62 YEARS MARRIAGE CELEBRATIONS -WHAT A WONDERFUL DAY WAS ON JULY 23 1961 -WHEN I CAME TO KARNAL IN FULL PROCESSION AND FULL OF IMMENSE EXPECTATIONS -TO TIE THE WED KNOT OF LOVE AND TO OWN RESPONSIBILITIES OF FAMILY BUILDING AND TO MAKE PROGRESS IN LIFE, ALL IN LOVE AND IN TOGETHERNESS. -HOW AMAZING AND EXCITING IT LOOKS THAT WE HAVE PASSED THESE 61 YEARS TOGETHER TO MAKE PROGRESS AND TO HAVE FAMILY OF OUR OWN. -MARVELOUS IT IS THAT WE HAVE ACHIEVED TREMENDOUS SUCCESS IN LIFE TOGETHER -HOW MUCH WONDERFULLY GRATIFYING IT IS THAT NOT ONLY WE ARE SEEING THE SUCCESS OF CHILDREN BUT ALSO ARE SEEING THE SUCCESS OF OUR GRAND CHILDREN AS WELL, -NOW THAT WE HAVE REACHED IN OLD AGE WE HAVE TO LIVE FOR OURSELVES AND ENJOY THE REST OF OUR LIFE IN LOVE AND TAKING CARE OF EACH OTHER. -ALL MY ADMIRATIONS AND CONGRATULATIONS ARE WITH YOU AND FOR YOU, THAT IT IS THROUGH OUR MOTIVATION, DEVOTION AND LOVE WHICH -2- INSPIRED ME DURING ALL THESE YEARS TO MOVE ON AND ON IRRESPECTIVE OF HOW HARD AND DISGUSTING SITUATIONS I HAVE FACED. IT IS RIGHTLY SAID “NOTHING COMPARES HOME, IT IS NOHING ALL THE MORE WITHOUT WIFE AND IT IS NOTHING AS WELL WITHOUT FAMILY OF ONE’S OWN.”’ -I SINCERELY AND HEARTILY I SALUTE MY WIFE THAT SHE HAS ALWAYS STOOD BY MY SIDE BY ALL MEANS AND WITH FULL DEVOTION. -LAST BUT NOT THE LEAST, MY DEAREST LOVE, I LOVE YOU THE MOST AND CONGRATULATE YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS AND DEVOTION TO KEEP ME STRONG AND HAVING TAKEN THE FAMILY TO SUCH A WONDERFUL SUCCESS. …………………………………………………………………………………………………… Emotional message by husband to his wife –vasdev to Ishwar