Dear friends

I’d heard that sometimes we fall short of words to express ourselves, believe me I’m in a similar turmoil today. I recently lost my elder brother which has caused a hurricane of emotions in the lives of all our family members. I’m reminded of the great mughal emperor Shah Jahan who’d built a monument in white marble for his beloved Mumtaz Mahal..the Taj Mahal. In the same way our elder brother has left behind a spectacular Taj of his memories to cherish forever in our hearts. What a great human being he was! God doesn’t make men like him anymore. A combination and blend of an ideal personality – tall, fair and good looking with a charming demeanour, highlighted by his easy smile, wonderful sense of humour, high IQ and intelligence, polite but full of cheer to enjoy life to the fullest – whether it was his love for dancing, singing, debating, passion for fast sleek cars or travelling….I can just go on and on.That’s why we believe that such people don’t go away but become stars that shine and bless us forever.

Since the name of my blog is ‘The Theory of Happy Living’ so I only want to talk about things which would give us happiness. Some people shoulder all responsibilities with a lot of grace and without complains, this was his unique quality. He protected all of us, his younger siblings from all problems after our parents passed away. He never allowed any obstacles to hamper our progress, provided emotional support, not letting us shed tears, instead guided and motivated us at every step of our journey, though there wasn’t much age difference between us.

He was the life of every party and celebration with his unmatched energy for dancing, cracking jokes and knowledge of the current affairs. Anyone could have an interesting discussion on any topic with him. He never demanded respect, but earned it. He was a successful businessman, a caring and loving husband, a doting father to his two beautiful and well brought up children and a grandpa who’d spoil the kids rotten.

Birth and death are in God’s jurisdiction, but the life in between depends on how we decide to live it. He spent his fruitfully, enjoying every moment and living each minute to the fullest. So on losing him, we weren’t the only ones shedding tears of grief and loss, god too cried as it began to rain out of the blue and the nature and its inhabitants were silently bidding good bye to this pure and noble soul.

My last memory of him was when I gave him a piece of chocolate before taking him to the hospital. I was one of the fortunate one who gave him his last bite (since it was a chocolate that he loved soo much) thereafter, he didn’t eat anything. I don’t know why but I am finding some kind of solace in eating chocolates whenever I remember him or miss him. Our chocolate hero has left us for his next journey, but now we have the third guardian angel watching us from above along with our two parents. Dear readers once again l am pointing out that life is very precious, so appreciate your blessings, love your near and dear ones, be satisfied with your needs and not give into your greed, do the things you want before it’s too late and you repent.

I want to tell my elder brother that he was a winner in everything he undertook and remains a winner in death as well. You were the first to enter the family as well as first to leave it. We will always remain your followers and do our best to continue life on your footsteps. So au revoir till we meet again in the other world.