Mateo and Maria
MATEO & MARIA by Indian author RAJAN V KOKKURI “Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired” -Robert Frost” Mateo was born in a family having poor income in a distant Romanian beautiful village in Transylvania. Romania had a communist government during that time, and all teens were required to serve in the army for a minimum of 16 months. Mateo also joined army and was serving in Vrancea County in southern part of Romania. It was March 4th, 1977. He went to a cloth store in the downtown of Vrancea to purchase a shawl. When Mateo walked into the store, he noticed a gorgeous girl organizing the garments on the shelf. Mateo said, "Hello, I want to buy a shawl". She took out a bundle of finely handmade shawls from the shelf. While she was pulling the shawl, he didn’t forget to ask her name. “My name is Maria”. While she was taking the material out of the wooden cabinet, the floor and cabinet moved noticeably....