Whenever my phone rings and the screen flashes your name. I know, you have got into a mess of which you have failed to come out of by your own. Because I know they only hope you have when things get out of your control is me. Your hope in me makes me confident and also makes me put efforts to helping you get out of the mess. As I receive your call and you start speaking using your punch line “Raqif bhaya apko pata hai kya huva” gives me the sense of the mess you have got in. Lower your tone, the bigger mess. And when you know, Raqif will yell at me your message is enough to send shivers down my body. “Raqif bhaya matter hogya” is what has become your way of telling me “I have got into a big mess and it’s only you who can save me”. I can’t explain what your confidence in me make me feel. Whenever I feel low or feel as if I can do it. I recall your hope in me and then start doing it. I always end up successfully completing what I have started. Your trust in me makes things for me easier.
Getting on my nerves is one of your favourite things to do. And now it has become your pass time. You enjoy it, knowing I have a soft corner and I don’t have to worry about the consequences. Being very frank, I can be strict with anyone and I can say “No” to anyone. But when it comes to you, I fall weak. I don’t know what happens to me when it’s about you. Leave alone hitting you. I even feel bad even when I am loud to you. It’s a different kind of regret I have when I am rude to you. Seeing you sad is the worst thing to see and seeing you worried makes me feel worried. You have a very special place in my life, which none can take.
I still remember when we spoke for the first time on Instagram, regarding something. Not knowing that we’ll come to this time where you won’t just call me your elder brother by your tongue but will have respect and regard for me the same way one has for his elder brother. I always wanted to have a younger brother and I always had a thing in my heart for a having a younger brother. But that lasted only Till I met you. Now I have a full fledged younger brother. Who ensures that he’s make me feel that I have a younger brother. Not a single day passes when you don’t remind me that I have a younger brother now and I no more have to ask Allah for a brother.
I shouldn’t be giving the whole credit to myself. You fully deserve all the credit for be the best person who have met till now. The way you give me respect and make sure others also recognize me as your elder brother is unmatched. I can never thank you enough for all the efforts you are putting to make sure I don’t feel that I have to put all the efforts from my side and you are just using the soft corner that I have for you .
When you are asked about what relationship do I share with you. The way you say “Ye chu ma boud boi”.(he’s my elder brother) is something that I remember and feel very proud about.
In today’s world when people are suffering from trust deficit. I am proud to have you, who from a random Instagram follower turned out to be my younger brother and a secret keeper.
Your eagerness to prove your worth to people who have underestimated you is something I appreciate. The way you are working to make your dreams come true Is what I should take as a lesson.
On your birthday let me tell you, I am proud to have you as my younger brother. I wish you happy, healthy, successful, wonderful and blessed life. I shall always be there for you.
Author is student of law and
Human Rights activist
