Ten months ago, as i lay sleeping at my home, i got a call. It was my sister. She said, bhavi tu jaldi ghare aija. She was crying. I said, ha shrey, pan shu thayu, hun ai rahi chu, pan shu, thayu. She said, papa… Ha shrey pappa ne shu thayu. She said dad is no more. I asked her if she was joking. She said do u u think i wd joke abt smthng lyk tht. I cdnt accept it. I realozed it cdnt b a joke, of course. I reached anand, met dad on the post mortem table, lit his funeral pyre, completed all rituals.

In that one moment, i realized all the colors of life got taken away from mom. Each time mom wore white through those days of rituals, something or the other would fall on it, mayb kumkum, mayb oil, n d white saree wd nt remain only white anymore. Dad never allowed any of us, neither mom nor me nor my sister to ever wear anything white, no matter how beautiful. And mom’s life became colorless plain white in that one moment.

I decided, i wd never let happen what dad wd never have wished. I decided i wd never let mom b confined to white or the colors of a widow. Since then i have been fighting against my family, and the society. Mom did nothing wrong, she didn’t kill dad or anything, then why should she be punished.

Its her birthday on Monday, so requested Urvi Zaveri to bake a cake for her. My dad’s name is mayur, hence, i wanted a peacock on the cake. And the white is what the society needs mom to take. And beneath the colorless layer, there is yummiest rainbow cake i have ever had, the most beautiful rainbow i have seen. Those are the colors i fight for, i fight to keep mom smiling, to keep her life full of colors, just rhe way dad would have always wanted it.

On this day, i miss dad a lot, and i wish mom a happy birthday, in advance.

I never really was an ideal daughter, but the least i can do is keep dad happy, looking at us from up there that i am doing as much as i can to keep my mom and my sister happy.

Urvi, this cake means a lot more than just a cake for me, it symbolises so much for me that i can’t explain. Thanks a ton. I can never thank you enough for this.
Pls do take time and read it. As this cake is very very special to me.