{"id":1007,"date":"2026-01-23T11:56:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T11:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ifwworld.com\/dsukhadia\/?p=1007"},"modified":"2026-01-23T11:56:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T11:56:32","slug":"regrets-of-an-early-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ifwworld.com\/dsukhadia\/regrets-of-an-early-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Regrets of an Early\u00a0Marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This Navratri I decided to trek up to the Neemuch Mata Mandir which is considered as the Vaishno Devi of Udaipur, after more than 12-13 years. The Temple is situated atop a hill at a height of approximately 900 meters close to Fatehsagar, Udaipur. Besides the belief in the Devi, the temple offers a mesmerizing view of the lakes. At one point during the journey the devotees arrange bricks\/stones in the belief that the goddess will fulfill their wish of having their own\/desired home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Considering it was the Festive season the way up to the temple was chock-a-block with devotees making their way up \/down. Here was this group of &nbsp;married women who I think were around 50+ and I am sure in their heads they were not an year more than 25, some of them were arranging stones and praying to have Mata\u2019s blessings to soon have an abode of their own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of them proudly and loudly proclaimed \u201c\u091c\u093c\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0917\u0940 \u0915\u0940 \u0938\u092c\u0938\u0947 \u0905\u091a\u094d\u091b\u093e \u0926\u093f\u0928 \u0935\u0939 \u0925\u093e \u091c\u092c \u0916\u0941\u0926 \u0915\u0947 \u0918\u0930 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0936\u093f\u092b\u094d\u091f \u0939\u0941\u090f, \u0936\u093e\u0926\u0940 \u0939\u0941\u0908 \u0924\u092c \u092d\u0940 \u0907\u0924\u0928\u0940 \u0916\u093c\u0941\u0936\u0940 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0939\u0941\u0908 \u0925\u0940. \u0968\u0967-\u0968\u0967 \u0938\u093e\u0932 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092e\u093e\u0901-\u092c\u093e\u092a \u0928\u0947 \u0936\u093e\u0926\u0940 \u0915\u0930\u093e \u0926\u0940 \u0939\u092e\u093e\u0930\u0940 (I have a strong feeling she meant 16), \u0915\u0941\u091b \u092e\u093e\u0932\u0942\u092e \u0939\u0940 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u092a\u0921\u093c\u093e !!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The moment she uttered these words and much to her surprise the entire section of the passage burst out laughing with her and this song from the television series \u2018Balika Vadhu\u2019 started playing in my head:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"408\" height=\"226\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ifwworld.com\/dsukhadia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/balika-vadhu-759.webp\" alt=\"image_Deepak Sukhadia\" class=\"wp-image-1008\" style=\"width:1920px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ifwworld.com\/dsukhadia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/balika-vadhu-759.webp 408w, https:\/\/www.ifwworld.com\/dsukhadia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/balika-vadhu-759-300x166.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>\u091b\u094b\u091f\u0940 \u0938\u0940 \u0909\u092e\u094d\u0930 \u092a\u0930\u0928\u093e\u0908 \u0930\u0947 \u092c\u093e\u092c\u094b\u0938\u093e, \u0915\u0930\u094d\u092f\u0942 \u0925\u093e\u0930\u094b \u0915\u0908 \u092e\u0948\u0902 \u0915\u0938\u0942\u0930,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0939\u094b \u0907\u0924\u0928\u093e \u0926\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0928\u093e \u0924\u094b \u092e\u094d\u0939\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u0932\u093e\u0921 \u0932\u0921\u093c\u093e\u092f\u093e, \u0905\u092c \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0915\u0930\u094b \u092e\u0939\u0928\u0947 \u0939\u093f\u0935\u0921\u0947 \u0938\u094b \u0926\u0942\u0930 \u2026..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just hope this lady\u2019s husband since their marriage has managed to pacify her because there is hardly anything that he can now do that will make her ever get over the regret.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Navratri I decided to trek up to the Neemuch Mata Mandir which is considered as the Vaishno Devi of 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