Our Gallery of Love

Shaival Shah Manshi Vora

Our love story is a unique and long distance one. I had been working overseas (Israel) since January 2018 and until then I & Manshi (who stays and works in Mumbai India) had met just once during a Trek through a common friend. Until 2020 covid virus hit and left chaos all over the world, we haven't had even spoken for once but we followed each other on social media. This work from home situation got us alot of free time and this was the time I saw one of her story she posted on Instagram which was a math riddle and I being good at math, I reverted to her post in an instance. This was the first time in years we had any sort of communication. Who knew this story was the beginning of a very beautiful story of our lives. This started us talking and every day passing by we got stronger and stronger. There was a beautiful connection in making and none of us realized that. One day Manshi & I were talking regarding relationships and the talk got so intense that she proposed to me. By the way if she wouldn't have had proposed, I would have proposed her. This opened the doors of love for both of us and we began dating #longdistancedating. We had our ups and downs as it was first relationship for both of us and that to long distance one. We worked through our issues and made it out for 1.5 years until when I decided it was time for me to come back to India, comeback to Manshi as I knew she was the one for me and I wanted to marry her. I came back and gave her a surprise and she was so shocked and she cried. It was a very emotional day for both of us. A year has passed since I came back to her and we have been stronger than ever. We talked to our parents and they agreed to get us married and we are getting engaged next week and getting married in February 2023. So this was our lovestory.

Pravin Yadav Shridevi Yadav

We are married since 2012 and have visited more than 10 countries together till 2020 You can find our post by searching #SPonVacation on social media. We had stopped roaming because of covid virus all over, but know everything has started we need to explore more countries together.. I would love to spend my 10th Wedding Anniversary(which is on 9th Dec 2022) with my Wife to Vietnam.

Shreya Chowatia Keyur Bokadia

I could fall in love with him all over again. For the very first time, we met at a sports event of the community we belong too in Rajasthan. I was playing soapy football along with my team when I heard a voice shout out "dheboo dheboo". I couldn't see him through the crowd during my game. After the match when I came out of the ring to look out for him, he was gone. Heard the same voice shout out this name during our finals too. I ran out of the ring immediately to find this boy and pulled him through the I'd card hanging around his neck. That's the first time I saw Keyur. I was confused why was he hooting out for dheboo dheboo. He said someone told him I was called by a nickname dheboo. We had a quick exchange of word and numbers and connected immediately through our common profession Chartered Accountants. I send him a facebook request but he was too shy to accept it. It took him a month to response back. The wait for worth the time. We dated for two years before we broke out the news to our parents. It wasn't easy but who likes easy. We got married just before lockdown and haven't been able to travel after that. We had had multiple domestic trips and waiting for a long international trip to make it out first and the most memorable one.

SAYAN BHATTACHARYA Subhra Halder

Long ago, only social media was ORKUT. We connected on Orkut in 2011. So guys isn't it sounds interesting? And more interesting thing was, we connected by a political reason. Crazy right? Political discussions also can bring people close and make to fall them in love. Slowly we share our phone nos. We used to talk at least 3-4 hrs a day. Every day. We began to like each other soon. I didn't proposed her neither she does but don't know how we bond in a relationship. Still now, after 11 years of togetherness, she is waiting that I might be propose her in a craziest way. What is your opinion? Should I propose her or else I can give a political speech to her. According to her, I am not that much romantic. Believe me friend, she is completely wrong. I am just a little dumb to understand the romance properly. Yeah I am trying my best although. We are happy together, enjoying every aspects of life. Traveling is our passion. Vietnam is our dream destination. You know why. Of course for its political history. Lets see, if our dreams come true or not.

Spandana V Sunny Preetham Angadi

I Don't know where to start, But Ya its been "6 years" of our relationship. We feel in love when we were in 11th grade. I actually met him through one of my mutual friend who was trying to impress my friend, we four of us went out for ride at that movement, me and my boyfriend actually met for first time. we talked about school stuffs and about our friends. After that ride when I came home back I got this friend request on Facebook knowing or unknowing I started to smile when I first saw his notification. later we started to text on Facebook then shared numbers. we used to talk on phone for like hours. After completing school. We decide to ways our path apart to have better future but god has planed everything luckily we both got in to same college. But while completing our degree we had lots of ups and downs. But he never let my side. He always been there for me.

Aakriti Sahni Varun

It’s been a year since our story began… Never thought a wrong DM could lead to finding him…while searching for a colleague, we connected by chance…realised it wasn’t who i was looking for…but the connection felt undeniable to us….guess destiny was on our side too, as a couple of weeks later our parents arranged for us to talk via matrimony site.We gave in to all the signs….got to know each other over phone calls….made a no vedio call policy….just listening to the words and trying to find the love we wished we had and we had seen in our parents…`the old school kind’.We were different but somehow started to understand each other…built a dream of what our life would look like if we got together.Hours would pass in the conversations without us realising it…finally decided to lose the “if’s”and hold onto each other….it took us 15 days to fall for each other….only knowing what we sound like…Well,it was what fairytales are made of…but ours came true when we met…we found comfort, love , respect and trust in one another…up until our wedding dealing with long distance…not being able to visit each other….but continuing to strenghen the love and bond we formed…despite the up and downs we faced….’i found my lobster’. Planning a wedding together and making each others family our own…i coudn’t have asked for a better man in life. The love grows as days go by. It’s a hand i never want to let go. Been married for 4 months now…we finally have found some time to travel so we can get to be with one another out of daily patterns.We had agreed on veitman and while doing our search found this…so why not share our beautiful story like many others.

Bhavya Makhania Harita

Many people, especially in western culture, hold a negative perception about arranged marriages - some feel that arranged marriages are like business deals. Because of this many of us hold a negative perception for the same. And then, the idea of committing your life to a stranger just adds to that dilemma. Some people are never convinced, while some can agree to it without any hesitation. Personally, I was open to the idea, but there is always that tiny voice at back of our head which will point out the perils of any situation/decision. Nevertheless, I consented to my parents looking out for a life partner for me, lo and behold my mother found an interesting match for me on facebook. My mother did the job of finding a match for me from online platforms, which many people do for themselves - I find that idea very amusing. Anyway, we will skip the formalities that were followed after that, and skip to the good part. So, first time when Harita and her family came to our house to "see" me and my family - that's the first time we met. I was instantly drawn to her radiant personality and an open hearted laugh. As the custom is, we spoke privately for few minutes to understand each other. Sadly, in many communities it is a practice to shell out a final verdict after this just one brief meeting. I did like Harita from the first meeting itself, but like I earlier mentioned I had to get rid of that tiny voice at back of my head. I asked by family to see if I can meet Harita few more times before I finalise, and also confirm that she and I are on the same page. Well, the bummer was that she was located in a city two hours away from mine. (I am calling it a city just to please Harita, I would not consider it any more than a town ;). So after much planning and thanks to a very good friend of my brother, I found a place to stay at his home. So, in a day or two, during the weekend I got on a train and reached her hometown. She came to pick me up from where I was staying and we went to a quaint restaurant. We chatted and that is when that tiny voice was kick out from my head - I was comfortable with the idea of committing to this cute person and spending the rest of my life with her. So, that's where our story started and it is being followed by lot of laughter, dates, preparations for the wedding (which is scheduled to happen in 2023), and countless memories.

Sapna Taware Ashwin Taware

It all started as an arranged marriage, but from the first day, people started questioning us about our love story and it was difficult to make them understand that even strangers can be happy when together. Just to inform you, it's been 12 years of marriage and I'm still happy. My relationship even had big ups and downs. I was promised a honeymoon trip to Kerala but it was canceled due to very very personal reasons which I can't disclose. And after that, my husband, who has been busy with daily life, struggles to make the family happy. For me, winning the contest is a chance to surprise my husband. As you know, in an Indian middle-class family, it's the husband's money that the wife spends and gives him a surprise and I want to change that a little bit. As Vietnam Tourism says, “timeless charm”, we have had many beautiful memories built up in the past 12 years, but visiting Vietnam will be a lifetime memory as it will be our first international trip and after so many years and having two adorable kids, my husband and I can live the old vibe of honeymoon once again. I have already made plans. Ho Chi Minh City- Getting blessed at Thich Quang Duc Monument, pushing him through the narrow Cu Chi tunnels and purchasing flowers from Ho Thi Ky flower market, and going down on knees to propose to him for the first time at the most mesmerizing view at Bitexco Financial Tower Observation Deck, it will feel like the whole world is around us at the panoramic view. Da Nang- You can’t go to Egypt and miss the pyramids. In the same way, if you are in Vietnam and you don’t see the Golden Bridge, the trip would be incomplete. And what's more romantic than having the view of the city while sitting with your loved one in a Ba Na Cable car in the Ba Na hills? The Land of Ascending Dragon is perfectly suited to Dragon Bridge with flames of fire and drizzles of water. I just want to see the majestic happening with my eyes and the expression on his face. Bridge, to Hanoi- Not greedy, but a Lotte observation deck with a photo inside the heart which can be repeated zillions of times on status and my story. We must not forget the number of museums that tell us the story of the struggle and freedom of the country. Rowing the boats in the river and visiting the perfume temples and singing Em Di Chua Huong. Phu Quoc- The location for the film Kong Skull Island. If it's a beach, then I am the first to take the dip. If Ba Na cable car was mesmerizing, the cable car at Hon Thom is like falling in love again. As a seafood lover, I want to get wet snorkeling with BBQ fish on a boat. Watching the starfish on the shore and walking holding hands at sunset on Long Beach. Few may think I am a travel agent or Vietnamese. No, I am eager to gift my husband with a surprise. And if a love connection happens, I shall be seeing all these soon and if I don’t win, so maybe in a few years. So, lover, if I don’t win, do whatever I have told you above when you reach paradise feel in Vietnam.

yashaswini raj Aditya swamy

2018 till eternity. 1. -We met at a cafe in Bangalore for a brief few minutes, never knew it would be the most important meet of our lives . After those few minutes of gazing at each other, we both found each other on social media. It was important for us to connect virtually as we were living in 2 different cities. As time flew by, our exchange of texts and calls and fondness for each other kept growing till finally we met on the 23rd of March 2018. The moment I saw Yasha, I knew that she is the one . 2. -The 1st move was made by Aditya.. he flew down from Delhi to Bangalore to meet me and introduced me to his extended family in Bangalore. Later, when i went to Mumbai for the first time to see him, he went down on his knees with a ring, sang a song. All this happened at the Mumbai airport. 3. - I(yasha) had ignored his messages for months before responding but after talking and getting to know him it didn’t even take me a minute to say YES to his proposal. 4. our initial challenges or hurdles? -We were in a long distance relationship for 2 years. Also building trust for each other was another challenge considering our difference in profession. 5. Any funny incident - So Adi's mom and dad were showing me their wedding video and his dad just pranked me saying Adi will come in the next video and I had been waiting to see Aditya in the video without realizing its his parent's wedding video. 6. - Its been 4 years and 6 months to our relationship 7. -We are dating and we plan to get married in next 2 years. 8. -Families know about us and so do our friends, they know it from the start, the day we decided to commit to each other fully ... have never kept it a secret as such... “jab pyar kiya toh darna kya” 9. difference and similarities from each other -Difference: Adi is very outgoing, talkative, extrovert while I am very shy and an introvert. Similar: In more than one aspect, we love dogs.. love sports and fitness, music, have similar food choices. 10. our common interests -Badminton, gym, dogs, we both are romantic, we love to travel and lots more 11. How do you come to a consensus that you both are compatible? -Every relationship has its ups and downs, all that matters is how badly you want the person. and we do have alot of fights but we make up in less than an hour and forgive each other, and we have our dreams and goals aligned with each other. 12. things we guys bond on -Music, sports, fitness, food, dogs , travels, destinations 13. Have you met each other's parents? Are they cool with your relation? -Yes. They are more than happy. They just want us to get married . 14. First few things you noticed in each other? -Adi: I noticed her eyes and smile. Yasha: He was intelligent, well spoken. 15. sacrifices made for each other -Sacrifices are a part of life, we both made lot of sacrifices, but she shifted to Mumbai leaving her hometown for me is the biggest one of the many.