Dread that wedding you are going to?
Pesky relatives going to question you about when you intend to marry, your family talking about how your li’l sister is in the queue too and they are waiting for your nod, nosy aunts who can’t get around to wrapping themselves around why you need to stall marriage for a career!
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Dread Facebook feeds?
Every other post about that school/college bud who’s getting married or has just about uploaded an avalanche of honeymoon pictures apt to make a travel brochure!
Dread Whatsapp groups?
Where every other betrothed friend or married bestie can’t stop raving about how amazing married life is and that they cannot wait for you to join the club!!
Dread the Instagram feed?
Your ex has flooded the forum with pictures of himself and his current flame, and it seems like he just cannot have enough of her!
Since I happen to be a proud member of the ‘20+ and happily unmarried’ club, let me let you in on a little secret. You do not need to jump on that ‘I-should-get-married-now-too’ bandwagon only because some or worse, all of the above is happening to you! Don’t get me wrong- I am a strong proponent of marriage and am all for love, but getting married is a decision that should only be YOURS!
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Living in the country that might well be called ‘toh rishta pakka samjhein,’ I know exactly where the pressure to get married comes from. EVERYWHERE. And if your friends, family, colleagues, and relatives weren’t enough, you might even catch a stranger on the bus/metro you take, judging you for the absence of any tokens of matrimony!!!
Suggested read: This Tanishq ad had us grinning ear to ear!
My contention is, if I may be allowed to put it the ‘filmi’ way, why the hypocrisy? Why the double standards? Why the whistle and applause when a certain loved Kapoor lad says,
22 tak padhai, 25 pe naukri, 26 pe chokri, 30 pe bachche, 60 pe retirement … aur phir maut ka intezaar … dhat aisi ghisi piti life thodi jeena chahta hoon main …
and absolutely no takeaway from it for real?
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Marriage isn’t an escape hatch. Marriage is a commitment of a lifetime. A commitment toward discovering that who you have and what you might build may not be perfect, but it is good enough because you want to keep trying. It is good enough because you want to build a lifetime of memories within it. It is good enough because there isn’t anybody else you’d rather build these memories with. It is good enough because you can only fall in love with this crazy best friend beside you who makes you laugh and irritates you as well. And yet, you cannot have ENOUGH.
And that is when you know, a step toward marriage is one for keeps. Coz you promise to give your time to the one who vows to make every tick of the clock YOU-worthy! And for whom, you do so too, all-too-willingly!
And that is the correct answer to the question that is probably following you everywhere: “When is the right time to get married?”
Watch Katrina Kaif nail it in this 45-second Titan Raga ad:
We loved it and are sure you would too! 
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