Mansingh Ahirwar

“Kisne kaha arrange marriage mein pyaar nahi hota?

My wife and I had an arranged marriage. Even after over 50 years together, we still believe it was the best thing to have happened to us.

Before starting a family together, we didn’t know real happiness. While Shobha’s dreams and education were never prioritised when she was a kid, I was a poor farmer’s son in a small village and thought I’d end up just like him. I didn’t even know something like cities existed. I still remember watching planes flying in the sky and calling it, ‘cheelgaadi’ because it looked like an eagle. I wondered who sat inside those flying machines, never thinking I could be one of them. But then, we got married and for the first time, it felt like we could dream big and soar high. With Shobha’s support, I got a job in the railways. When we moved to Nashik, she was the happiest person. That day, our life truly began!

We went on to have three daughters and a son. We ensured that they got every opportunity and happiness we didn’t – we took them on family picnics, and enrolled them in the best school. Although my wife wasn’t very educated, she made sure the kids studied well. That’s how, with time, they all got educated and started earning.

As a young man, I’d once bought gifts for my parents from my first salary and thought that joy was unparalleled. But when our kids started spoiling us, that joy was doubled; I was filled with so much pride!

This year, our youngest daughter, Preeti, and her husband, Pranam, took us on our first-ever flight. We were visiting her place in Hyderabad and while coming back, she said, ‘Flight se jayenge!’ At first, we were scared – bachche kehte the takeoff ke waqt jhatka lagta hai. But then a childlike excitement spread through us. What followed was something out of a dream – we both had window seats and saw the world grow smaller as we took off. When we flew over the clouds, aisa laga kisine barf ki chaadar bichhaayi ho. We were in heaven. Upon reaching home, Preeti said we both were grinning the whole time. How could we not? All our lives we had strived to give our children a better life, but today, they’re giving us a life we could’ve never dreamt of. Bas aur kya chahiye?”

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