Shivantika :

-"You're looking so beautiful " Said one of the women as she completed doing my makeup meanwhile other two ladies were correcting my Lehenga and arranging my maang tika

-"I'm sure the groom will not be able to take his eyes of you "said the woman who was arranging my Lehenga giggling

They were interrupted by the voice of my mother who entered and ordered them to go out of the room .... After they left the room my mother came towards me and told me - look Shivantika I know you don't want to get married to him but bade rajasa came to us with your wedding proposal and we couldn't say no! They are the Royal Family.. And remember do not talk back to them , and do everything they ask you to do, if they don't like that you work, leave your job and be a housewife. Understand?

I nodded at her. I can't do anything else... She will never understand me. She never wanted me to study and work. But she knew that no one in this generation will accept an uneducated gir.. When she came to know that I opted for a medical college she forced me to leave my studies but somehow I pleaded, cried, begged to her and she finally let me do whatever I wanted.. Now that I am 32 , and became a good doctor she decided to get me married to someone I don't even know, I only saw him for the first time during our engagement and I came to know his name when the mehndi artist wrote his name on my hand.. ABHIMANYU

After sometime I was escorted outside the room... the place was decorated perfectly, of course It would have after all the king of Jaipur was going to get married.

My mum told me to go up to the stage where he was standing.. I went there. But I was having some difficulties stepping on the stair. He noticed so he came and gave me his hand.

I paused, firstly I looked at him then at his hand and slowly I clasped our hand together and proceeded to go upstairs.. Then it was time to exchange the varmalas.

The next ceremony was to take 4 vows around the holy fire

and after that It was time for him to fill my partition o and to make me wear the nuptial chain

He put the nuptial chain around my neck and then when it was time to fill my partition with sindoor he looked at me for some seconds and then filled my partition with sindoor .