Brazil was playing Chile that night. As if in deference to your directions! World cup matches were always the most exciting shared events, weren’t they Cheeku? So what could be better than having one of your favourite teams, Brazil, play the Chileans on your birthday?
There was great celebration. And the celebration was kicked off with a toast being raised to you: Cheers!! The friends roared in unison. ‘Cheers, Cheeku!’
Everyone was there, only Soumya and Somya couldn’t make it…and for good reasons. But Gaurav, Abhishek, Karishma, Tina, the little ones…they were all there. And so was Dr D, the inimitable Deepesh. And Shagun…
And Tubby, the perfect host, was the barman for the evening!
We were all there celebrating you, the one who celebrated life!
It was so apt that the legend on one of the lovely cakes specially designed for your birthday read ‘Celebrate Life’…as if from that distance of the worlds in space you were commanding us to celebrate life! On your birthday, Cheeku, we celebrated life. We celebrated you!
Dad