Where should I start from ?
Those times when I was a baby and my sister used to make her baby brother laugh or when she used to play with that little baby brother? Or when she used to try to pick me up in her arms even despite our parents stopping her just because she was only 6 years old. I don’t remember a single bit of it but I do have those photographs with me.

Or may be I should talk about the type of quarrels or fights we used to have when we were a little older. Also, it can be said a lot about the caring behaviour of a sister when she would hold your hand before you burst any crackers so that you get away from the cracker in time and don’t injure yourself.

An incidence, I remember that when I was in 1st grade and my sister was away just for a little while on the night of Diwali and I burnt my hand due to someone else’s stupidity. I still remember the pain I had that night and my sister was crying alongside me. Obviously, being the elder sister she got a lot of scolding but that wasn’t really her fault.

She can obviously be the strictest person in the world when it comes to certain matters, studies included. I would suffer a huge remand if my notebooks aren’t up to date and in the end they would always be up to date just because of her, not that she would complete it but still, that fear always exists, of your sister and of the grades.

You can keep secrets with her because you know that its the best place to store the secrets. Although, sometimes these act as really bad blackmailing objects. “You do this or I’ll tell this to Mom-Dad.” Yeah right 😛 You can have those fun elements with her, mock punches with her and just to tease you, she’d give a real punch. “Aw, crap ! My jaw ! 😛 ”

Share a lot of interests with her like art, design, music and badminton. I remember recording “Main Hoon Na” on Papa’s mobile phone 😀 . On the other hand, she got a Gold Medal in a National Competition of Sketching / Drawing. It made me so proud. Even when we were kids, we went to a drawing competition together where she won the first prize in her age group and I won a second prize in my age group.

She has always been better than me in a lot of things. I don’t compete with her because I can never do that. It is against my ethics and it is just completely against me. She’s a role model in those things and even if I surpass her unintentionally someday, it’s just that she’ll be happy that day and that happiness will give me a sense of satisfaction that yes, I’m a reason for that happiness. We share this bond so deeply that even when she was at Jaipur getting her bachelor’s degree and I got my 10th class board exam’s result, she was the first person to be informed by me after my father. I think she gave a treat to her friends that day.

She likes to surprise me. I’d come back from my school after a sort of tiring day and ring the doorbell. Lo and Behold, look who opened the door.

“Oh wow! When did you come?” I said
*hugs and kisses*
“Morning itself” She answered.
“And why didn’t you tell me before hand? I’d have come to pick you up” I asked in concern.
“I simply wanted to surprise you and I see that you are surprised” she happily said.
“Wow, I mean Yeah”

I also did the same when it was her wedding. I told her that I’d reach on 6th but I reached two days prior. Although, I remember that the journey in the general coach gave me severe chills but then it’s okay because you have friends like Anmol who’d come to pick you up at the station even in a winter morning.

A sister still doesn’t stop caring. I fractured my hand 2 months after her wedding when I was at Bhopal, all thanks to a cow. Yeah, a cow. Well, that cow played baseball with me when I went close to her just to give her fresh chapattis. Never Mind. I reached hospital myself and everything. But when I informed her that she’d have to pick me up from the hospital as I have fractured my hand, she came with raging speed, all thanks to my JJ’s driving. My JJ, i.e. my brother in law, is brilliant as a person and he’s just amazing. And yeah, of course, he’s brilliant at driving. 😀

She can be a lot of things at a single time. She can be a mentor, a role model, an advisor and again a lot more things than just these. No words are really enough to define a sister, especially when she’s elder to you. Also, she can be really good at selecting a girl for you if you’re a boy. 😛 LOL

She can even play video games with you when you both are little kids. I still remember that game “Battle City”, in which me and my sister used to be Army Tanks who tried to save an eagle. While my sister would go and shoot the crap out of enemy tanks by storming the front, I’d stay back and defend the Eagle by shooting at enemy tanks from a decided point. LOL

Yes, I have a sister and her name is Khilee Saxena. She’s in New Zealand and still love sustains and will forever be there.

Didi, this is for you. Mrs. Khilee Saxena Verma, I love you and miss you a lot 🙂
Take care 😀