Hi, Jatin.
🤝
and so it begins—
Happy Birthday,
Jyoti
to the girl who turns toward the world
like sunflowers turn toward the sun.
— and to whom my world quietly turns.
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— our story —
the night we became us
Some nights you remember by the weather. I remember by the quiet.
the night we became us
— and tomorrow, more pages.
— a chapter on its own —
Kashi
तुम्हारे साथ काशी देखी
I saw Kashi with you.
I made you something. press the flame —
tap the diya to hear me
in a city older than memory,
I knew I wanted to grow old with you.
— and then we made it official —
Roka.
a baniya and a brahmin
walked into forever.
One family counts in mithai, the other in ashirwad.
One speaks in numbers, the other in shlokas.
But when they looked at us — they all spoke the same language.
two kitchens. two traditions. two sets of stubborn uncles.
and somehow — one table.
they didn't just say yes to us.
they said yes to each other.
— from "who is this boy?" to "beta, have you eaten?"
tied. sealed. ours. 
— and one more thing —
future Dr. Jyoti.
four years done. one to go.
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Dr. Jyoti
B.D.S. — Bachelor of Dental Surgery
now comes the real field.
the patients. the clinics. the real thing.
you will be a great doctor — I know it.
make me proud.
— some things to keep, on the long days —
- be kind first. brilliant always.
- your hands are softer than you give them credit for.
- ask the questions that scare you.
- this was your dream — not a fallback, not a compromise. you chose this. remember that on the days it doesn't choose you back.
- you have worked so hard for this. the last mile is yours. walk it like you own it.
make yourself proud.
make us proud.
last mile. it's yours.
happy birthday, doctor-in-the-making.
— a quiet letter —
hi babe,
meeting you was actually god's plan. like genuinely — how does this even happen? bareilly mein padhti ek 4th year ki BDS student, and some random guy from delhi jo 4-5 engineers manage kar raha hai.. kaha se cross hua ye raasta? :P
par it was destiny. it had to be.
you make me happy — the real kind, not the instagram kind. you make me feel loved in ways I didn't know I was missing. you make me a better person, and I don't say that lightly.
I am so in love with your values. your directness — how you just say what you mean without ten layers of drama. your humbleness. and that thing you have — logo ke liye pyaar, logo ke liye kuch karne ki ichha. you put everyone before yourself, always. sabko apne se pehle rakhti ho.
and mujhe toh sir pe bithake rakhti ho. that I know. :)
this is your day. enjoy it to the fullest. kal milte hain — and you know kya hi hoga fir :P
happy birthday, my life. everyone loves you. but main thoda zyada.
— yours, always
— at the ghats, after midnight —
only the river hears it.
and so we end this page,
to us.
to always.
this site grows with us — come back on our days,
on quiet evenings, on every other birthday,
on the day we say forever out loud.
yours, — Jatin