maKhsuusFriday, December 16, 2005
Problems...So, I got a call from Pakistan Embassy to tell me that they have approved my visa application and I should go there next day to get it stamped. That was a wonderful news. Totally unexpected. Instead of waiting for minimum six weeks, I got the visa in a day. Alhamdolilah. This was a sign, Allah wanted us to meet.
Everyone was relieved to hear that my visa was all sorted. My younger brother went to Delhi to get their visas sorted. No miracles at that side of the world. They were not ready to consider my family's application. For them an engagement was not a big enough reason for my family to travel to Pakistan. Dreams shattered.
Fatima's mother, brother and bhabhi were in India already. They met my family and both families liked each other. One load off the mind.
There was one option. I alone to go to Pakistan and get myself engaged. I didn't feel like going this route. Fatima and I started thinking about other options. She is a person who gets worried too easily. She couldn't sleep for a couple of nights, she was just thinking about what will happen next. I on the other hand is 'take it easy' kind of a person. But I was worried as well, didn't show it to her and acted all cool about the situation.
One fine morning, I thought of something. I called her and told her about my idea of what if she travels to India. Her family was already there. We could get engaged or better nikah'ed in India. She had no issues with this idea and we thought why didn't this occur to us before. So now all the original plans went down the drain and new seeds of imaginations were sown. All we were thinking now was about us meeting in India.
Alhamdolillah, she got her Indian visa easily because of help from her friends who took her to embassy at 5 o'clock in the morning and arranging easy entrance to the office.
Once visas were sorted, we both booked our tickets for India...
Saleem Pothiwala ::
12:39 PM ::
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