Love is everywhere. Every second is filled with love. Every thing oozes love. I never imagined love to be so beautiful. I would have died bereft of these feeling if it is not for her. It was literally falling in love when I collapsed on her while entering pool from a water ride. It was love at first sight. She looked so beautiful from close by. I didn’t realise her accompanying us on picnic until that moment. She was friend of a colleague. She was as beautiful as her name Zubeida. We started with apology which turned into endless chats and later into eternal love. We were either on phone or market or movie or metro. Even in my sleeps, I dreamt about her. Since we shared the same feelings, it was mutual decision to live-in together. Because every moment without her seems wasted. We gelled into each other so well like pieces of puzzles finding it’s match. Our family prodded us for marriage but we did not want to put any tag on our love nor any boundations. We wanted 24 karat pure love.
She was a painter. Nature being her favorite topic, we designed our home with plant in every corner. She said oxygen will nourish our bodies. We got cane furniture and bamboo crockery to compliment the pots. At home, we dressed in our birth suit blessed by nature. We mostly had organic fruits and salads. We massaged each other and transcended to our inner souls by holding hands in yoga. We meditated by uniting our bodies following the ancient scripture of Kamasutra.
Time passed like snap of finger. Her paintings are being exhibited and appreciated widely. She is getting numerous offers. Among them best is from international channel who is planning to starting a comic strip for increasing interest of public about conservation of wildlife and forest in association with a UN body. She will be required to travel around the country first and may be world later to cover the nuances of nature and depict the purity. This is once in a life time opportunity.
She is exhilarated about it. As the new job will keep her away from me for long periods, I asked her about us. Her excitement is so high that she is peeved by my question.
She abruptly said “I want divorce”
I am taken aback and it just came of out of mouth “But Zubi , we are not married”
She replied “I have read that Court consider Live-in as marriage. So give me divorce along with my share of things or I will go court and ask for it” and took off.
My life has turned upside. Suddenly the plants seem to turn pale. Seeing the bamboo crockery, I felt like a panda. I wanted to put my home on Australian fire. But I had to find a lawyer now and check for divorce in live-in relationship.
While asking references for a divorce lawyer, first question that popped is “Why do you need one ?” When I told them the situation, there was silence of shock and sometimes muffled up laughter on other end of phone. During the meeting with lawyer too, I could see her face expression confused between awe and mock on listening the facts. She somehow kept her professionalism and told me that there seem to be no precedents of such a situation. If it’s done with mutual understanding then there are no hassles. However in court things will become messier but something new will come out of it which will be a landmark for future generations.
Taking into account the reaction of people till now, I decided to talk with Zubi and sort out mutually by giving up my right in whole of our homemade jungle. Else I will become a headline, breaking news, topic of editorials, live debates. In short a laughing stock of the country.
Meshroy 