Bangladeshi Rana and His Kerala Wife Share Their Marriage Story

Ask me how I chose a Bangladeshi boy. It's wrong.

But you have to ask me how I chose Rana.

Fortunately or unfortunately, he is Bangladeshi.

He is—it's not a mistake, or it's not a positive thing, it's not a negative thing. It's— Hello, I'm Rana. And my-my wife is with me.

This is, she came from Kerala. We were— My daughter-in-law came from India, and my son came from Dubai.

After arriving— my son's wife came to my house to visit, She came to tour Bangladesh. She looked around— Kerala, India. The girl is mashallah.

We finally, in conclusion— How I chose Rana.

Fortunately or unfortunately, he is Bangladeshi.

He is—it's not a mistake, or it's not a positive thing, it's not a negative thing. It's my concept.

And, uh, obviously he, he was, he is in Bangladesh.

So, he is my husband. If he were Indian, there would be no controversies.

He's Bangladeshi. That's why people are being so negative.

They're saying that you—he'll cheat on me, he'll leave me, and he— there are so many comments saying he'll get married five or six times.

So, guys, I want to say that he'll never do that.

The reason I chose him is that I can tell when a guy is cheating on girls.

It's happening in Kerala and even in Bangladesh.

It's happening all over the world. So I can tell that he won't do that, won't.

My husband won't do that. And if he does, I can't say he never will.

And in my view, anyone can smoke or drink alcohol, that's okay.

But my problem is him going off with another girl.

He'll never do that. And I can tell that, uh, because— our arguments, of course, in a family, a husband and wife will argue.

Obviously, there will be an argument. But our arguments last at most five— at most five hours and we can work it out.

So, until now, we've never said, uh, that we'd leave each other.

We've never said that. And before we got married, we promised to end any argument within one day.

We have to end an argument before bed. I'm Rana. And my wife is here with me.

She came from Kerala. We were in Dubai. I was in Dubai for five years.

When she went to Dubai, I first met her there.

We were working at a Filipino restaurant.

At first, I was a delivery boy. Later, I became the purchase manager there.

And she worked there as a cashier. All the staff there were more or less in relationships.

And the two of us were single. So everyone told us, "You two should date, date."

You know, like, single. I mean, there was this fun thing going on.

So I thought, this isn't possible. Because I'm Bangladeshi, and she's Indian Malayali.

But even so, as we kept talking little by little, I started falling for her.

And, uh, then suddenly one day, she called me— I mean, messaged me on Messenger.

She said, actually, everyone is asking if you're serious.

I said, how could this actually be serious?

Because you're Indian, and I'm Bangladeshi.

It's not possible. She said, if you're willing, it will be possible.

Later on, one day, we met in person. Then she said, "Do one thing.

Call my mother." Then I called her mother.

On the phone, I said, I'm Rana, calling from Dubai.

And she'd already told her mother about me beforehand.

So, uh, after telling her, I told her about our situation, that I like—love her.

So what are you saying? I want to get married. He said that he had no problem with it.

If you two want to get married because you're mature…

Then just keep one thing in mind. You're from India—you're from Bangladesh, and she's from India.

So keep the matter of traveling back and forth in mind.

And your cultures differ. So I said, “All right,” I'll let you know in a few days.

Then, three or four days later, I called again.

I called and said that we could manage. Communication between us wouldn't be a problem.

He said, “If you two have no problem, I don't.”

You can carry on. Later, I spoke with Ashi again.

So I said, well, we could… We don't need to date. We should just get married directly.

Because dating today and breaking up tomorrow isn't good.

So within seven or eight days… We got married at the court there in Abu Dhabi.

Uh, after getting married six months later, I told my family— I mean, I said we were marrying here.

And her family knew from the very beginning.

So after getting married, we left the company room.

After leaving, we got a room of our own.

The rent for those rooms was huge. Anyone who lives in Karama—uh, in Karama will be able to tell you.

That's where our married life began for two years.

We're still together to this day.