Arranged marriage brings two complete strangers together. Once you are there, you start exploring someone from scratch, the sense of curiosity and the art of observation perform at their peak when you are seeking the finer details of your partner's personality. In our case, we've been relatively quicker to develop affection for the unknown, and while we enjoy what we know about each other, we still seek to explore each other further.
In just a matter of a few days, Aditi and I would get married. But before that happens, we will be engaged. The engagement will also comprise of the Ring Ceremony, where Aditi and I exchange rings of love and commitment. We are lucky that we got an opportunity to go out and shop together for our rings. It surprises me how much times have changed (and yet continue to remain the same), our parents allowed us to go together for this important shopping. I have never been active during gold shopping, and here I am with Aditi trying to buy gold for her as well as myself. Aditi sahi bolti hai... ab chalega pata bacchu.. Frankly I don't wear rings and didn't plan to do so in future, and my mom's like... tu pagal hai, engagement ki ring to pehen-ni padti hai... tere papa bhi to pehente hain... tujhe kya problem hai... :)))))
As we drove to the jeweler's shop, I asked Aditi, what kind of ring do you want. She had no idea. I joked to her that let's find a pair which together forms a heart but individually carries only a part of the heart. Oh yes, she laughed at my idea like some of you would :))
We went to Tanishq only to be disappointed by their collection. The funny part was that neither Aditi nor I knew which is the finger for which we should buy the ring (we went completely unprepared). I asked the salesman and he was equally clueless. They finally got hold of a salesgirl who got married recently. She indicated the finger for both boy and girl for which the rings should be bought. I also called up my dad and my mama only to find that they had different ideas for the finger for which the boy's ring should be bought. I guess there's no standard practice for it, that's why no one really had the correct or dependable information for the ring finger for the boy and the girl. Actually there's more confusion regarding the boy's ring finger.
Anyways, after Tanishq, we both went to another jeweler in sector 19 market. Again I asked the same question about the ring finger for the boy and the girl and again I got mixed answers from those present at the shop. After carefully going through the collection, Aditi and I selected 2 rings each for both of us. Since the jeweler is known to our family, I brought the rings with myself (without paying anything) to take the opinion of the elders about our choice. While Aditi's mom was okay with our choices, my mom gave us a thumbs-down. Maybe destiny was at its play :)
Next day I went to another jeweler in sector 37 with my sister to check more designs of the rings. This time I spotted a ring which had 2 hearts made on it in an artistic fashion. Simple, elegant yet meaningful. I shortlisted this one for myself. In the evening I took Aditi along to the same shop to select her ring. As we were going thru ladies' ring collection, Aditi spotted a ring with the same design as the one which I had shortlisted. That was the only design which was available in both ladies and gents collection. Two pieces of the same two hearts. Aditi selected the same design for herself as well.
It is our destiny to be united through something we humans feel we 'arranged'. God has his designs we merely live to follow. Separated by time and age, our hearts have been found on two pieces of gold. Wish that the pieces stay together. For a lifetime.
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