The night of 10th November seemed extra special as Navdeep was coming to India. He was very excited at the prospect of coming and meeting me. Each passing minute seemed like an hour to him. I too was counting the hours. That whole day I kept on waiting for the night to arrive…I wasn’t interested in doing anything at all but just day dreaming …. about the idyllic life…happy days…

The day I was waiting for finally came. Navdeep was restless on the flight. He had boarded the flight from New York on the 9th November and was on the flight for 18 hours. The flight finally landed at New Delhi airport around midnight. Although he was tired, he wanted to see me the moment he reached.

My maasi and his friend were waiting at the airport to receive Navdeep and his parents. Navdeep was so anxious to see me that he couldn’t even wait for the night to pass and next day to come. This was for the first time that we were going to see each other. As soon as they came out of the airport, Navdeep tricked his parents into believing that he was following them in another cab whereas he headed towards my home to meet me.

From the moment he was on the cab, he was constantly on the phone talking to me. Though I too wanted to meet him, I told him to go back as it was not an appropriate time to meet. It was three in the morning when he reached outside my home. I was so eager to meet him that I somehow managed to see him and waved to him from my balcony…

“And so you see, it's him and me together forever and never apart, maybe in distance, but never in heart.”