she is a year younger to me
on my birthday she called me early morning to come and see her urgently - anxious and scared i rushed to her hostel only to find her smiling . she took me to her room, closed my eyes and asked me to open my eyes after 5 mts - what i saw was a brilliant music system infront of me - she knew i loved music and she had saved her pocket money to get me a music system !!! that was when both of us were still graduating in DU and we had 1000 rs as pocket money a month to sustain ourselves!
one day in hostel i wanted to have chowmein very badly ; clumsy as i was, i did not know what to do, where to go in the university area to get some except to let my sis know about this urge- in next thirty minutes i had her on my hostel gate! she got is packed from her canteen and came all the way from Miranda house to drop it to daulatram
when i started working i never had enough money to pursue my dream. one day very casually i told her how i had this violent urge inside me to do an oil-paint. she saved her pocket money and on my birthday i had a range of oil color tubes, mix of different sized brushes, set of three cloth canvas, linseed oil, turpentine oil and an easel. when i did not know how to hold a brush i made around 10 oil paints in a short span of few months. next time she got a small canvas pad for me from Delhi Book Fair.
though i was working and she was studying, end of every month she would lend me money and everytime i told her to take it back she would tell me only one thing - ours is a relationship not a business
she bought Paulo Coehlo and others from different stores to gift the set of books to me because she knew with my meagre earning i would not be able to buy them - she taught me to read, to explore who i was, she was my guardian angel quenching my thirst for search of ONE
she made sure i had lassi whenever we went out in sunny scorching afternoons of Delhi in the Kingsway Camp Area- she would pay for it - always.....
when we were kids and were in 3rd standard or so - one day some petals fell in one of my eyes and i started crying - we were in hostel - that day she went beserk - she barked, howled, cried and was ready to kill anybody who got delayed in getting me help
when i went to a beauty parlor and the beautician did a wrong razor cut on my hair - my sister blasted off the beutician for experimenting with my hair
she has been a constant figure along with my father in all my dreams ( i can interpret my own dreams) giving me signals of future success since childhood
today i feel lonely without her
till date i feel insecured without her - i am so used to being around her
till date when i want to discuss movies and books i call her up, i am married with a kid, she is newly married with a job - but not even once she makes a noise about "not having time"
she is a copywriter, a photographer, an awesome individual, a free spirit, she carries saris as beautifully as she can carry a mini, she treks, she reads, she sings, she is temperamental, she is cool, she is a kid, she is a parent, she has been my best mentor, the most patient friend i have ever had
she is an awesome mix of tradition and modernity
i believe and i know she is a mother from one of my lifetimes
without her - i do not exist
Awww. God bless both you amazing girls! I promise you, I haven't read a sweeter rendition in days... I love the love sisters share. I know how dear mine is to me, so I pray you both have plenty of fabulous memories waiting to happen. Big hug.
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful! How blessed you are to have her, and she is blessed to have you. She is very pretty. Your relationship is a treasure.
ReplyDeleteGod bless the beautiful sisters :)
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I love this trubute to your sister. She is an amazing sister. One time, long ago I wanted the music, Music Box Dancer. There was no way I could afford it, Cindy save all her allowance and bought me a jewelry box that sang that music and a record.
ReplyDeleteYou love your sister so much, as I do. They are one of a kind.
Thank you for sharing. Take care and God Bless!!
How touching! This post brought tears to my eyes. What an awesome sisters you BOTH are to each other! This is a beautiful tribute to your sister!! You are so lucky to have each other & even more blesses that you both appreciate that!!
ReplyDeleteBlessings and Hugs to you both!
Coreen
I left a comment for you on my blog. Your friendship has meant so much to me!
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ReplyDeletethe comments by ur followes are as beautiful as ur write-up.
thank God for sisters :)
thanks :)
Being sisters most of the time is not brought about by blood relation but rather by heart. I love relationships like sisterhood bound by the love in your hearts. You're lucky to have found one of the most precious gems on earth. True friend who is also a best sister.
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