the seventeenth of september

Happy Birthday,
Nishtha

To the woman who turned my everyday into a quiet, sunlit morning — this little corner of the internet is all yours.

read your letter
Nishtha in a red outfit under fairy lights
Nishtha, a candid selfie
my favourite face

“Some people bring noise into your life.
You brought peace.”

17 · 09

Happy Birthday, Baby ♥♥

I miss you so, so much. And I’m going to be hell honest in this one.

Before you entered my life, I was in a place where I had accepted that there was no chance I’d meet someone — someone who would make me feel special.

Knowingly or unknowingly, you have helped me a lot. I don’t really get anxious anymore. My whole day just goes in work and thinking about you. You are really special to me, and you always will be.

Lately, Augusts and Septembers have been very lucky for me — and this year, you were the blessing I got.

Tumhari har cheez mujhe achhi lagti hai ab — chahe woh tumhari baatein ho, tumhara mujhe ragebait karna, mujhe beech beech mein daant dena… sab kuch.

I really, really like you, and I want us to never grow apart. Whenever I think about you, a different kind of smile comes up — I never knew I could feel like this.

Baaki baatein call pe bataunga. Happy birthday once again to my special person.

yours,
Abhinav

P.S. You’ll keep receiving little notes like these every now and then. I hope this one brought a smile to your face. ♥♥

a short, incomplete list of

Little things I adore about you

The softest heart

Every stray, every puppy, every tiny creature — they can tell your heart is gentle. So can I.

The way you dance

When the music starts, you don’t just dance — you glow. I could watch you forever.

My favourite chatterbox

Talk to me for hours. Your random stories are, genuinely, the best part of my day.

Coffee, always

Coffee first, conversation after. I’d happily be the one bringing both, for the rest of our mornings.

So beautifully mature

Calm in every storm, wise in the way you see people. You make grown-up look graceful.

Kindness, non-negotiable

You never let anyone be disrespected. For you respect isn’t a rule — it’s simply who you are.

Effortlessly classy

Grace in a saree, grace in a blazer, and most of all — grace in how you treat people.

A wanderer at heart

Every place you travel to becomes a little prettier. I hope I get to share a few of those window seats.

“I will always listen — the rants, the feelings,
the random stories. Everything.”

Nishtha twirling in a green lehenga
Nishtha seated with her lehenga spread around her

and then, she dances

The world goes quiet,
and you become the music.

Garba nights, fairy lights, a twirl of green and red — there is nothing more you than you, lost in a song. Promise me you’ll never stop, and promise me I get a dance too.

Nishtha smiling with her eyes closed

what you are to me

My calm place.

Before you, my mind was always running somewhere. Now there’s just… quiet. No anxiety, no second-guessing — only the easiest, softest kind of happy.

I don’t know exactly when it happened. I just know that every day I talk to you, I fall for you all over again — a little more than yesterday, a little less than tomorrow.

you make everything feel like home.

Ahmedabad’s finest

The boss lady of B2C

Handling the entire B2C vertical at Prompt Equipment, juggling a hundred things before lunch — and still remembering to ask how my day went.

You work so hard, and you do it with so much heart. I see it, every single day. And I am so, so proud of you.

Prompt Equipment Ahmedabad
Nishtha in a black blazer

Nishtha

Vertical
B2C
Designation
Absolute boss
Fuel
Coffee, obviously
Superpower
Making hard days lighter
authorised by: someone who’s very proud ♥

“Whatever the day looks like —
you will always have someone by your side.”

for the days I’m not right there

Open when…

one last thing

Make a wish, birthday girl

Close your eyes, think of something lovely, then tap each candle to blow it out.

Wish made. May every single one come true —
and may I be right there to see it happen. ♥