Sometimes being in the same room (or Zoom) doesn't help recognise "The One". You might experience your meet-cute but not realise it's happening to you. We were colleagues for a year but only interacted when asked to collaborate on the same project. No Thanks to Covid! No butterflies flew around and no Bollywood-inspired musical scores played in the background, but we both loved each other's voices. Most of the time we hear stories of how people met, decided to go on date, and then clicked. But we just rolled this concept over its head. Clicked while texting on slack, then decided to go on date and finally met each other for the first time when he knocked on the door with a bottle of wine to pick me up.

A true romantic at heart, I wanted my proposal to Shree to be an innovative, authentic, personalized experience for both of us. After weeks of planning, I finally found my window of opportunity in Bali. I took her to a local boutique in Bali under the pretext of buying jewelry for my mum. Unbeknownst to the truth, she agreed. Once inside, I disclosed that I had arranged a customized ring-making class for us. So far, so good! Later on a sunset hike, we both walked together step-in-step and came across a cliff overlooking the island. The sky was ablaze with a warm orange tinge, and the sun on the horizon appeared to melt into the Indian Ocean. At that moment, everything was perfect; I went down on my knee and asked for her to be with me forever. Ecstatic with the sweet surprise, she promptly said yes, creating a moment etched into our memories forever.