Tuesday, April 5, 2016

My Story


“I come from a typical Marwari family from Solapur, where everything was given to me on a platter and my life was headed towards an arranged marriage.

All my life I had been over pampered being youngest in the family, and as time passed I saw the other girls around me getting married into a typical business class family and becoming house wives at such a young age, when I realised that I wanted more.

I was clear on what i wanted, I wanted to be independent, to be open minded. I decided to leave home and started my career at Wipro, after which I moved to Pune and travelled a lot in India and outside working in different assignments, It’s been 8 years since I’ve lived here, completely financially independent – I pay my own rent, I’ve bought my own car and I own a house and everything else that I use on a day to day basis.

Today I’m 30, working and still unmarried — which for a Marwari girl is apathetically late, but I have full faith in love and finding it. I’m so glad that I didn’t rush into marriage at an early age, when I wasn’t independent and hadn’t even discovered things about myself.”

“When were you the happiest through this journey?”

“It was after I got my own place here that my mom said, ‘You’re more like a son than a daughter’ and we couldn’t have been prouder of you.” :)


16 comments:

  1. Well said...... Making things turn your way in times of adversity..... Mark of a True champion....

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  2. Really inspiring,motivating one...����

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  3. The last line sums up to all that you have achieved in your life.
    #keepgoing #keepwinning #positivevibes

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  4. Amazing...well collated and an eye opener to many

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  5. Avantika ... way to go ! You are an inspiration to all girls who can look upto you as an example and believe in themselves and dare to dream and make those dreams come alive !!!

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  6. Hey sis...you're a rare gem...stay the way you are coz a lot of people look upto to you...me including...so proud of you

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  8. This is so beautifully written❤ You have always been inspiring us. Way to go Avi!!!

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  9. Wonderful....more like a son hi nai ab toh better than many of them...Di...!! Cheers to you Di.!! 👍😘💛

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  10. Wonderfully expressed Avi...! :-)
    Way to go...! :-) Keep smiling..!

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  11. Wow \m/... Awsomly depicted!!... U r a true champion Avi!! Way to go.....!
    #proudtobeyourfriend #keepwinning #Keepsmiling , stay blessed!

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  12. Awesome avi...really inspiring...cheers!

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  13. Awesome avi...really inspiring...cheers!

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  14. Very well written, most of my friends till schooling were from marwari community, few of them are still my good friends, so i can imagine where you are coming from and know it's not AT ALL easy to be where you are now. Bravo and way to go.... And yes, the best is yet to come...

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  15. Ur not like son....Ur actually more than that....life line to your family and your friends too....love u the way u r:):)

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