My mother is celebrating her eightieth birthday this Independence Day. Strangely enough, she got married on Republic Day. Both days were 'hers' before they had any national significance.
I plan to visit her in Delhi and surprise her on her birthday.
I think she is really beautiful.
beautiful, she certainly is. iam sure she'll be reallly really happy to have you visiting heron her birthday!
ReplyDeleteShe is gorgeous. And doesn't look a day over sixty. Wishing your mom many many happy returns of the day!
ReplyDeleteYou're right - she absolutely is. Picture of grace. Wow - surprise visit and all....wish i was there to catch the look on her face.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday from me too...nosh and reh too:)
She is so pretty. I really wish I age like her, and look as pretty as she is at her age.
ReplyDeleteGreat to know her association with the two national days of India.
Wish her many happy and healthful returns of her birthday from our side.
Thanks for sharing this with us.
How lovely! Happy Birthday, and may there be many more!
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday to you mother. She looks pretty even at this age :)
ReplyDeleteBirthday wishes to your mom. She looks so elegant. Hope your surprise goes really well. Come back with a post! :)
ReplyDeleteMy best wishes for your respected Mother. May she lead a healthy and long life!
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She is lovely. What a beautiful smile.
ReplyDeleteShe is gorgeous! Happy birthday to her and hope you have a great trip.
ReplyDeleteHave a great trip! And many congratulations and wishes and everything to a beautiful lady.
ReplyDeleteWOW!!!! She does not look 80 at all!!
ReplyDeleteHope she had a good one.
Gracious lady, do convey my wishes to her too
ReplyDeleteHey, a very happy b'day to her and let us know how did the trip go? :-)
ReplyDeleteaww such a graceful lady!
ReplyDeleteHappy belated Birthday to her.. wishing her many more of healthy happy ones ahead!
That's an awesome coincidence, to share two such important days with the nation! And yes she is beautiful,and what a delightful surprise she must have got on her birthday:) I hope my daughter does this for me forty years from now....
ReplyDeleteI think she's beautiful too and she has passed on her grace and serenity to you too. I hope the birthday celebrations were good.
ReplyDelete:) lovely. wish her from me, if a random wish from a random person means anything to someone who looks so self-contained, serene.
ReplyDeletearray - the wish above this one was from me, gouri. seem to have done something odd and gone anonyomous!
ReplyDeleteA very happy birthday to dear Aunty! Wow what special days to have her birthday and anniversary on :)
ReplyDeleteindeed!
ReplyDeletei hope we can meet when u come!
will send number on facebook
She is looking so lovely and so very graceful! Love that smile of hers!
ReplyDeleteMay God bless her with good health and happiness..always!
such a lovely and graceful 80! congratulations!
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She certainly is Dipali :)
ReplyDeleteShe looks lovely. Hope she had a wonderful birthday
ReplyDeleteWow! How old was she when that picture was taken? I'll bet not a day older than 65.Belated wishes to your mother. How generous of her to share her special days with the nation. :-)
ReplyDelete@everyone: Thanks for the warm wishes and a warm welcome to the first-time commenters here!
ReplyDeleteFor the record,( and OJ, especially) this photograph was taken at the end of April this year, when my nephew and his new bride came over on a visit. The blue shoulder belongs to the said nephew.
More in the next post!
she is so beautiful Dipali.. more so in real life. ... congratulations to her...
ReplyDeleteShe has this look on her face which somehow makes all my tension melt away. It would be so great to see her in real life!
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday to your mother!
PS - Wandered here from Gouri's blog...
Came back to look at aunty's absolutely lovely and serene picture :) You know just looking at this makes me feel at peace :) Hope to meet u and her some day.
ReplyDeleteshe looks beautiful in the true sense of the word.
ReplyDeletehow amazing is that!!! :))) Happy Belated Birthday!
ReplyDelete@mad momma:Thanks- yes, her serenity reflects in her face, though her aches and pains are getting progressively worse(:
ReplyDelete@penguin: Hi and welcome here! Thanks.
@neera: I'd called her and told her that you came back to look at her picture again- she was quite bemused, and pleased, of course!
@chox, anshu:Thankoo!
Sorry, am late in wishing your mom a wonderful birthday. She is so graceful and beautiful - here's to her health!
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ReplyDeleteWow! Your mom has certainly aged well. Beautiful. Fyi, my birthday is Jan 26th and wedding anniversary on the 15th :-).
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