The honeymoon is still on!
Away from the maddening world of lectures, assignments, reports, etc. today we celebrated the first wedding anniversary of two Indian couples.
Imagine coming over to study full time just within months of getting married! Well, that is exactly what happened to Rajeev and Amol. They both had got married in late June last year and within months had to add another full time job (of being a student) to their status of being full time husbands.
So to make their first anniversary special, the rest of us had spared them on their actual anniversary days and decided to get together this evening, celebrate and enjoy. The two still-newly-married-couples were spared of any tasks and the rest of us called the shots, deciding who cooks what. It was a small gathering of 6 couples including Rajeev and Amol. And of course some couples (whom we call as post graduates) were also there with their kids making shrieking noises none of us could translate or understand.
With chole, aaloo, poorie's, raita, lemon rice and sweet dish (all Indian dishes), it was a sumptuous evening. The air was filled with Indian music and our loud voices cracking jokes at each other, and specially making the special-couples dance to our tunes. In the MBA, while all of us make friends with students from other nationalities, the fact that you are amidst your fellow countrymen (and women) keeps reminding you of your own roots. A look at the attire the special couple wore reminded us of the colourful event a wedding is back home. And Amol, Radha, Shweta and Rajeev made it even more memorable by wearing the same dress that they wore on their wedding day.
Imagine coming over to study full time just within months of getting married! Well, that is exactly what happened to Rajeev and Amol. They both had got married in late June last year and within months had to add another full time job (of being a student) to their status of being full time husbands.
So to make their first anniversary special, the rest of us had spared them on their actual anniversary days and decided to get together this evening, celebrate and enjoy. The two still-newly-married-couples were spared of any tasks and the rest of us called the shots, deciding who cooks what. It was a small gathering of 6 couples including Rajeev and Amol. And of course some couples (whom we call as post graduates) were also there with their kids making shrieking noises none of us could translate or understand.
With chole, aaloo, poorie's, raita, lemon rice and sweet dish (all Indian dishes), it was a sumptuous evening. The air was filled with Indian music and our loud voices cracking jokes at each other, and specially making the special-couples dance to our tunes. In the MBA, while all of us make friends with students from other nationalities, the fact that you are amidst your fellow countrymen (and women) keeps reminding you of your own roots. A look at the attire the special couple wore reminded us of the colourful event a wedding is back home. And Amol, Radha, Shweta and Rajeev made it even more memorable by wearing the same dress that they wore on their wedding day.
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