It was 3rd September, our birthday. A totally different, strange birthday it was.

Learned a lot this year too!

At 12 AM, I got several calls, but I felt too lonely, too alone, because this year I was actually alone. Cried as much as I could!

Realized something: if the whole universe can leave me alone, these two people never will. They called me several times just to check whether I had stopped crying or not.

There are a lot of allegations against them for being strict parents and still treating me like a baccha. “কারো বাবা মা এরকম করেনা” is something I often used to accuse them of. But now I realize!

Nowadays, Ma has started saying, “এই বার কাউকে একটা খুঁজে রাখ,” and I keep telling her how cruel the world is, but I never told her how much of an idiot I am when it comes to love.

Ma always says, “এই ভাবে সারাজীবন একা থাকা যায় না, আমরা তো থাকবোনা সারাজীবন।”

How could I tell her that I may not even be able to breathe if these two people are not living in this world?