Continued from Part I..

"I dont know :).. I am not suggesting anything. I am just worried that you'll tie me up with somebody I dont even know and I'll suffer the whole life if I cant get along with her."

"Okay. So, how'd you prefer it to be then? " asked a slightly worried Mom.

"I want to be sure that I am marrying somebody I WANT to marry".

"Love marriage you mean?".

"Yeah. But that word has different meanings for different people. So, I didnt use it."

"Great!.. but I think you used a more important word there. WANT. Its quite the perfect word. Indeed, its all about who you WANT to marry"

She continued. "Chuck the Yash Chopras and the Karan Johars.. you dont fall in love generally. Love happens because you WANT it to happen! Ofcourse, the reasons for that WANT can be different. And in the so-called arranged marriages, all we are trying to do is to provide some of these reasons! And you know what.. very interestingly, the reasons in case of arranged marriages are much safer than those otherwise!".

"So what are you suggesting now?".

"I am suggesting that we want you to fall in love".

" whattt??", and I looked at her.

"Yes, We want you to look at somebody and when you find something in her that can make you WANT to fall in love with her. Tell us, we'll make enough provisions for you to fall in love. Some people also call these provisions 'Marriage'!".

"And if that want doesn't last long??".

"That is the beauty of marriage!! The WANT almost always ends up lasting long!". She smiled.

Was I convinced? I am not sure. But mom's argument was sound. Very sound.

PS: Quite a bit of the stuff here is fictious and spiced up. It may not be a verbatim reproduction of the conversation. But the essence of the discussion is pretty much covered.