Tutul: I was in charge of several tasks for that tour and so naturally I was in charge of making sure Tania was comfortable and well settled. I liked her right from the beginning but she was unaware of how I felt.

Tania: Casual things bought us together. He was easy going and sweet. We had plenty of interaction just before the tour and became very good friends. As a matter of fact we used to address each other as tui even after we started going around.

When did you realise that it was no longer just friendship?

Tutul: Frankly put, right from the beginning. Whenever I saw Tania I just felt like getting married. I didn't want to go around or date.

Tania: We were shopping in a jewellery shop in Miami and I liked this ring, which he bought for me. Suddenly he was like "I want to marry you". Over the past few weeks I got to know him upfront and realised he was a very nice person; everyone liked him and I was impressed by his character, but marriage was still out of the question.

How did no become yes?

Tutul: I asked her the reasons why she didn't like me. Was I not educated enough for her (I had an MA degree), was I not good looking enough (I never thought I was repulsive), did I not have a personality (everyone thought I had a good personality), did I not have enough money (ok, she got me there! but she always claimed money was not a factor). It so happened that she did like me, but she had a criterion.

Tania: He knew my past, yet he was ready to be with me. But I wanted everyone to accept our relationship, from both sides. That was my criterion. It took quite some time to convince everyone, but here we are today, happily married with our respective in-laws loving us.

What is it that makes your marriage so strong?

Tutul: I am madly in love with her. Isn't that reason enough? On a more frivolous note: she has spies everywhere in the form of her students. I wouldn't be able to cheat on her even if I wanted to.

Tania: We are great friends and share everything. For e.g. if I see a hot guy I'll drool over him and tell Tutul about it. If I see a hot girl I'll point her out to him and use our code language CS. We are just such good friends.

Does that mean you don't fight?

Tania, Tutul: We hardly fight about issues related to us; we always disagree about other people and end up fighting about them. However, in relationships you need these odd bits of arguments.

What do you dislike about each other?

Tutul: She scolds me as soon as I am wrong. So what if I am wrong? Secondly, she takes at least two hours to get dressed, yet if I take five minutes extra she gets angry. She also criticises my work outright.

Tania: Yes I take two hours to get dressed but for that reason I start getting dressed three hours before the occasion so that I am not late. As for him, he begins dressing at the last minute and always takes extra time and we are invariably late. I hate that. Tutul is also great at making excuses. He has a bad habit of biting his nails.

Any regrets?

Tania: I have no regrets. I do regret some smaller issues like not getting any surprises from him, or his habit of giving me money and expecting me to buy everything on my own.

Tutul: My only occasional regret is that Tania deserved better.