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Sharmaji's Marriage

It was a marriage of two states, without much essence in it. The groom and bride, though from different linguistic and cultural backgrounds, had a common residential domicile. In that binding cord, they bond. Both were conversant and easy on every matter that concerned them. This nurtured their love for each other that nourished their longingness. They met in college while pursuing professional studies in the late eighties and early nineties. Used to come home and go back together during college breaks; not to speak about attending common classes and the daily strolls by the famous lovers' lane in college. This lane had street lights that never used to light up. The best caption I heard about was that the picture of love developed best in dark! Don't know if that holds good today as the present generation wouldn't know how a good photograph used to develop from a polymer negative plate encased in a dark chamber. The luxury of having a camera and a print in colour is etch