2019
It’s been another 365 days! While I turned 30 years old, there were a few other accomplishments this year. Keeping with my traditional year end note, I am thankful for another year that has passed by taking me and my family with it happily and healthy. I’m thankful for every day I spend with my Whisky and Luca! I am thankful for friends like Kerry and Sharon. I’m thankful for my family away from home like Kathy and Hope! I am really happy and grateful for the relationship I have built with my boss at work and with my team mates Tim and Neha. They make work fun and interesting. Professionally, I have grown immensely in terms of having confidence in myself. Personally, for the first time in my life, I saw Durga Puja in Kolkata. Babi planned the whole thing and I had a great time. We saw 23 thakur pandals in total and walked god knows how many miles! We had a family get together in serampore and hosted family at our kolkata apartment. It was a good trip overall. Let’s hope the next year brings more adventures and happy memories for all of us. Here’s hoping for a peaceful and prosperous new year for all of us! Happy 2020!
2018
It’s almost the end of 2018. A new year is on its way and its time for my annual reflection. It was a good year with a few highlights in the usual monotony of life.
The year started with a short visit home. Within a month of starting the year, I moved on from one of the best teams ever to another very different kind of team for a change at work. I joined the budding Business Development IT team. It was a short lived bonding experience between my team mate, Tim, myself and my boss. In about 6 months, my boss left and another team mate (Neha) joined the team. Now, it’s a different sort of bonding. The new work is challenging, exciting and frustrating, all at the same time. Being a small team, we work very closely with each other and are like a mini family at work. While I love this new little family, I miss my old family.
We manage to stay in touch with each other and I still heavily depend on them for support here in Dearborn, Michigan. Thanks DarChelle, Kathy and Sharon for being there and still thinking about me from time to time.
The next highlight of the year was my buying my first car, my beloved Lincoln MKC! I did have my official first car in 2016 but that was a lease so technically this is also my first car that I own! It is my second favourite but i’m giving myself time to grow into my dream car.
During the summer, my father and I took an amazing trip to eastern Europe covering Vienna, Budapest, Bratislava and Prague. It was an excellent two weeks where every single day was an exciting adventure with my most favourite things – Palaces, Art and Wine! If I can, I would like to go back there and spend more time in each of the places. And as expected, I just didn’t want to come back home. During this trip, I decided to start trying to understand wine and develop a taste for it. Also, in Bratislava, I tasted a wine that was so tasty that I just can’t forget. Unfortunately, it is only available in Bratislava so cannot buy it here. Anyway, i guess its best to savour these little things and keep them in memory. That makes these memories extra special.
The second half of the year began with a good birthday celebration with my old family. Everyone came over to my house for dinner and surprised me with an Ariel themed party! Everything from the paper plates and napkins to my gifts were all Disney princess/Ariel themed. We missed you Shari but thank you everyone for going to such trouble! You made my day!
Soon this was followed by the arrival of my newest family member, Luca. He is full of energy and so different from my Whisky that i’m learning something new each day even though i’ve been through the puppy phase before. Together the two of them keep me busy and entertained at the same time! I wouldn’t trade my time with them for anything in the world.
During Thanksgiving and Christmas, I had visitors at home – Arvind and Shobhit. It was fun to have them over and especially showing Arvind my favourite places in Dearborn. The year ends quietly, spending time with my little pups, at home with some wine and pizza!
With a couple of new year resolutions, I look forward to another year, a year that holds a lot of expectations as I turn the big three O! I hope the new year brings joy and success to everyone including my little pups and me! Happy 2019 everyone!
2017
It is the end of 2017 and as is my tradition, it’s time for me to write my end of the year note. Somehow, compared to the last couple of years, time really flew by. When I try to look back at how the year went, it all seems like a blur. But, undoubtedly, this year belonged to my beloved Whisky and my precious team at work!
However, we as a family, had one big accomplishment! My grandfather came to visit me in the US. He stayed here for three weeks and I tried to be the best host I could possibly be! Whisky of course being the way she is, tried her best to make a play buddy out of my grandfather but she failed! She had much better luck with my father! In fact, they had such a good time together, she barely recognized me while they were here. Anyway, I’m glad they loved spending time with each other. I was spared 
I can never say this enough but I really have the best team ever! Thank you for that Shari Adair, Kathy Maran Pickens, Dar Chelle Watson, Helen Marie, Sharon Pinto and Quinn Dagley! It was fun before but the real camaraderie started when we all moved into our team room end of August and almost everyday after that has been a celebration! The best day of course was when my whole team took me by surprise with all the decorations, gifts and lunch for my birthday! It was the best birthday in my recent memory and I am truly grateful to my team for it! Dar Chelle, you will forever be my shopping buddy! Helen, your quiet but growing shoe collection amazes me Kathy, I really don’t know what we would do without you! Martha and Mannie are our daily dose of craziness during work Shari, without you, we wouldn’t be this amazing together Sharon, you are a creative genius that always amazes us with new things! And Quinn, you are “growing up” among us just fine, though I can’t say for sure because DarChelle sits right next to you and we don’t know the full extent of her impact on you yet 
This is the best environment away from Home that I could have ever hoped for. Thank you all of you!
I started the year with a baby Whisky and now, I have a bigger baby Whisky! It’s really amazing how in this one year, she has become my whole life outside of work, sometimes at work too! We love to discuss/ share our pet stories I can’t begin to explain how that little dinosaur has changed me. My father says, I’ve become more responsible and that’s not something I’ve heard either of my parents say EVER! So I take it as a compliment! I spoil her, I admit it! But then, I can’t help it! It’s impossible to be strict when she comes and puts up her head on my knee and looks up at me with those big brown eyes! One look and I lose all my anger, forget every bad thing she ever did and just pull her up on my lap and give her the biggest hug I can possibly give! When I meet family and friends, they ask about her first and then me! She’s a star whether she knows it or not! I hope to spend many such moments with her in the coming years! I wish for a healthy and happy 2018 for the two of us.
With 2017 ending and 2018 beginning, I wish everyone a very happy and successful new year. To friends I couldn’t stay in touch with, to friends i couldn’t meet, to friends I am in touch with and did meet, to new friends, to old friends, to friends who always stand by me, to all my elders, to family (both work and my own) I wish you all the best and pray for a healthy and prosperous new year. May all that you wish for, come true! Happy 2018!!!
Whisky and I are signing off for the year 2017. See you all again, next year!
2016
As is my tradition every year, here’s my note to say good bye to 2016, give my tribute to the year gone by and give thanks to all who have been a part of my life this year.
This year was a particularly important one for me both personally and professionally. This year I got my MBA and started working full time at Ford Motor Company. So far I have fulfilled 3 of my countless wishes – being completely independent, buying my first car (so what if it’s a lease 
) and of course the most important one – Whisky.
I started the year visiting home and spending time with both sides of the family. As usual, missed one half of the most important aspect of my life throughout the trip. On coming back, I completed the last semester of my MBA. For half of that semester, I got the opportunity to be a Teaching Assistant to Prof. De. Thank you, professor Prabuddha De for giving me such a great opportunity. It was fun and challenging at the same time and definitely an experience I will cherish for years. Throughout the MBA journey, I made some really good friendships, of which James, Gini- Denise and Eduardo deserve a special mention. Thanks James and Ginny for being so fun to be around. Thanks Ed for helping me with so many classes that we shared. Another mention to Akshit and Abhijit for some desi fun! I also thank all the professors as I learnt something special (not just the subjects they taught) from each of them! My father and Shobhit came over for my graduation. I thank them for making the day special. Special thank you to my father for the letter. I then moved to Dearborn to join Ford. Within a month of joining, I got my first car and then after a couple of months, Whisky became a reality (finally!!!) and a big part of the family! Had an excellent trip to San Francisco thanks to Ambudhi and Bihag. Even though it was a more or less quiet rest of the year, it feels like a lot has happened and that’s just how I like it! Shravya and Naishadha, haven’t seen you in a year! Can you believe it? We must make a plan to meet next year! Lastly, my usual thanks to Mayur and Vijender for being there! 
Professionally, I have had a very good start to my career with one of the best teams I have worked with. My team deserves a special mention – Jessica, Kathy, Nick, Helen and Annie. Miss you Irene. I would like to give a special thank you to my boss Shari. She just made everything seem so comfortable right from the start that it doesn’t feel like I’ve been a part of the team for only 6 months. I feel like I belong and that’s what makes everything worthwhile. I even got a reward for a work that I had partially contributed to and that was the cherry on the top! I am extremely thankful to Rachel as well for being there as a guide, a support and a friend.
Here is to hoping for a wonderful next year. Hope to bring joy and happiness in the lives of the people dearest to me and go on an adventure or two of my own! With that, I’d like to send a good cheer to all friends, old and new, to all my family and everyone I have had the good fortune to be associated with. I wish everyone a very happy, eventful, adventurous and fun filled new year!
2015
So another year goes by and continuing with my tradition, here I am, back to writing a small (maybe not that small) tribute to the year gone by. So many people have complained before that my “tributes” have been way too long! Well…to those people I say “Deal with it!”.
This year started on more of a dull note but that does not mean I am ignoring the fact that MBA kept me busy! Did have times when I didn’t even realise when the months just flew by and it was already summer and the end of the 1st year of my MBA. Before i had gone for my MBA, I had been told so many things like how tough it would be and how focused and serious I would have to be for the 1st year of MBA. Honestly, I didn’t feel any of it! Maybe i was in a flow of sorts which didn’t really ever hit me. The second semester of my MBA was also the first time ever that I saw an A on my report card! I know this sounds lame but I take joys in the most simple of things! Soon it was time to say “Good Bye” to the first year and “Hello” to my internship at Ford Motor Company!
The three months of my internship were probably the highlights of my year! During this time I enjoyed myself thoroughly. Most of it can be attributed to my three fellow interns – Rachel Dorn, Katy Frank and Mark Rust. I would like to begin my customary yearly “Thanks” ritual by thanking these three amazing people! I was really worried initially how I would manage anything. My first ever working experience in the US and that too such a huge company. But the three months went by smoothly and all thanks to my project being changed on the first day itself! Thank God! 😀 I would also like to thank the whole team that I worked with – Marc, Robert, Kathy, Sally, Mark G, Chris, and Jeff! This was an amazing team! I would like to thank Alberto too coz he sent me to this team! 😀 Ford gave me the opportunity to see historical places related to Ford and as Rachel said, I was a complete kid in a candy store when I got into the Henry Ford Museum! Throughout the summer I also had company in the form of Ambudhi. It was fun being with her, getting to know her and gossiping with her! Thanks Ambudhi for taking me places to eat and overall just hearing me out sometimes! Also got to catch up with Ravi Kiran bhaiya and his family after a long while. The perfect end to the summer was in the fall when I received my final offer from Ford.
The fall semester went by quickly too. Partly due to initially planning and then executing our trip to Florida for the National Black MBA conference. The highlight of that trip was actually the trip to Disney World with Ambudhi. If Rachel would have seen me there I bet she would have had some comments about my enthusiasm there too! 😀 But it was fun driving around town in our small group. With yet another birthday, I had pleasant surprises from my friends at Krannert. Special thank you to James, Gini- Denise and Akshit for the surprise end to my birthday! For thanksgiving, it was great to catch up with Miti again! And with yet another semester crossed off my list, the year ended with me flying back home to be with my family!
A special round of thank you to Shravya for being with me through this entire year! I haven’t mentioned her in any specific context but thats because she has been with me throughout. Thank you Shravya for the birthday cake! That too my fav – ice-cream cake! You should have come to Disney World with us. Where we did have disagreements between us, we were more like sisters keeping each other company throughout! In that capacity thank you Naishadha for partnering with me to take Shravya’s case once in a while! and Naishadha – “Kemon acho?” 😀
Another special mention that I just cannot miss is to Jenna, Abhijit, Eduardo and Douglas for the amazing last module for this year! We rocked as a team! Abhijit, a separate thank you for the “Dal Chawal” examples! Made even analytics real fun! This group was instrumental in making the last module bearable! 🙂
A quick mention to Adam, Arun and Jinghan for an amazing time of fun and sometimes absolutely nothing for our Entrepreneurship club! PGEC sure is something 😀
Bihag, thanks for listening to me go on and on sometimes! Mayur, thanks for all the complete childish time pass that we keep doing occasionally and also sorry for whenever I snapped at you! Vijender thanks for keeping in touch! 🙂 Its always good to hear from an old friend! Arvind, I dont need to separately mention you right? Apoorva, 4 years was way too long! Just as we promised, we are meeting next year when you come to the US! Romita, we have a long way to go! We’ve just got to hang in there! 🙂 If nothing else, we can always just talk to each other.
Last but not the least! Thank you Shobhit Wadhwa for being there, for all the fights, for the support, for the fun times when you came to Detroit and when we met again in Florida. We, as usual, have been through a lot this year individually. Yet somehow we have always been a part of everything in each other’s lives. Be it the happy events or even the most frustrating and sad events. This was a big year for us and we both end it with a job offer in hand. So lets just celebrate what we have and worry about the future in the future!
Next year, I finally graduate! I start my career! There will be a lot of firsts coming up. In every step of the way I will miss one of the two most important people in my life – Parthasarathi Mukherjee and Papila Mukherjee. No tribute of mine can be complete without mentioning these two people. They mean everything to me and even though we are all far away from each other, one a little too far, something keeps us bound to one another and this bond carries forward each year with a new promise to keep each other strong! Here’s wishing everyone including myself, a prosperous, generous and a plain old happy new year 2016!
2014
every year i follow a tradition of writing a note of thanks to everyone who helped me and was there for me throughout the year but this year is different. though i dont want to break the tradition because of what happened, i cant seem to write anything about the year that has gone by either. yes i did get quite a lot of support from quite a few people and yes i am thankful for them being there to help but i cant pick names and thank everyone individually like i do every year. this year has been tough. my father once said that the worst is over. we can only expect good things now. but somehow i dont think either of us is convinced of that yet.but all we can do is hope for the best. these things are hardly in our hands. i did have a pleasant later half of the year. and a good enough start of the year. just the middle rocked a bit. god knows whats in store for next year. but this year was a complete year. life changed in a good as well as a bad way so all in all a balanced year. i did have 3 vacations, two with her and one without. will definitely remember this year for many years to come. quite a few regrets left. biggest one being she didn’t get to see one of her dreams come true. its about to be 5 months and i really dont know how i spent these 5 months without her voice and her touch. but i guess ill survive.
2013
I can’t believe that this year is already over. I’ll say the usual cliché – it seems just like yesterday that I was writing this year end note last year. This year went by like a breeze. Didn’t even realise it. Honestly didn’t feel it mostly because it was quite monotonous honestly. Most of it went in preparing for next year! It was slightly tougher I’d say. Professionally dealt with a few blows. Personally can’t really say. Didn’t really make many new friends but then did lose a couple. The year began pretty ordinarily. Was here in pune. Slept off early! I guess the whole year went by in the same way. Nothing out of the ordinary. Most of this year went by inpreparation for my further studies next year. Studying. Giving exams and preparing applications. Due to this I realised my passion for writing and somewhat put it to good use. At least now im certain that for an alternate career i should definitely try out freelance writing. 🙂
Professionally, my life in Infosys is practically the same. Only the number of months of experience has increased and I guess that’s important! I’m still working in summit. Actually I got released right at the end on 30th nov. Since then it’s back to bench! After a string of different managers, I had my first ever appraisal this year and I was thoroughly disappointed. The half yearly appraisal went well and for that I sincerely thank Justishya, (officially my 3rd Manager here at infosys). It was fun working with her with all the appreciation she gave the “all girls team”. J Though I have to admit, it was beginning to be fun being in office with my team mates. The summit team got pretty close around mid-year I must say (with some added team members). I’d like to thank Reena, Akanksha and Nabanita for being a great team. You guys were my first team ever. You have taught me a lot and been there through everything and for that I will always be grateful. Reena sorry if I ever hurt you with my jokes at any point. Honestly I always felt closest to you and somehow you joke most with the ones you take for granted that you will never lose. Wish you all the very best for your future. Akanksha, thanks for being like the big sister. Since the time I entered summit I always looked upto you for help and support. In the past year I feel our bond has grown. Thanks for being there. Nabanita, though youare officially my 2nd TL, I take you to be my first. I attribute our connection to the fact that we both share a regional connect. Somehow due to our assam-west Bengal connection, it’s like you and I on one side and the others on the other side. It felt great to have someone who understood my culture and background the way you did. Thank you for your support and understanding during the times I made mistakes and your appreciation whenever I did well. It was a great confidence booster. I want to specially thank the extended summit team as well. Thanks Vivek and Nitin. Your friendship with me went beyond official matters and was an added incentive to carry on in this project! Vivek thanks for the constant entertainment and support throughout at offshore and though I have personally known you for a very short time, I’ve heardso much about you since I joined summit that somehow (I’ve said this before also) I saw you as my mentor. Thanks for the KTs 😀 and for the “unprofessional and ridiculous” experience!!! Nitin, thanks for constantly playing around with me and lightening my moods. Wish you were my onsite sooner :D. It would have been great fun. aap jaisa sharif aur talented banda aaj tak nai mila! kitna kuch seekhna hai mujhe aap se! I’ll meet u directly in US 😀 remember we still have our respective treats pending! Thanks to my onsite coordinators Bhavana and Anup forshowing me the harsher side of work life and protecting me when I made mistakes. I’ll never forget purchase yield (anup) and custody recon (bhavana). Now for the capone gang! First and foremost thanks Vaibhav! Really appreciate your sarcastic attempts at dipty! 😀 dipty, thanks for the massive overload of expressions that you give us on a daily basis. They actually help divert our minds from the hectic and somewhat irritating daily monotony. Thanks ketaki and ketaki! 😀 thanks shiji, samadnya,sonam, varsha, ankur, pankaj, parth, abhishek, kanika, suraj, niraj, priya, aruna, and the entire cap one team! It was great working with you all and celebrating secret santa, traditional day, ethnic day, white elephant and all these events. Hope to meet again in some other project soon! 😀 Missed you Mayuri, Tejas and Apoorva! Lastly, how can I talk about office and not mention Sapna. Sapna is an integral part of my life here at cap one. A constant companion, I will be eternally grateful to her justfor being there. I wish you all the happiness for your new bundle of joy and hope to see him somewhere high up there so that you can hold your head up with pride. 🙂
Personally, first of all thanks pooja and soumya! Completed 10 and 11 years of friendship respectively! I agree we don’t really talk to each other everyday or as oftenas we would have liked but it feels great to know that I have you both next to me whenever I need you guys. In the coming years who knows where we will be but one thing I am certain of and that is the fact that we will always be connected. Thanks for being there. Pooja all the best for your new beginning. Hope to see you soon.Next up, Arvind. There’s just something about the conversations that we have that rejuvenates me all the time. Our topics are so varied that I’m never bored. Thanksfor making me lift up my spirits in the tough times and warning me against an mba not just in great lakes but in india altogether 😀 Vijju! It was so good catching up this year. Since we started talking this year I guess we have been in almost regular contact. Another fellow i reconnected with – Akshat! its always refreshing when i talk to you! 🙂 Two more people who deserve special thanks – Mayur and Ankur. Mayur, ill really miss those evening chats at the shivar tea stall. I’ll miss your idiotic and comic stories and the way you always kept me laughing! I’ll never forget our pact (Spain!!!). Ankur, thanks for constantly bullying me and trying to make me see sense. What would I do without you on those shivneri buses! It will be a huge blow to MSRTC when we quit infy! 😀 But I am certain we will meet again in the coming years and maybe for old time sake we will take a shivneri ride again!
Another new entry in my post this year is Anish. Thanks to her for bearing my outbursts once in a while. Sorry, it just comes with the deal when you are staying withme! 😛 it is great fun sharing with you and obviously amazing fun ganging up against shobhit! 🙂 That brings me to shobhit. What can I say here? Sometimes I feel like I should tear his head away from his shoulders and then again we make up so suddenly that even my mother is fed up of our fights. She never takes our fights seriously! 😛 after 6 years of constantly being in each other’s company we have gotten so used to each other that it is tough to imagine what life will be like when we leave infy. Will we be able to share each and every detail of our lives with each other the way we do now? Will we be able to meet everyday and fool around like we do now? The food! You keep saying if I’m with you I’ll never go hungry. Some friendships go beyond explanations and ours is one such example. Wish you all the very best for yourfuture. May you get whatever you are looking for as soon as possible. Next up in my gang – Miti. It was great catching up this year. Felt like old times. Hope to see u soon 😉 Next up – a disappointment. Lost the friendship I shared with my third gang member Satya. Sometimes it hurts but no worries. Have lots of memories to last me this lifetime.
Finally, family. How much ever I thank them, it will never be enough. Mama. Thanks for your guidance like an elder brother. Dadu. Even though I get irritated sometimes, its great knowing you are always next to me. I look forward to seeing you whenever I get a chance. My mother. She is the only person who stands by me throughout every difficulty even though I fight with her the most. She is my goto guide for everything. Even cooking tips on phone Jmy father, whose approval I always keep seeking, is the one person who can alter my thinking in onego. People can praise me but I never believe it till my father says so. I haven’t done anything extra special this year as I had promised in my post last year, but I have started on the right course. Next year hopefully I will shine. Who knows where I’ll be when I’ll be writing this next year but one thing is for sure, I would have given my parents at least some reason to smile and be proud.
That’s all for this year folks!!! 🙂 hope to continue next 31st December! Till then happy New Year and wish everyone a year filled with fun and success!
2012
its been a long year but somehow i didnt even realise when this year went by. it seems just like a few days back when i started the year with my parents in pune while i was still undergoing training in Infosys. and since then so much has changed. this year i learnt to become independent (not completely but at least somewhat). i started living on my own, paying rent, settling bills, and even learning to cook a little. i turned 23. and most importantly, i started working, though cant really say i get the feeling of one who goes to work in an office. guess i expected something else as i had seen my father since childhood. Maybe this feeling was highly over rated. I still cant really say im going to office comfortably.
i finished my training in Jan with the help of amazing new friends, specially Poonam my room mate and Naman, a college mate but who became a friend only this year. Those were tough times. But it felt great to have friends like Deep, Labanya and Ekta around. The period of two months from February to April was torturous as i was on bench but somehow i made some friends even there who helped pass the time in quite an enjoyable way. Thanks Mayur, Amey, Neeraj and Naina for that.
In April, i finally got a project and my very first team. I am eternally grateful to them for making me feel comfortable even if i never really got to work with them. Thank you Reena, Tejas, Krushna and Vaijanath for making me feel welcome. You made it fun to be in office.
In June i came to my current project and finally learnt to settle down. My team taught me a lot. Im still learning. Thank you Reena, Akanksha, Ashish and Nabanita for helping me settle down. Its fun working with you on a day to day basis. Special thanks to Reena and Mayuri for my day to day dose of masti. 🙂 Outside my ODC, I made friends with Apoorva, Ankur, Divya, Shloka and Sandhya to name a few. They became my lunch buddies. Slowly all of them left the group coz of shifting of projects, leaving just Apoorva and me. Thats when Sapna came in. Its great fun even though its just the three of us now. Thank you both for being there. Sapna, special thanks to you for all the fun times you spread in office.
Staying away from family becomes tough after a while. Initially all seems great and even though i stepped out of my home in september last year, i didnt realise it until i started living alone after training because the training period was hectic and i didnt even have the time to miss family. In all those homesick times, even though i felt alone, i never was really alone when i look back. I may not have had one person by my side constantly but somehow i had someone or the other with me always. And im extremely thankful to every one of them even if we didnt meet and spoke/messaged just once in the whole year.
Thank you Soumya and Pooja my best pals for being there regardless of anything. You both are my biggest support. Thank you Garima, Bhupender, Saumya, Kuldeep, Anubhav, Prakash, Vijender and Girish for taking out the time to just say hi once in a while. Feels great to just see that message from you. Mayank Jajodia, thanks for the time pass that you do with me so often. Ankur and Mayur, thank you for making me laugh so hard that i forget all my bad moods and my unnecessary tensions in life. Naman and Arvind, thanks for being there. Also thanks to all my room mates since i started staying alone. You guys were like family and even if we had our ups and downs, we did have good times too and i shall always remember every moment we shared together. Thank you Tanaya, Bharti, Rashmin and Harpreet, my first ever flat mates, for giving me a new life. We may not see each other again and i may not have an opportunity to say this again but hope we can become pals again like we were at a point of time. Shashi, Jasleen and Rooba, thanks for making so many adjustments coz i know its tough coordinating our schedules. Specially Rashmin. Thanks for being so accommodating.
Now for my gang, we grew apart but somehow we managed to get back together all in a span of one year. We fought, we made up, we laughed and had some great times. You guys will forever be my gang. I feel bonded to each and everyone of you even if im not in touch with you on a regular basis. Thank you Miti. even though we met at the end of the year, catching up felt like we had never been apart at all. Thank you Satya, for helping me move forward. thank you Manik, Nitesh and Abhishek for just being the best brothers i could have ever asked for. Special Thanks to Shobhit for being a great support even if we fought terribly on numerous occassions. I know i can count on you to be there always. Thank you for being there during my minor illness. Felt good to be taken care of in the absence of family. 🙂
Finally, my family. This year was special for me as i finally got to attend the wedding i had been waiting for. Mama got married this year. The whole family got together and it felt great to spend so much time with everyone. Had great fun with Mama, Sonakoly Mashi, Choto mama, Tiyash and Shankha Mama. Met many of my mother’s relatives who as usual couldnt believe how grown up i had become. 🙂 Felt good to get all that attention 😀
Lastly, my parents. Mummum, thank you for bearing all my terrible mood swings and for all the hour long chats we have. You are the only outlet i have and knowing that whatever happens i can just fall back on you is the biggest confidence booster when i feel lonely. I realise i dont appreciate you as much as i should but this year has been tough and even though i behaved badly with you on a number of occassions, i want to promise you that in the coming year i will try my level best to make you happy and proud of me and i will not give you a single opportunity to feel let down. Babi, theres nothing much i can say to you except that this year i hope to turn things around and make you proud of me. No more failures. And thanks for everything you do for me.
I have mentioned only a few people who have made a difference. I may have forgotten to mention a few. Sorry if i forgot anyone. But i sincerely am thankful to everyone of you for being there. Its a new beginning from tomorrow and who knows what future holds in store for us. We may get closer in our bond or even grow apart, but i just wanted to send a heart felt thanks to each and every one of you for making some moment or the other special in my life. Hope you all are blessed with unending happiness and success in your life in the new year. 🙂 cheers! hope to send all of u another tribute next year this time 😉
Musings of a confused nut! 