my little sis.

Well....We found her under a bamboo groove ;). oops! i have already lost one audience i guess. joking sweety!! you came straight from fairyland.

Mom says, when she got down from d ambulance carrying you, i wasn't too keen in accepting the new kid on the block and walked away inside with a sullen face... well, to be true, if i knew a second person doing this to you, i'd have thrashed that fellow!!! but it was me yaar... and i was hardly two at that time naa.. too young to understand that this little bundle will grow up to be my best friend, my soul sister, and my comrade in crime and punishment in my growing years..

my first memories of our childhood dates back to my first year in school. i dont know where i picked up this habit from, but i always used to save half of my tiffin for her and she used to wait for me eagerly (actually for my tiffin box) all the day long. as soon as i reach home, she used to hunt out my red tiffin box from my bag, and finish off with great relish whatever i saved for her...don't know if she remembers this, but i have this picture clearly in my memory... and later when she joined my school, she used to say - "ba tumar index finger tu diya", and we used to walk hand in hand to school every morn...

She was the tougher and the smarter one who never shyed away from doing things that i would never dare to do, like- going up to her class teacher and asking her name, and what would she wear for the picnic party next day... well, the reply was -
"a salwar kameez".
"which colour"-
asked the inquisitive imp.
"pink"
- replied her beautiful baruah madam. And hence she wore my pink salwar kameez to picnic sans the dupatta coz her favourite madam wasn't wearing one!

Should i narrate one of her daring acts? well, let move to '95. i was in class 5 and she reached 3rd standard. i used to carry her on my cycle and she used to sit ulta- facing the rear. so one day, these two guys (one of them being our cousin) tried to emerge the big bullies and they chased us for no good reason. i was frantically trying to ride as fast as possible to outrun them and as u must have guessed, i lost control DHADAMM !!! we fell down. I was left crying, but not my big little sis! she helped me get up, collected the bags ,picked up the cycle, and went up to the boys. and said - "jodi mur baar kiba hoi, moi tahatak jailot loi jaam!!!!" and gave one of them a BIG TIGHT SLAP !!!!! HAH HAH HAH !!! I still cannot forget that pic and the dialogue till date...and i know, i never will. Though that guy got transferred to some other place, we saw him again a few years ago :)

Myna has been my closest friend, my soul sister, and my source of joy all my life. sometimes i wish we were twins...actually we grew up like one- same height and built, same-same frocks, did the same kind of mischiefs and got the same kind of punishments... now looking back to the days of stealing berries, plucking flowers, taking her to my friends' birthday parties, to quarrelling over whose turn it is to make the bed, and who'll read the newspaper first, ..etc... i realize, i have the most wonderful companion one could ask for...

To my sweetest Myna, lemmi tell u here: you have been my greatest support, my roomie,and my best friend throughout. growing up with you was the most wonderful part of my life...you keep our home alive with your silly jokes and antics. U are one real piece! life would have been so incomplete without you. i miss all those winter mornings, and the study hours, our games, sharing toffees and sweet-packets... those secrets , those nights of long chats, our evening walks, and evrything...just everything... and my god!!! the way u scold me and bro for being messy and lazy...!!! :) high dramas at home isin't possible without your active participation. hee hee :)

Well whatever, just needed to say that i love u... And you, along with mom dad n bro are the first love in my life. miss you loads...

I hope u r not crying...okey? you emotional fool!!

Come to delhi soon... we'll paint the town red !!!!