Vasu's Fourth Birthday Bash!!!

June 17, 2007, New Delhi

It was a rainy day… beautiful, wet and intensely vivid all over!

Water droplets appeared like translucent beads on the plant life, reflecting the sky within, hanging downwards in a bulb shape, ready to drip any moment, presenting truly mesmerizing visuals ...












The emerald green plants appeared brighter, as if just born to the scented mother earth ... invigorating the entire ambiance .... reviving happiness and joy within hearts.... enchanting eyes, psyche and spirit in the true sense of the word.

As if panorama also geared up to attend your birthday with
full excitment and energy.

You two were looking gorgeous to me…




I dressed both of you with red flowery shirts, blue pants.









Your faces gleaming in tune with the freshness of the weather.

Everything was very raw, unplanned and ad hoc.















I simply followed my instincts and gut inclinations.

Early in the morning, we were off to Lal mandir ji as per practice.

Helped by your dad throughout the darshan (veneration), I gather you hardly prayed and just strolled around seeking fun and frolic in his company.

I held Darsh as I prayed and gave him a tour of the Bird Hospital within the premises.


I waited for you and dad to appear at the reception of the hospital for company and later found you enjoying snacks and Fruity already!



On our way back home, I followed you with a camera like paparazzi follows a celebrity.



I did not spare poor Darsh even while he was having a short nap in the car.



At about three, we arranged for the birthday party.

I gifted you a bow and arrow set and a football.

Bhanu gifted you an innovative and colorful book on English alphabets and a cute greeting card on turning four.

You just loved the bow and arrow set and made it an inseparable part of you since you found it.

You cut your cake holding the set, at least putting it very much within reach…

You were simply overwhelmed to find it!

The football lay much ignored in a corner all the while.

After finishing the delicious pies of the black forest (eggless) cake, we ventured out for the Garden of Five Senses at Mehrauli. It was our first visit to the garden.

You incessantly kept yourself busy with your bow and arrow and we had a long walk around the garden as a matter of exploration.

By this time, the weather was sunny and humid that truncated the pleasure factor to mere sightseeing.

From the garden destination, we went to our pet restaurant for pet puja (eating).

You ordered your pet dish – vegetable chowmein and did not eat anything else from anybody’ platter. By the time we reached home, you and Darsh were extremely tired and satiated. You two soon slept.

And thus, we basically celebrated your birthday by being together.