''What do you prefer? A love or an arranged marriage?'' she asked.
"Love marriage of course!" the
girl replied in one breathe.
She continued peering over the girl's left
palm and remarked, '' Then so be it. Your lines point the same." Both the girls
chuckle.
It's been 5 years since this conversation
they had in their Campus. The girl is now married for two years. She is hardly
in touch with her palm-reading friend or any other college friends. They have
moved on their separate ways- busy in career, family, new found
responsibilities and so on. Once in a while, she finds about her friends from
the news feed of the Social networking site and wonders "So much has
changed in so little a time!" Almost all of her classmates are married,
leave a few male friends. Some even have had a baby or two. Most of them are
overseas for further studies or better job opportunities while many are married
and reside abroad with their spouse.
One routine day, she is scrolling down on
the social site when her fingers halt for a while. There is a photo uploaded by
one of her college friends. 100s of likes and 50 people congratulating the
newly wed on the photograph posted. She is surprised. "Oh, how did I not
see this coming? They were always together at the college field trips." She
smiles at her obliviousness and then decides to comment on it.
This photo brings back memories of her
college life in one flash. A moment of silence and a huge sigh! Scenes from
bygone days dance in front of her eyes. Bits and pieces of conversations float
through her mind in a split second.
" A love or an arranged
marriage?" "Love marriage of course!"
To be continued...
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