Once upon a time
In the small city of Tacoma, WA there was a girl called Sonia. Sonia was one of the only Indians at her all girls school, and other than completing her Bharata Natyam Arangetram, she was very much an American girl. While Sonia was good at studying, she mostly spent her time competing nationally in debate and acting in plays - Like the Importance of Being Earnest, where she played the character Jack.
7295 miles away, in the “small town” of Calcutta, there was a boy called Yash. Yash was a Calcutta Marwari boy through and through who liked to think he ruled his all-boys school. While Yash was good at studying, he mostly spent his time hanging out with his friends, being captain of the debate team, and acting in plays - Like the Importance of Being Earnest, where he played Jack’s mother-in-law (it was an all boys school, after all)
Many years later in 2015, Yash and Sonia were both living in San Francisco.
Sonia had moved there to work at her first job in consulting and Yash was having fun completing his masters in public policy. One day, before they met, Vivian approached Yash and said “I’ve found the girl for you - she’s smart, but chaotic - perfect for you!” And that was Sonia!
A few months later, Lea introduced Sonia and Yash - And the two became friends. While drinking tea at Samovar, dancing in the Mission and walking along the Embarcadero, Yash became convinced that Sonia was the girl for him. Yash finally made his intentions clear after Yash’s friends Nab and Cassie threatened to leave him on the streets of New York unless he asked her to dinner - And their relationship began! In their early days, Sridhar would encourage Yash to dress well and impress Sonia, which clearly worked!
In 2017, Yash moved to India and they started a long distance relationship from San Francisco to Calcutta.
For the next 3 years, Yash and Sonia would keep travelling looking for excuses to see each other -Whether it be Yash's bff, Anirudh’s wedding in Hyderabad or Sonia’s consulting stint in Kenya or new years eve in Singapore or Sonia’s annual job interview trips to India :)
During COVID, Yash and Sonia couldn’t meet for an entire year (they were mostly taking dance classes on Zoom together) which ended when Sonia finally moved to Bangalore, fulfilling her dream to move to India at the beginning of 2021!
Now that they were together in Bangalore, it was only a matter of time before Sonia would fully fall for Yash’s cool & funny Indian boy vibes. All that was missing was a solid proposal from Yash! Sonia kept hinting (not subtly) that she wanted it to be a surprise! To Yash’s credit, he pulled a rabbit out of his hat with a beautiful underwater proposal in Kas, Turkey.
Now Sonia and Yash are settled in Bangalore, India and are super excited to celebrate their beautiful forever with you next year!
