Divine love – Part I

“Hey pappa, what’s for breakfast today?” said Shwetha as she came down the stairs after a fresh bath. Sitting down on the dining table with the newspaper in hand and skimming through, she hit on something in the matrimonial section.

SHWETHA SAXENA,29/172/fair beautiful

B.Tech IITB,MBA IIMA,Employed in MNC

salary Rs 2 lakhs per month

seeks suitable graduate well employed groom.

Caste,Religion no bar.

“Pappa, I said I don’t want to marry now. I have told you this umpteen number of times, Why do you have to give ads in the matrimonial section”, said she munching on the pav bahji her father had prepared for her.

Mr.Saxena like any other father of a to-be-married girl was worried that her daughter is 29 years old and still not married. The problem didn’t lie in her beauties or astrology but in her brains. Shwetha went about rejecting every boy who ever laid eyes on her just for the reasons that they were too timid to match her wits. Saxena had decided that he had had enough and it’s time he finds a groom for his sweet daughter no matter what it takes to satisfy her.

The ad in the paper didn’t go futile. Very next day a guy named Abjit called up and said he was interested. Saxena was satisfied with him as he had job that paid a six figure salary and was reasonably good looking. Shwetha was skeptical to the core and said she wanted to meet him for a talk before she commits.

Sunday, Cafe Coffee Day

Abjit : Hey Shwetha, glad meeting you

Shwetha : Hi abjit

Ab : So heard you wanted to talk before giving any responses.

Sh : Hmm ya, you know so that we will get to know each other better.

Ab: So, what do you like? I like watching soccer, I play pool and read a lot of books.

Sh : Books? Thats great.. What sort?

Ab : Generally sheldon, archer and stuff. I spend loads of time reading playboys and pent houses.

Sh : I think we shall meet some other time. I have some urgent work. Bye

She came back home fuming. Mr.Saxena was shocked to see her daughter throwing things around.

“What happened beti?“

“Pappa, do you want me to marry a man who spends time reading playboy?”

Things were in the same league for next few weeks. Dozens of grooms were rejected and the sorrow of Mr.Saxena kept mounting.

That morning when Mr.Saxena was cleaning the vessels, the phone started ringing. Before he could reach it,Shwetha picked the call

“Hello”

“Hello, may I speak to miss shwetha? this is shashank calling”

“Speaking”

“Hello shwetha , I just saw the ad on the matrimonial section.Just called up to….”

“Oh yeah, sorry mr. shashank I’m not interested”

“Oh its okay, but as a George Eliot says “The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.”

Shwetha was dumbstruck. Something in the voice made her think twice.

“Ok..okay.mr shashank, shall we meet?”

(to be continued)

 

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