It was Destiny
Searching for the definition of Destiny – the ultimate agency that predetermines the course of events (often personified as a woman); “we are helpless in the face of Destiny”, it struck again perfectly when Merriam-Webster gave the word of the day as soul mate – 1 : a person who is perfectly suited to another in temperament 2 : a person who strongly resembles another in attitudes or beliefs.
On June 6, 2013 boarding Delta flight 1420 from LAX I walked to my seat 15B and sat beside the woman who is now my fiancé and soul mate. That flight changed my life, Anju is beautiful, smart, compassionate, deep, fun, sharing, caring, wonderful, vibrant, she is perfect.
This is the first photo that I took of Anju as she drove me back to JFK on June 8.

I have since discovered two things; Anju is a fabulous driver, and she does all the driving.
- Costa Rica
- Our first real time together
That’s all it took, I asked Anju if she’d like me to move to New York, and soon after I had an apartment at Columbus Square.
November 2014 after almost 17 months of dating we set up home together
We met up in Mumbai
Have been to Paris and Rome
- Met Louis
- and bought him home
The theatre, ballet, opera, and the beach :
Curious Incident, Fish In the Dark, It’s Only A Play, An Act Of God, School of Rock, The Humans, Bianco, Living on Love, Winter’s Tale
- La Bayadere, Falstaff
- Rusalka, Die Fledermaus
- Shostakovich Trilogy, Paradise Interrupted
- Danny Elfman, Sinatra – Vioce for a Century
- Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
- Long Branch NJ
And then on December 20, 2015 we became engaged
A fun wedding in Lake George ( not ours )
This is St Barthélemy
- Flamands Beach
- Movie Star
- Mermaid
- Goddess
- Colombier
2016 Diwali in Delhi followed by Shirdi and Agra
in Shirdi we were blessed in an extraordinary darshan with Sai Baba