An Ode to my Sister

Even though I wasn't with my sister in person on her first wedding anniversary but sure was in spirit. I wanted to celebrate her first engagement and wedding anniversary in grand style or what I could afford to do in this toughest month of my curriculum.


So treated my mates here for supper at 'Swing cafe' (no band ever plays there mind you) on the 18th and dinner on the 20th at a fancy chinese restaurant - 'Red Hot Chilli Pepper' (like the band so went ahead and tried it out).


Fell upon the following poem that I wrote for her last year as she entered the second stage of life - Grihasthashram.

An Ode to my Sister

My sister, my heart, my soul,

I just wanna let you know

that you are the one for me,

though strictly platonically.

The time you locked me up in the bathroom

to go to play with your friends mind you,

stems my earliest memories of you and me

which for you, I bet, was no big deal.

Growing up in your shadow

sometimes fat but often narrow,

has been the safest place of them all

besides our mommy's womb of course.

Depicting our real life friendship

by locking horns on stage as if,

we were no less than Susan and Nicole

was a treat for sure.

My initiation into adult life SP

is what legends are made of don't you feel,

my very own relationship expert hey you,

though free of cost but pretty damn good too.

People often wondered how I could do something never done before,

that is make my elder sis do all my chores,

but little did they know the truth I bet

that you, my alter ego, are an angel on this planet.

Having been so close to you throughout my life,

I know that you'd be a great wife,

one who would simply stop at nothing

to make jiju feel like something's burning!

I don't think I ever was

the annoying little sister or was I,

but I know for sure beyond a doubt

that you were the best elder sis, oh my!

Here's to you my best friend,

my guardian, role model and favourite sis,

I think of you now as a wife first

and the best one there is.

At times I feel there's a huge void inside of me

and that everything's changed at a rapid pace,

but then, in a flash, all my inhibitions vanish

at the sight of your radiating face.