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Believe it or not, we have completed a year since we officially vowed in the presence of what appeared to be a million people along with TV cameras, beaming our faces "live across continents" (I exaggerate a little) to be husband and wife. I am yet to figure out how things changed on that day apart from the fact that I now had an additional family to call my own.

I would like to say something sappy at this juncture but I really cannot think of much. F and I spend a lovely weekend (along with the occasional cockroach in our room) away from the city. It was lovely and the idea that I almost beat F at Uno was probably one of the most exciting moments of our relationship. That said, I want to thank F for a wonderful year gone by especially the following (itemised for easy reference at a future date, if required for any gratefulness-related emergency):

1. For coming to Delhi when my mother broke her ankles and pretended to be fine fine fine...
2. For following me around the house picking up the trail of clothes, trash that I may leave behind..
3. For making soup when I was unwell (and getting the recipe from V)..
4. For not screaming at me (too much) when I locked you in the house..
5. For driving to the office with food when I was working late..
6. For leaving the boring concert sooner than expected...
7. For staying in the fun concert longer than expected..
8. For holding my hand and taking me into the sea (and not drowning me in it)...
9. For wondering why the woman in the cola ad was thanking Mr. Bean...
10. For forgetting everyones names and pretending to remember them by saying "aaha..." everytime an unfamiliar name was spoken..
11. For telling the man from Timbuctoo he "really shouldnt have" come all the way for our wedding..
12. For pretending that swimming (read splashing about in the pool) for hours with occasional breaks for beers is the best exercise we can get...
13. For being the best cooking partner (read person who does not complain when food is burnt right into the cooking utensils)...
14. For pretending to be Punjabi and insisting on saying "Balle Balle te Shava Shava" everytime you didnt have much to say...

There are a gazillion other items that I can thank you for but I am at work and must pretend to get something done before someone else walks by my desk and sees me writing love notes to you my love (as have some 10 people already).

Happy Anniversary!