A Tribute!

We have fought an endless number of times. We chat almost incessantly whenever we get the chance. We start every sentence with "Abe..." suffixed with some harmless gaali like "dakkan", "dumbass", "idiot", etc. She gives me BPL, Hutch or Vodafone T-shirts from time to time, depending on which company currently owns the company she works for! She makes amazing alu tikki!

She got married 5 years back. I remember when I was sitting right in front of the mayhem, dreaming about when the food would be served, and people starting congratulating me. I was like what the hell. "You have a bro-in-law now, you idiot!", said the junta. I said, "Hmm. Ok." And someone sent me off to fetch some coffee or what not for some old relative. The pains of being the bride's brother!

We stopped fighting physically when I became too big to get hurt, lol. And then I stopped being the cry-baby that I was :P The fights became intelluctual now (instead of "you took my toy/some useless thingy" or fighting for the remote, it was about who finished Lotr or the latest HP first!)

And after her marriage, she went away to make her home, and I went away to college. We grew apart, a little. But we still kept in touch (atleast I did!) We still fought from time to time. But hey, what is in a bro-sis relationship without fights? Nothing! But she is been my best friend from god knows when. We usually tell each other all the irrelevant crap people can talk about. Here is a sample.
Me: Did you know that 4000 bucks = 800 vadapavs?
She: I had *some random* chaat today or I saw the latest Bollywood chick flick...and it sucked! (obviously!)

But hey, what is the point of this post? Tomorrow is her 5th wedding anniversary and I wanted to give my sister a little gift. But since we are continents apart this is the least I could do. Here is hoping Radhika/Neelu/Akka and Ashish/Jiju live happily everafter!

Cheers.