“I was 5 and Badami Ji was 3 when we got married”
“I was 5 and Badami Ji was 3 when we got married in Azamgarh, UP. The only memory I have of the ceremony is of her hair being tied in a braid; she looked like a doll. We thought
“6 years ago, my oldest son disappeared from home; he left for work as usual but never returned”
“6 years ago, my oldest son disappeared from home; he left for work as usual but never returned. A week later, people found his dead body in an auto; he was just 40. A part of me
“What began as a thela, now has 8 branches across Jaipur”
“Papa passed away when I was 14. We were a family of 4 and I was the oldest of my siblings. Maa was in a state of shock; I took it upon myself to look after my family and left my
“Papa would always say, ‘Kuch bhi ho, padhai kabhi nahi chodni chahiye’”
“Our lives turned upside down when the municipality demolished Papa’s shop; they said it was illegal. To sustain, he opened up a roadside tea stall– he’d make 50-60 Rs a da
“I held him in my arms for the first time on 11th August, the same day that we lost Gaurav”
“Gaurav and I were college sweethearts who dated on and off for 10 years before tying the knot. We knew each other in and out, so Gaurav always knew that I wasn’t too keen on b
“Promise me you’ll remarry–I want our Zoey to have a mother.”
“Last month, on my birthday, my wife said to me–‘Take me out on a date one last time.’ We drove around, had sandwiches and idlis at her favourite restaurant–all the while
“Now no one will call you a criminal!”
“I always wanted to be the kind of mother whose kids felt comfortable sharing everything with. So, even when they grew up, I knew what was happening in their lives. Or so I thoug
“A guy who couldn’t wait to marry me while I was on my death-bed, it just goes to show that true love does exist.”
“We were best friends for 5 years before we started dating. Right from the start, we had deep conversations about music and the universe. We were in the same friends group so we
”Love finds you when you least expect it!”
“I was 24 and tired of being in relationships where I was asked to ‘compromise.’ Once, a date of mine said–‘When we settle down, you’ll have to cook and stay home to ta
“Humari height thodi choti hai, par pyaar humara poora hai!”
"Whenever Maa spoke about marriage, I’d dismiss her. For someone as low on confidence as me, it was the last thing on my mind. Each time she’d bring it up, I’d say, ‘M