My older six siblings were all born in British India and in different ways recipients of the pain of the partition.
SeemaThakkar, my seventh sibling is my parents’ first independent India child and has all the character traits of a first born.
Fiercely independent and accustomed to having her way, she was super popular in school, college and later life.
Her marriage with IIT engineer #PradipThakkar is a fairy tale of sorts.
The proposal was recommended by common relatives and the outcome was positive in the very first meeting.
Seema’s marital home was not far from our home, which was a boon because we got to see her often.
Daughter #Piya or #Chiki as we call her, arrived two years later and seven years later arrived son #Aditya.
Today, Pradip is no more with us but his presence lingers in Aditya ‘s two children, #Aanya and #Vihaan.