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A simple, special wedding

Starting a new life: Sureshkumar tying the knot to Geeta in Chitradurga on Sunday.

Chitradurga: In a simple ceremony here on Sunday, which was attended by a few close relatives and friends, M. Sureshkumar married H.S. Geeta.

What was special about this marriage was that the couple is visually challenged. While Ms. Geeta lost her sight when she was five, Mr. Sureshkumar is visually impaired by birth.

The wedding took place at Murugharajendra Math. Sparing a little time while receiving greetings, Mr. Sureshkumar expressed his gratitude to his in-laws for giving their daughter to him. Clad in a simple “kurta pyjama”, he married Ms. Geeta by exchanging garlands.

Working as a computer operator in a private company in Bangalore, Mr. Sureshkumar said that it was about three months ago that the family put the marriage proposal before Ms. Geeta’s parents who live in Challakere taluk of Chitradurga district.

“Our meeting was incidental. During my computer training in Bangalore, I was staying as a paying guest at Koramangala, while Ms. Geeta was a paying guest in my neighbour’s house. It was the owner of the house who, one day, told about me to Ms. Geeta’s uncle who visited her. Perhaps, her uncle liked the idea and initiated the process,” he said.

Ms. Geeta, who has completed M.A. in Kannada, said that she was happy to get a life partner like Mr. Sureshkumar. Ms. Geeta is also working as a computer operator in a private company in Bangalore.

About her views on the visually challenged, she said that they should not be treated with sympathy.

“We don’t need sympathy, but empathy and support. I am fortunate that neither my family nor my relatives ever made me feel dejected for not being born normal. They always supported me. Whatever I am today is because of support from my parents,” she said.

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