How It Began
Arranged by our families. Chosen, every day since, by us.
Arranged by our families. Chosen, every day since, by us.
Straight from eight months of our own chat — every single one, counted.
A few of the things I actually wrote down about you.
A few of the things I actually wrote to you, unedited.
Straight from our WhatsApp, 20 Jan 2026 – 24 Aug 2026.
Mohtarma — read this slowly.
Aath mahine ho gaye… aur ab bhi lagta hai jaise kal hi ki baat ho, jab aap ne sabse pehle likha tha: Assalam-o-Alaikum. Us salaam ne hi dil jeet liya tha — us waqt mujhe andaza bhi nahi tha k ye salaam, ek zindagi bhar ki dua ban jaay ga.
Hum arranged thay, magar hum ne ise apni marzi se, apne dil se, mohabbat bana liya. Rishta hamari family ne tay kiya tha — magar mohabbat, wo humne khud chuni hai, har roz, dobara.
You are my duniya and my akhirah, meri hamdard, meri hamsafar, meri hum-rooh. Jism do hain, magar dil aik hai, rooh aik hai — jaisa maine kabhi likha tha, waisa hi mehsoos karta hoon aaj bhi, shayad pehle se bhi zyada.
Maine aapko 498 baar 'Chanda' kaha, 384 se zyada baar 'Jaan', na jane kitni baar 'Meri Jaan', 'Jaanu', 'Begum', 'Zojah'... phir bhi lagta hai koi lafz kaafi nahi. Alfaz same reh jaate hain, lekin feelings kabhi purani nahi hotin — jitna pehle din chaha tha, us se zyada aaj chahta hoon.
Happy 8th Monthiversary, Meri Chanda. Yeh sirf aath mahine nahi — yeh wo aath mahine ki raatein hain jo aapki yaad se roshan hui, wo subhein hain jo aapke 'Good Morning' se shuru hui, wo har lamha hai jo humne ek doosre ko diya.
Sadqay jaon main, Mohtarma. Stay with me forever — hum sab kuch theek kar lenge, behtar bante rahenge, magar staying forever, humesha.