Little Riya...

Riya is one year and two months old, beautiful and ever smiling sweetheart. She is my firend Jyoti's one and only daughter. They (Jyoti, Prabhat, Riya, Angira and Anasua) came to visit me on Saturday evening. Riya was hungry since her mother had left her food (Cerelac) by mistake at home. There was not much that she could eat in my house. Thoug later when I told my mother she gave n number of suggestions like a slice of bread, biscuits with milk, any fruit that I had at home. Should have called ma up, rather than wait for Jyoti's brain bulb to light on, which never did. Not that on my own I had any great ideas. Riya naturally was crying, so in order to entertain her I got out my camera. And lo and behold the one year and two month old turned model on me. She forgot her hunger and started smiling and posing for my camera. So much so that after I had clicked a smiling Riya, I could make her stop smiling and do other things for me.

Another story I must tell you. Riya's birthday came in May, I was excited, my niece was turning all of one. So I told her parents that I am going to get the cake. I went an ordered a special birthday cake but somewhere along the way i forgot her name. I called Jyoti's husband up to ask her name twice, once before going to the bakery and once from the bakery. He kept telling me 'Riya' but somehow my brain kept registering Piu. And just like you are guessing I got the cake gup to write Piu on the cake. It was a major embarassment for me when the cake cutting ceremony came and everyone went a puzzled "Piu?". Things I do, I tell you.