Sunanda Tharoor: Our Honeymoon is Still Continuing!

Speak to her once and you will easily understand why dapper, first-time MP from Thiruvananthapuram, Shashi Tharoor renounced his ministerial birth and stood by her. Sunanda Pushkar Tharoor admits that she's "the luckiest woman in the world" even though they are very different from each other. She's fond of old Hindi films and Asha- Kishore songs, and he's a diplomatturned-politician bred on the staple diet of classics, who has seen only three hindi films till date — Bobby, Sholay and Mr India. But, love is palpable between the two, and Sunanda still blushes beetroot at the mere mention of her husband. BT chats with Tharoor ki dulhan, who's just celebrated her first wedding anniversary with her husband...

How has the journey been this far? It's been very good, touchwood! This one year has restored my faith in the institution of marriage. Honestly, I'm scared to say that 'I'm very happy' because life's been wonderful these past 12 months!

After the honeymoon, most of the couples settle down to monotony of marriage... Oh, our honeymoon is still continuing! There's no monotony in any of our activities. Since my husband is travelling so much, I've also been to different places along with him and interacted with slum children, youngsters and school kids. Each day with Shashi seems like a new day to me, and I'm loving it!

Both of you faced tough times before and soon after your marriage. What was that one thing that made the struggle bearable? Those were very tough days indeed! Just when everything around us was going wrong, I also lost my mother. But, what made us sail through was our love for each other, the fact that we were together came to our rescue. Being a spiritual person also helped me a lot. Whenever I was depressed, I would pray. Even today, when I think about it, I feel sad! But, speaking to my husband, who's so wonderfully romantic, perks me up immediately. What's that one quality about him that you find absolutely adorable... He has many adorable traits, but I just love that 'little boy lost' look about him. And I constantly feel like mothering him!

Your husband is very good-looking. So, women must be going gushy over him in your presence too... Women do go gushy over him, but not in an obscene way. So, I actually take it as a compliment that he has a huge fan following. Both of us are very secure about each other, so there's no question of any of us getting jealous.