Happy Birthday, Babu

The Phone kept ringing this morning, as it should. It was emptiness all around though.

No one said “Babu Happy Birthday. Ki korchho babu?”

The event of birth is not any more relevant to the one who is born than it is to the one who gives birth. My birthday has lost half the relevance in its lifecycle.

Thank you Ma. I know you were so proud of me.

And I know I will live with this for the rest of my life. Birthdays, reduced in relevance, will need to happen though.

Meanwhile, here's a happy memory we share and this one is dedicated to you Ma!