The Journey of Us
SaGa: The Origins
It all began in Coimbatore, where an adorable baby girl announced her arrival as the sun came up. Fittingly named after the time the sun goes down, she began her reign with tiny but determined steps into the world.
Far away in Russia, around the same time, another little one was making his debut. This bright-eyed boy took his slippery first steps in the snow before life carried him back to Chennai.
Their paths wove quietly across India, never more than a thousand kilometers apart. And yet, though destiny had already placed them close, they remained strangers — until fate led them to SRM University in Chennai. Now separated by just a thousand meters, they still hadn’t met. But destiny was patient.
It wasn’t until France, the land of romance, that the distance truly disappeared. Bonding over croissants, cheese, and the shared struggle of French verbs and accents, they finally found each other… just ten meters apart.
SaGa: The Becoming
It was a bright and sunny day in Nantes when these two finally crossed paths for the very first time. Over perfect omelettes and kayaking adventures, they quickly discovered that their first impressions of each other couldn’t have been more wrong.
Their story soon began to unfold in the little things: shared meals (spicy noodles and no juice), one-word chats (“Lunch? Coming”), and night-long conversations (with geography lessons for free). Weekly hangouts turned into fierce table tennis battles (“Good game, Gautham”), tough projects (Python coding vs. CAD modelling), and unforgettable evenings with vaccines and Minnal Murali, or trips to Paris and Amsterdam.
As time went on, their adventures only grew bigger and brighter: tattoos and trips to India, Zenitude and house parties, relocation and redecoration, internships and CROUS restaurant meals, Marseille and tortinettes, surprise birthdays and random conversations. Through highs and lows, in sickness and in health, they stood by one another.
And just like that, two years simply flew by. In a land where everyday conversations were difficult, they discovered that with each other, words were never really needed.
SaGa: The Eternal
“You only love her when you let her go…”
Only, we never did.
All those little moments had already laid the foundation for something beautiful. Soon, though, careers—and PhDs!—took us down different paths: she to the land of pizzas and pastas, he to the land of windmills and tulips. Yet, as life carried us forward, our families became part of the journey—cheering, supporting, and celebrating every step along the way.
What began as two people getting to know each other has grown into two families beautifully intertwined.
From laughter and endless conversations to wedding planning, every step has brought us closer to this moment.
And now, we are finally here—at the end of the beginning, and the start of forever.
