True Love - A once in a lifetime thing or not
Hum ek baar jeete hai, ek baar marte hai, shaadi bhi ek baar hoti hai ... aur pyar ek baar hi hota hai - Shah Rukh Khan aka Rahul, Kuch Kuch Hota Hain (1998) It translates as – we live once, we die once, we get married once … and love too happens only once. We grew up hearing love stories of the damsels in distress, of the Sleeping Beauties, of Cinderella and of raasaleelas of Lord Krishna and his gopikas. For some time, the word love meant that of our parents, siblings, grandparents and it was measured from the amounts of chocolates and gifts they gave us, from how much they gave in to our whims and fancies and from how long they would spare for us. Then love meant the simple glance of our love interests, a few words they would speak over phone, the secret meetings that we would steal and few kisses and hugs showered upon us. And finally, love was redefined as the amount of sacrifices that our parents and better half made for us, those sacri...