Ds birthday

 1979 was a very important year, beautiful Persis khambatta made it to Start Terk. Mother Tress-a got the nobel peace prize and Charn Singh laid the foundation of telecommunication in India. This particular event also casted the destiny of my beloved friend Divya, who’s birth for me was indeed the most important event of that year. While Divya was already kicking his feet my parents were busy laying my foundations.

Lets skip to 10 years forward, while Sachin Tendulkar was making his international cricket debut and VP singh was laying foundation to become next PM, You were spending your time in an all boys school, well let me correct it not completely all boys there were few girls in the senior boys section. But being their little did you knew that you were going to be deprived of pleasure of being next to a girl for some time to come. By this time you had also acquired a nickname, which I know you don’t like so will keep it a secret for now but perhaps to be revealed on some other occasions. 

Fast forward to next 10 year, you made many friends at school and few girlfriends at tutions. Bajaj Chetak was your favourite ride and Jai Veeru’s jodi was either seen on Your Chetaks or Ahuja’s hero Puch. I often wonder was the chemistry tution you attended were really for studies or to enjoy the company of girls, miss rathi in particular, which you missed at school. We shall never know the secret.

By now  your youth was running high with testosterone and with the  availability of personal computers in hostels of Nagpur you were making good use of your dads money and liberating your freedom watching some very interesting movies. You can not be blamed for it, what else shall one do in a city known mostly for oranges.  Let me not be little the time though you spent in Nagpur. These were also some of the most fantastic years of your life, which shaped you as an independent person, your thinking, and you made some good friendships. 

Form here on we take it a bit slowly, you finished your engineering with good grades but then your urge to learn more, I wonder some time was it really urge to learn more or was it just homesickness that, brought you back to your home town of Roorkee. You joined the management program at IIT Roorkee. This will prove to be an important turning point in your life. As little did you knew that you will meet your soul mate and our beloved bhabhi Anu also in the Roorkee campus. For the next few years, finally, the testosterone running in your body was going to be put to good use instead of getting wasted. But I am a bit envious of this time as well because these were the times when your friends took a bit of a back seat, even Ahuja on the scooter was replaced. You only started to remember your friends once your to be wife was sent to work in London for some time. Long distance is never easy for anyone and for a roorkee boy whom it took over 20 years to make his first girlfriend you all can imagine the shock of it all that you decided to get married as you were a bit nervous about Anu running away with someone else in london. Typical small town logic but I am glad that you did made that decision and look at it now you are blessed with two beautiful daughters and your lovely wife sitting next to you. On this note lets raise a toast for your 40th birthday and many more to come.