00:00My wife's linguistic ability is much better than mine.
00:02This love story from Chennai to Tokyo comes with a twist.
00:06External Affairs Minister Jai Shankar was once married to his college sweetheart Shobha.
00:11The whole campus and the Kaveri, Periyar, Godavari complex is for me still the heart.
00:19I met my first wife, she was also studying there.
00:23But Shobha was later diagnosed with cancer and sadly passed away.
00:27After her death, Jai Shankar gave love another chance when he was posted to Japan as Deputy Chief of Mission from 1996 to 2000.
00:39During this time, he met Koyoko Somikawa who also happened to share the same birth date as him, January 9.
00:46As per sources, they crossed paths at the Indian Embassy in Tokyo.
00:49I have a certain, I would say, working, rudimentary sense of Japanese because I do need to talk to my wife from time to time.
00:59With all his diplomatic duties keeping him on his toes, Koyoko appeared as a calm in the storm.
01:05Their friendship slowly turned into something more.
01:08The couple later had an intimate wedding after which Koyoko moved to India.
01:12India will ever be able to overtake Japan in terms of technological development?
01:17You are trying to create problems for me.
01:20I was joking.
01:20Their story is an example that time heals everything.
01:23And today, Jai Shankar and Koyoko share a beautiful multicultural love story.
01:28Blessed with three children, Medha, Dhruva and Arjun Jai Shankar.
01:32Isn't that cross-cultural journey made for the silver screen?
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