DADU!!

I have known her from the time I was a bundle of cells in my Mom's womb. I have known her for every second, every moment of these 21 years. I have known her from very very close quarters and from miles away. She has been with me day and night, twenty fours hours a day. We can go on and on and on, on any topic, jump from one to another and still find matter to talk. We have seen these the ups and downs of life together. Have made the most significant decisions of life together. We share the most amazing bond I have known on this earth.

I have hugged her an innumerable times and can do so for as many times again. Have cried and laughed with her. Spent futile summers watching TV. Sung songs with her together for hours . Experimented with a new dish in kitchen. When had nothing to do, lied down next to her and felt the ultimate happiness of being loved. . Cribbed about various life's complexities and hated the set up just because we can't stay together. Fought on trivial issues, beaten each other and then wiped each others tears. We have our own secrets and personal conversations which we never share with anyone else. There are many people who wonder how we share what we share. The answer is our *Love*!

For the ones who haven't been able to figure out who she is, she is my only sibling. I call her Dadu, for God knows what reason. I have been asked by many a people why I call her so, and I have no reason. Actually, we never had to find any reasonable logical answer. So I just call her , DADU! She is a sister to me, a parent, an elder guiding me in my rough times, a friend who knows when I am happy and when I need a shoulder to cry on, she has been my first teacher of the finer details of life. Some times she is a kid who requires to be pampered, sometimes a narcissist demanding self appreciation. There are times when she melts in her emotional fury, and in others she can be rock solid.

What I feel for her can not be put in words. Is it love, respect, gratitude or something else? Actually it is a concoction of everything i just mentioned. I can not imagine even a single day without her. She is the pillar on which I stand tall and proud!

DADU LOVE YOU!