This article is dedicated to you.
First of all, A Very Happy Birthday Di.
May you live forever...... (on a practical note, I mean, till I die.)
Honestly, I thank GOD for making you a part of my life.

Okay, so its already an hour. I'm trying to draft a poetry and failing miserably. (Thanks to Srijan Srivastav for enabling spell-check)
I gonna write it as a letter. An open letter.
This letter has been intentionally kept open, such that my fellow-earthmates know and learn from you. So at times, I may refer to you as 3rd person.
Di, you are precious, not just to me but also to me.
Huh.. Angrezi nhi aata mereko. Na hindi pura aata h. I will use Hinglish. I'm sure you are habituated to it.

This letter is gonna be an appreciating one (a li'l different from the appreciation/recommendation mails you would have already received from 'important' person :P ), after all its your Birthday.
I will share a criticizing letter with you as well (if I get enough content to draft the same), after all that is what I'm best at ;P .

'Jab we met' for the first time, I certainly don't remember the date, we were traveling back home, don't even remember why were we going together. But obviously I do remember our discussion. It started with 'Aapka title #@@@# h ?' :P Next Question was your favorite one, 'Aap SIR ki beti ho..?' (But I wasn't Idiot enough to ask 'apni beti' waala stuff).
To which you laughed (as always) and stopped just to ask the another one of your favorite questions, 'Tumko kaun bataya?'

You are so friendly that the fact never became any hindrance in our bonding. As I have complimented you in past as well, your ability to maintain a separate legal entity concept in respect of your Dad and our Branch Head is indeed awesome. Ability to smile in the worst of situations (well yes, I'm referring to the '4' of '7+4' equation :P , I'm quite sure you will maintain your smile in the coming audit days and not create a scene in front of new Junior) is worth stating.

I did notice when you referred to your Mom as Ma'm while talking about the name of the new company. The fact that you have described/defined the word 'sexy' to a girl, that too just six year old, makes me adore you. The fact that you cancel your social commitment for an assignment without even letting your team-member know about it. Willing to come up to office because I would be alone even when you were not fit. Most importantly bearing with me and my 'mostly' idiotic questions. These are just very, very few of the many appreciations that I can put on record.

Ah, How on earth can I forget, to appreciate efforts you put in for resolving the Audit Queries with Mrs. Insane.

THANK YOU DI. I know this won't suffice. Well to be honest, nothing on earth will. Thank you for existing. Thank you for bearing me, and Thanks to Sir for allotting us the same assignment (You should convey it to HIM, in some proper situation). Anyway, Let me not dilute it. This is a Thank you letter to YOU.

I have a strong belief that like most things in my life (including my wisdom tooth) you were delayed. I wish , we would have met a lot before. I sometimes, (remembering the frequency of project and exam that she gets, I must say) only sometimes , envy your younger sister.

I don't know what else to add. There are plenty of thoughts and feelings, but as usual I'm failing to express them. Well you aren't our branch-head (who can't understand me, even when I'm speaking), so I would safely believe, You have understood most of it.

To sum up all, THANK YOU, would be the word.

This is the part of the poem with which I started.

"She can do anything,
She can, explain a six year old what 'sexy' means,
She can, smile on you bullshit jokes,
She can, remember your exam dates,
She can, get away with embarrassing talks,
She can do everything.

She is awesome.
She is awesome, for the way she thinks
She is awesome, for the way she talks
She is awesome, for the way she remembers
She is awesome, for the way she smiles
She is beyond awesome."

Hope, you did get the reminder which I intended to deliver via the cover pic :P

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