Had the six-time Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, Virbhadra Singh, been alive today, he would have felt as if he were breathing the air of another world — watching from heavenly abode, yet with paternal pride — while his son Vikramaditya Singh, 36, prepares to step into a new chapter of personal bliss. Life, after all, often writes with an invisible pen, etching joys and sorrows in strokes that we only comprehend in hindsight.

Owing to the demise of ex-CM in 2021, Vikraaditya was symbolically anointed as ‘Raja of Bushahr’ in a traditional royal style at Padam Palace at Rampur. In this moment, Vikramaditya’s mother, Pratibha Singh — PCC chief and former MP — joined by his sister Aprajita and other family members, seems to touch an unseen world of emotions, for the dream she had long nurtured of seeing her son’s married life blossom successfully is now unfolding before her eyes.

Vikramaditya’s first brush with matrimony, several years ago, was more of a dutiful knot than a union of hearts. Much like a ship launched against the tide, it struggled to stay afloat, eventually sinking into the silence........

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