which was her dream.
As for my dream of flying, I guess God had other plans. But yes, we both did manage to make some friends for a lifetime in our college days

She started working for an IT company in Delhi, while I was studying towards my MBA. All these times, we were not in touch, and didn’t even knew where our other half was.
Yet, the sweet little memories of our High School tuition days would continue to tease me every now and then.

It was in the 2nd year of my MBA, that out of some random Googling, I bumped across her, and we instantly reconnected over emails.
Then we met for the first time after a long gap, in her home at Coochbehar.

We started communicating more frequently. She still worked in Delhi & I got a job in Kolkata.
Over countless emails, texts, and long late night phone calls, we shared our dreams, fantasies, bucket list of to-do things, and our friendship grew stronger.
The long distance didn’t feel much yet, as we could meet once in every few months – either I would go to Delhi on office trips, or she would visit her hometown in Kolkata.

Then she moved to US to pursue her Masters, and it was then that we actually felt the pinch of distance.
Video chats, ISD calls, texts messaging apps – nothing can ever substitute the proximity of ones’ loved one.
We hardly remember when was the last time we spent our birthdays together. And in times of despair for one,
the other would feel helpless for not being there to offer a shoulder to hang on. But now, when we look back,
we feel it were all those moments which forged our relationship even further, and made us realize how much incomplete we were without the another.

She came to India to visit her family. It was New Year’s Eve, and we went out for a midnight party in Nalban Boating Complex of Kolkata.
I still remember, it was a Full Moon night, and they had set the dance floor on a floating stage. I asked her for a dance, she obliged me.
And we had the time of our life. Next day, when she had her return flight for US, we both knew that something had changed.

Now, when she went back to US, the long distance pinched even harder. At that point, none of us said any 3 magic words to another– but each of us silently figured out that – we cannot actually zero-in on that one moment, or the place, or the look, or the words, which laid the foundation - may be, it was too long ago - and we were in the middle before we even knew that we had begun to be in love.

Now it was time for us to share that happiness with our near & dear ones. More so, both of us having lived our bachelor lives to the fullest,
found it apt to move on to the next chapter of our life together. When we broke the news to our parents, and later to our friends – to our surprise – none
of them were surprised - their common reaction being – “What took you guys so long to figure this out? We knew all along”
And yes, for all those wondering, not that either of us felt it necessary, and howsoever clichéd it may sound, but he did went on his knees, and literally crossed oceans to do so.