True Love...

Handle with Care...

Few weeks ago, I was among my colleagues, and during casual chit-chat somebody asked…What is true love? And the weirdest and the most unexpected answer which came, we all knew it for sure, was a mere sarcasm and nothing else...but in our hearts we all wished it be true... Not just for the guy who said so, but for all of us so that when we say, "My true love is My wife!" we better mean it...from the core of our hearts!!  

True love is such a cliché...For some, its what Jane Austen’s Mr. Darcy and Miss Elizabeth Bennett shared amongst themselves in the famous romantic novel Pride and Prejudice, for some its the chemistry shared between Bella Swan and Edward Cullen of Twilight Saga epic…and for some it’s the on screen chemistry of Varun (Humpty) and Alia (Kavya) of Humpty Sharma ki Dulhania fame…! 

For me, its none of the above…!! For me true love is not something...which should be such a rare commodity…or which has to be looked for in epic novels or movies or out of the world stories… For me it has to be present amongst us only…among common ordinary people…leading daily ordinary lives!!

I believe, true love is...when someone who despite knowing your darkest of dark secret, which you literally are ashamed of to share with anyone, doesn't judge you or label you with some permanent tag but gives you a chance to  improve yourself… When someone whom you have hurt beyond all measures knowingly or unknowingly, not only forgives you but loves you back unconditionally… When you have found someone with whom you are not afraid to share your funniest of funny ideas, weirdest of weird fantasies...who are aware of your most irking of habits yet ignores it... someone who sleeps with head on your chest despite the fact that you actually snore like a pig and you on the other hand, lying on bed at night with eyes closed can proudly sport a subtle smile on your face for you know that there is someone lying just next to you with his/her arm around you, who is always there for you no matter what! 

If you are amogst the luckiest few then you probably have found 'the One' and are currently spending your life with him/her deeply satisfied and madly in love...despite having all the daily discord, disagreements and what not!

And for those of you who are not as lucky as the above mentioned ones...I would still call you guys lucky if you did have 'that one' in your life at some point of your life but unfortunately you two are no longer together for what-so-ever reason/s!! Its an amazing feeling...isn't it? To know that you have/had someone who at times understands/ understood you even better than you understand yourself!! Cheers to all those who have even faintest of idea about whatever nonsense I am talking about...!! :-)

And for those who don't have 'the one' yet in their lives I feel sorry for you...! You have done everything but lived! You may have worked/studied/played etc but not yet lived!!! So, I guess, its time.... Take a break...Get out, explore and LIVE..LAUGH...LOVE...ENJOY!!! 

Virat (@viraat_k)

New Delhi