Whirlwind is the apt word for the last 60 days of my life…  How the time flew by and now as I look back on the past months I still feel that euphoria in me that marriage brings  in….

Getting off the plane at the Guwahati airport with my then-fiance, greeted warmly by family and the drive home…  I realised, this is  it.. my chance of  being the Miss of the house, being totally spoilt to the core and yet waiting to tie the  knot eagerly and  experience the joy of being a wife, daughter in law ..

On the mehndi night, I could  hardly sleep as the next day I was about to begin something absolutely new ……. I also did  not  let  my sister sleep properly, I kept waking her up and asking  her silly questions ….

And then next day while I was getting ready to become part of a new  family, I could not stop myself from those tears with mixed feelings of happiness and an inset melancholy I am sure each girl feels…

As my mother in law, put ‘sindoor’ and welcomed me into the  family, my sister in law and other relatives congratulated me, as I slowly was becoming  more  a ‘bahu’ then a  ‘ daughter’ I felt as if I was moving towards a  new era, an era unknown to me yet so familiar….

19th November, the day I said ‘I DO’ in my mind and heart, the day we offered pujas to the agni, the day he promised to look after me and  love me till death, the day I pledged to worship our relationship as we worship the ball of fire, the Sun… i was completely absorbed into the my new family, The Barkataky(s)!

Now, after that day, with just 4 days from completing two months of being married I realise how much I have grown as a  person, as a wife, a daughter  in law, sister in law …. 🙂 🙂 🙂

Holding hands for the pheras...

Sweet, warm and loving… can describe my days and surely look forward to the journey ahead with my life partner, chosen by family but accepted by my heart…