Kid sister
ister - ten years younger ut then, the moment hit a bolt and broke me to nd all that is left is to few moments and cherears of love and fondhad together. ast time I spoke to her ace, was perhaps two or to her death. She told she simply could not pain she had to endure. serious talk with God she said, and that she m “God either you take y or take the pain away. ecoming too much for aid nothing and walked nly to think later that d answered her prayer. ad a fearless and eable faith in God. The urgeries, nine in all , that undergone and the us occasions that the nce had rushed her to with a litany of medical ever did shake her faith. a heart of gold and a steel. She looked after ents with the love that few rs would have extended. ience, the tolerance and n were incomparable. ad a frame as large as the human kindness and generosity she possessed. I write like this, because I hadn’t ever sat down with her and told her how much I loved her or cared for her or was there for her when the need arose. Yet she called me her rock and I was there for her at all times.
Our childhood was chequered as I couldn’t spend much time with her. I left home when she was little. So did my brother. Then she married and left these shores and within two years my brother was killed. She divorced her husband three years after marriage and then began her medical issues from which she never recovered. With such a sad situation I never saw her complain or look miserable. Cheerful and thankful to God for the mercies she was blessed with, she was a tower of strength to many a burning heart.
She had a vast array of friends both here and overseas. To most of them she was “Diga”. She loved little children, doted on them and spoilt them silly. She did go that extra mile with my daughter and had a very special relationship with her. I know how much my daughter misses her.
The pinnacle of her relationships was with my wife Manisha, who was her cousin, her sisterin-law and for all time her sister. An indelible bond that even to this day leaves Manisha grieving.
In conclusion all I can say is, Nangi, you will live in my heart till I find you in one of those rooms that our Lord has promised us in His glorious mansion.