Valentine week: #5 The Story that touched my heart…

Before I begin with the story, I would like to wish every one of you a very special valentine’s day. May god bless you all and help you to find the one who came in this world for you. May god bless you in the best of your times and help you during all the lows of your relationship. Nothing is perfect in this world, and so there comes a time in our life when things don’t go right in our relationship. When that will happen just hold on with the one you love and fight together, because it’s just the test of time. And when you succeed to do that, your love blossoms and it gets a direction.

On the occasion of Valentine ’s Day I will be sharing three real life love stories throughout the day. The story which I am going to share is a very special story. It’s about a girl who was handicapped, who almost lost her hopes with life, who never thought would be able to get someone in life who will love her unconditionally. But when things which are destined to happen, it happens. And when that happened, her happiness knew no bounds, no limits…

She was quite young when one accident in her life changed the whole course of her life. She was a kind of girl who was very strong and ambitious. But life had something else in store for her. And in one stroke it took away all her happiness of this world. She met an accident which resulted in turning her into a handicap. For quite some time, she lost her self-confidence and she couldn’t figure out the reason behind her existence. Whatever dreams she had meticulously knitted for her life was now in dumps. She couldn’t fight with the dark times that overshadowed her life. But it was the support from her parents that she came out of this trauma and worked hard to bag a job. She used to be on wheel chair all the time, but she used to work hard and slowly she started getting recognition from everyone at her workplace. But deep within her there was something about which she couldn’t do anything. She always wanted to fall in love with someone, experience the thrill and magic of love. But looking at her own condition now she couldn’t help but cry nights after nights. She was way too beautiful, she had innocence on her face which was something heavenly. She always asked god why this happened with her. People are materialistic, who will fall in love with someone who is supposed to spend the rest of her life on a wheel chair. No one wants to take someone’s responsibility. Her hopes were shattered, and she had almost befriended with her solitude. All she used to do was, go to work, come back home watch TV and sleep. There was a part inside her which was dying gradually. She didn’t know what she will do. How she will take care of herself for the rest of her life. Who will be there with her after her mom and dad. This thought always used to disturb her to the core.

But whatever happens, it happens for our own good. When we pass through rough phases in life that happens because god was busy during that time making great plans for us. One weekend, she was at home reading newspaper when suddenly she saw an ad in the matrimonial column which said,

“I want someone who really needs me. I want to marry someone who will love me unconditionally.”

She was surprised to see such ad in the matrimonial column because that was something very unusual. She was already impressed with the guy who has put up this ad. Is there someone like him in this world was her first thoughts. She took some time to think about it and then she decided to contact that guy. He was from Tamil Nadu, a Tamilian Brahmin. She called him,

“Hello, my name is Niva. I saw your ad in the newspaper.” She said

“Hi Niva. My name is Vignesh. Can I know from where you are calling?” he said

“I am a Gujarati, I stay in Surat with my family. I am working in State bank of India as a branch manager.” She said

“Oh nice. I am from Tamil Nadu, working in HP as a software engineer in Chennai.” He said

“Before I ask you about anything, I would like to tell you that I am a handicapped. Whole day I spend my life on wheel chair and I am completely dependent on people for many things.” She said

“I am really sorry about  that. But how it is related with my marriage proposal?” he asked her

She was shocked with his reply. She was expecting that he would say something politely and hung up the call. But this was something very unusual for her.

“I would like to meet you Niva.” He said

“When? I won’t be able to come to Chennai in this condition.” She said

“I will come to Surat. Tell me the dates when you are available and I will make sure that I come there to meet you.” He said

“Okay.” She said

She was surprised. She couldn’t believe what was happening. She pinched herself, she wanted to know whether she was dreaming or it was the reality. After two weeks Vignesh came to Surat, he was invited by Niva’s family to their house. He was tall, dark and handsome. Someone from whom Niva’s gaze was not moving away at all. She felt embarrassed for gazing a guy like that but he had something very magical in his personality which differentiated him from other people. The way he talks, the thoughts he has was simply amazing. I mean who wants to hold hand of a handicapped girl in today’s time. And he was perfectly fine when it came to his physique. It wasn’t even like he was also disabled and needed someone who would understand his disability. He could have married anyone, girls must be dying over him. She wanted to know why he was doing this.

“Before we jump on to other things, I just want to know, why you want to marry someone like me. You  are perfectly fine, do you realize what your life will become if you marry me? I can’t even use the washroom by myself. Why you are doing this?” she asked him

“I don’t know, as I have written in the ad I want someone who really needs me, who will love me unconditionally. I don’t care whether you are disabled or not. Because that hardly matters for me. Even if you are completely dependent on me I don’t mind it at all. And I will make sure that I give you everything you aspire for, you dream for. I want to live a kind of life, that when I am at the door of my death I could look back and feel happy about it.” He said

He won her heart. Undoubtedly there would never exist any such guy who will think this way. Even though she was way too beautiful, it used to get unnoticed just because of her disability. But this guy was someone so pure, he needed a partner who will love him from her heart irrespective of what her physical condition is. The whole family was impressed with the guy and they had no objection. Niva’s dad enquired about his family and they got to know that Vignesh’s mom and dad are not alive and he stayed alone in Chennai. However there were his family members with whom he had already discussed before coming here. Soon the families met and their marriage was fixed. It was Niva’s choice to decide the kind of marriage they will do, whether it will be a Gujarati style or tamilian style wedding. And to everyone’s surprise she wanted to go for Tamil style marriage. Vignesh knew he was going in the right path, he has found the right girl.

And within few months they got married in Surat in a Tamil style marriage which surprised everyone. Whoever came to their wedding were deeply touched by both of them. There was this guy called Vignesh who brought light in Niva’s life when she had no hopes from her life. And there was this girl who decided to marry him in his traditions. Who gets to see weddings like this?

It’s been almost ten years of their marriage now. Vignesh and Niva are still in Chennai, they have got their own house, and they have two wonderful kids. Till date Vignesh gets up every morning, take Niva to the washroom do her every work, lift her whenever required, drop her to her office where he would again lift her and drop her inside her cabin. Then he will go for his work. And while returning he would pick her up and take her home. She feels blessed now. There was a time when she used to curse her life for turning her into a handicapped. But now she realized why that happened with her, if that would have not happened then she would have never came across guy like Vignesh who comes in this world once over a century, who has made her life so beautiful that there is no space for any other issues of life. Whatever comes in their way, they face it together. They deal with every situation together. They have set an example for all the people out there. I salute this couple from my heart, and wish them the best of times forever and ever.

Are they God in form of human or human in form of god?

On that note I would like to conclude this with a quote,

“If you are willing to love someone unconditionally then nothing else matters.”