["Wishing you both wonderful people a lifetime of happiness and love together. Happy 25th wedding anniversary! It\u2019s an amazing milestone in a couple\u2019s life\u2026.time to look back and cherish every memory and move on to the next milestone. Cheers!! Sonia & Sam 49","AT NIKHIL\u2019S Shady and Monica, I cannot believe it's 25 years !! Still remember the early days seeing both of you at Hill Park and at the SNAN jam sessions. So much fun and so many happy memories! Both of you make such a lovely happy couple... Congratulations and wishing you more happiness more love and more success!! I have been requested to share some photos, but just realised, sadly, that I have none from the analogue era! Hope to see both of you on your next India trip. Best wishes, Wes Too many years ago, as I was starting off in Bombay as a young banker and wannabe musician, I met Shady!! Not only did we both love music, singing and share a sense of humor, Shady also had the firmest guitar strum of us lot! (Yes, it was a thing!) And when he sang those classic tunes\u2026 whoah \u2026 this voice knew love, with heart and soul! But, while the rest of us were getting ourselves into trouble \u2013 mostly around love \u2013 Shady was always the pure one\u2026 the sant sadhu\u2026 waiting patiently for his better half. Who arrived \u2013 with full RDB chorus \u2013 in the form of \u2026 Monica, oh my darling! And they were in love from day 1! I mean, Shady and Monica were (Shady & RDB is a separate R-rated story!) And now all the way to year 25! Five words for you guys: wait for the high part! Kudos you lovely lovebirds! Keep singing that song together! Dhruv 50","Hi Monica and Shady, Wishing you all the very best on your 25th anniversary! Seems like it was not so long ago that the dashing young Shekhar was chasing the demure miss Monica in Mumbai - not much has changed since then other than location! All the best for the next 25 years and beyond... Yogi and Nikhil 51","52","\\\"Shady and Monica are the ultimate good sports and with a great sense of humour too...We have so many fond memories from their time in Bangalore 25 years ago - from Shady singing at our wedding and countless music jams (sans meat and booze, mind you!). Monica, the zen master, even managed to sit through the madness of our household, which was louder than a rock concert. And the best part? They've stayed in touch all these years, even becoming our daughter Rupali's honorary family in London, where they served up some mouth-watering food and Harry Potter trivia. Oh, and did I mention their mutual fear of sausages? Shady won't touch one on a plate, while Monica was terrified of our German Sausage Daschund Choco...Here's to a couple that's always up for a laugh! And here\u2019s to another 50 years of unforgettable memories and hilarious moments!\\\" Eric and Maya Our lovely Monica is a true lady her wisdom often leaves me stunned Just one thing in her life looks shady that wonderful, musical husband Instead of making journeys romantic He prefers to take her camping His overseas trips frequently turn frantic ! Rather than chill - he enjoys bungy jumping To Monica and Shady we raise a toast in their company one feels particularly alive They are wonderful, matchless, musical hosts Who truly deserve to turn 25 Love and hugs Miloni and Krishnan 53","Dearest Monica and Shady Twenty five is just a start. Here's to many more years of words and music. Of conversations and love songs. Of badminton and baking. Of yin and yang and yeast. And kitchen table addas. And jokes that never grow old. Of growing up together with Rohan. And hitting all the high notes of life. With much love, Karuna, Maya and Ved 54","55","Dear Monica and Shady, Heartiest congratulations on your silver wedding anniversary. We wish you and Rohan many joyous years together. With love Niksa, Piu & GD Anniversary crossword ANSWERS 1.\t BROADHURST 12.\t ROHAN 2.\t ALIBAG 13.\t SACHIN 3.\t DESHPANDE 14.\t LINTAS 4.\t HARRY POTTER 15.\t MISSUS 5.\t SHADY 16.\t VIVAERA 6.\t JACKSON 17.\t BEEDI 7.\t TWINX 18.\t KABIR 8.\t PAUL SIMON 19.\t BUBBLES 9.\t VAJRA 20.\tAQUA 10.\t META 21.\t WORDLE 56 11.\t TARUN 22.\tBUDDAY","Made for Each Other 57","Rockstar Rohan and his Proud Parents (Both) Ladies Love Me Greyceful Deshpandes 58 Ma mma Nose Best MD (Not CanD) Crush","Please mere baap ab to so ja Chalti ka naa m gaadi Where the Streets have Ro Na me Some two are happy some one is not Papa kehte hain bada naa m karega 59","Where is my kala chashma Ear to Ear to Ear smiles One hand here and the other one there One sleeping, two sleep deprived 60 The perfect trio","Rohan the baby Gritting with my parents Red Blue and White' - A Truly English Fa mily 61","Hmmmm O Ho Yaaawwwn 62","A Ha Yummmmuuu 63","Ready Teddy Ro Ro the Guard Royal (Tongued) Ro What mischief is he up 64","to now Trying out clothes ye dil maange more yeh kya hua 65","M a d ra s 66","MADRAS Moms And Dads of Rohan, Arjun and Shubhi 67","68","Rafi April 2007 was the month Jab We Met seemed to fight or disagree with each you guys at Meenakshi & Nachi\u2019s place. It other. And then a \u201cYeh kya hua, kaise hua, is no surprise that we hit it off from the kab hua, kyon hua\u201d moment happened first moment given our common love for outside Rosa Thai West Hampstead in 2018 music, Kishore Kumar, cricket, Bollywood, when we saw Monica visibly upset with Potter and Bangalore. The divergent views Shady. I heaved a sigh of relief; you guys on Jagjit & Jackson and the eccentricities were normal after all!! of our man were discovered later by which time this ship of friendship had sailed! I Living in Mumbai means that we can still vividly remember the famous Harry meet up on each of your trips back to Potter quiz contest sometime in 2008 desh and we have realized Monica, that between you guys and Shubi with me as you are still our guide to shops and events the (im)partial quizmaster. in Maximum City. You seem to be much more clued in than we are! We had this Given that we lived close to each other dream of living together in Bangalore at meant frequent meetings and you some stage in our lives. That didn\u2019t happen becoming our guides to London. Shayona, but I am thankful that we get to spend Masala Zone, Pricewise, Hakkaland and some \u201cfursat ke raat-din\u201d in Mumbai\u2019s Rosa Thai became part of our life too. The Vivarea! most precious times were the jam sessions where the Bandra girl surprised us with Marriage is a partnership and the two of her knowledge of the music of the natives. you truly embody that. I don\u2019t know any By the time we came back to London in other couple who enjoy doing things 2016, the action had moved to Cricklewood together as much as you two - be it where we spent countless evenings cooking, washing, baking or cleaning up. chatting over dinner in your kitchen, Some of these activities may be a chore seeing young Rohan grow up and having for others but for the Deshpandes it is a lots of masala tea while jamming. One big labour of love! Wishing you lovebirds a very advantage over Broadhurst Gardens was happy 25th anniversary. Look forward to that we didn\u2019t need to be so mindful of many more years of masti with you two. I the volume of our voices or songs! I would am sincerely hoping that before your 50th also look forward to the tasty varieties of anniversary I will get Monica to appreciate namkeen and chips stocked at 87 Cheviot. Jagjit Singh and get Gurudev drunk once so that I can sing \u2013 \u201cShady daaru peeke For a long time, the two of you danga karta hai\u201d reminded me of the angelic couple from Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd. You never Rafi 69","70","Roli rqe nksuksa ls feydj] rqEgsa vkSj tkus dh Fkh pkg 'kknh rqe nksuksa dh Fkh arranged] ;k Fkk \u00e7se fookg\\\\ igyh nwljh eqykdkr esa tc iwNk ;s loky Shady us cksyk crk,a vkidk D;k gS [k;ky\\\\ >V geus dgk] love marriage gh gS yxrh ean ean eqLdqjkbZ Monica] vius Shekhar dks ns[krh rqe nksuksa dks ns[k dj gesa ,slk yxrk Mr Mrs ca\/ku esa rqedks rks ca\/kuk gh Fkk Shady ds gj action esa Mrs is I;kj Nydrk vkSj Monica dh vka[kksa ls Bubbles \u00e7se Vidrk Boss-intern romance Bambai esa gqvk 'kq: ifr iRuh cudj fQj ;s igqaps Bengaluru xqtkjs bl 'kgj esa nksuks us glhu iy b'd eksgCcr I;kj esa Mwck jgrk tyegy egy D;k] rqeus feydj cuk Mkyk institute IMS esa Hkh rqEgkjs initials gksuk Coincidence gS ;s cgqr cute! le; chrk vkSj I;kj ds nks iaNh mM+ vk, London tkjh jgk romance in Broadhurst Garden 2011 esa garden esa vkbZ cgkj vk;k I;kjk Rohan] iwjk gqvk Deshpande ifjokj tYn gh gqvk rqEgkjk ,d vkSj liuk lkdkj ?kj cuk;k viuk] ftldk uhyk \u00e7os'k }kj bl ?kj dh gok dk xtc gS vankt egdrh oj.k Hkkr dh [kq'kcw vkSj lax esa lqjhys lkt+ iPphl cjl ckn Hkh yxrk ,slk ;s I;kj tSls gks igyk u'kk] igyk [kqekj ;gh otg fd rqe nksuksa gks tksM+h #1 vkSj iPphl lky ckn Hkh ;gh dgsaxs ge Roli 71","72","A rju n Dearest Shady Unkill and Monica Aunty Wishing you a very happy 25th wedding anniversary. You\u2019ve been family to me in every sense of the word. Taking out time on a work day to show me things around London, taking me to so many cricket games, remembering all my antics from all those years ago and the stories my parents tell me about how you used to look after me and play with me. I was most touched on the day you sent me the Ah Dinasaus song. No one, not even my beloved Papadaddy, has ever made a song for me and you did. And that too such a beautiful personal song. Rohan is like a little brother to me although he\u2019s already way more talented than me in areas I am supposed to be good at like cricket and piano. Wish I could spend more time with him. Lastly, thank you for being my parents best friends\u2026 I\u2019m waiting for the day when some of your good parenting skills and patience will rub off on them. HELP\u2026. And I suppose I cannot end this message without saying \u2018HAPPIETH 25th Wedding BOKDAY\u201d Lots of love Arjun (Or Ajja Singh as I am better known as in our home in Golders Green\u2026) 73","74","75","76","N a ra si m h a n Dearest Shady and Monica Then, most monumental of all - Rohan\u2019s arrival and the happiness it gave you and all Where do I begin? your closest friends over the years! To tell the story of how great a love can be? It has been well more than 25 years we have known you as a couple. You are evergreen\u2026 Maybe the best way is recounting that Monica you still run the risk of being asked fateful day in NBSM where I met Shady for your college id in pubs\u2026.and Shady you for the first time. Little did either of us too - though in your case that may partly realize what that day would mean for the also be because the bouncer can\u2019t believe rest of our lives. Or should I remember the you attended college . innumerable jam sessions in Bombay and all those after-sessions when we bonded What stands out in you is your love. Your in a way that one hardly ever does. Or love for each other, for Rohan. Eternal. maybe it was the day when Shady told me Endless. Exemplary. How you create time about you, Monica, and how I marvelled and space for each other very deliberately. that this shy unassuming fellow actually drummed up the courage to ask you out\u2026 But it doesn\u2019t end there! Your capacity to till I remembered I too had done the same love extends with the power of a million earlier (arre baba not to you!!!! To Meenakshi black holes to your closest family and I meant ). friends. All of us who have had the privilege of basking in your love rest peacefully That memorable Alibaug holiday with knowing that that love is infinite and the pet shop boys (via Meenakshi\u2019s minds unending. eye) playing \u201cit\u2019s a sin\u201d incessantly in the background! So here\u2019s to you - one of the great love stories our little world has seen! Here\u2019s to The hundreds of times we met, laughed, Rohan, a darling symbol of your love who bonded, drank together (coffee please amplifies that story even further. And here\u2019s for Shady) and got even closer. Your to the loving, laughing, sharing and caring marriage, Shady\u2019s oversized wedding we will continue to experience together jacket (see the shaadi ka pic! It looks going forward for the rest of our lives. like Schwarzenegger\u2019s hand me down!), meeting you in Bengaluru. Happy 25th to a lovely and loving family we\u2019re inordinately proud to call our best And then of course your coming to London, f riends. your love for Ajja. Nachi 77","Meenakshi Shady and Monica When I hear people say you can\u2019t choose your family, I can never agree. As you both are more than family to us. In every which way \u2013 -\t you know us inside and out \u2013 what we are thinking, what we are feeling and probably even what we are doing at any point in time -\t you love Arjun almost as if he were your own son \u2013 I cant imagine loving and caring for anyone else\u2019s child the way you did for Arjun \u2013 even today you remember his stories and his words (Masa vissa va, Smooth Crimila, Moos ka cha, Eyebrowns, Womang, Japand.. ) as much or more than us\u2026. -\t We live in your house as if it were our own including setting off your alarm, and asking you to wait to use your own bathroom\u2026. and hopefully you will too whenever both of you plus R manage to come to Gurgaon -\t I make you do all kinds of stuff for me like my bank work, paying my credit card bills at times, buying me silly things like fried onions and choppers exactly as I would with Vinita didi. Can\u2019t imagine asking anyone else to do this kind of stuff -\t We\u2019ve even fought with each other (remember Cornwall!) like family members do\u2026 Can\u2019t believe we stuck messages under each other\u2019s door pretending to be apologetic.. -\t And most importantly wherever we or you are, we know you are always there for us\u2026 Don\u2019t know when it happened and don\u2019t know how it happened\u2026 probably because you and Narasimhan are very much like each other \u2013 and Monica and I are so easy going (!!!) and 78","mouldable (!!!) that we just all Seeing how you\u2019d been with Arjun, adapted to each other and grew up we were sure you\u2019d be amazing together. Remember our days in parents. But you\u2019ve surpassed every Bombay with SNAN, your pinkish expectation on the planet. What car (or was it green\u2026.) that took us you\u2019ve made Rohan is your finest everywhere, our wonderful holiday and most precious achievement in Alibagh where we felt like your ever. His musical abilities, his wit, his seniors inducting you into a land of general knowledge, his passion for sin\u2026. And then one day you left for cricket and all of this coupled with Bangalore\u2026 That was so hard but his extreme sensitivity to situations that ended up being so wonderful and his ability to show affection too as we started coming to stay generously is just another level. with you. Then we moved to South Hats off\u2026. He\u2019s the closest thing to Africa but nothing changed - you a brother to Arjun and when Aarav visited us and we had an amazing came along on April 10th, 2017 that holiday\u2026 And then Jan 2006 the was totally confirmed. Rohan can best thing happened and you got only have siblings whose name your HSMP and came to London. starts with A, a 5 letter word and You became the second set of born on April 10th\u2026. parents for Arjun\u2026 We never missed having family around because you Shady and Monica, on this very were there\u2026 Can you imagine, we special day, it\u2019s a privilege and even made you come and stay at honour to wish you a very very our place to look after Arjun\u2026 that\u2019s happy 25th wedding anniversary. how much we could take you for Am sure through this book you\u2019ve granted\u2026 all thanks to the wonderful heard it a zillion times \u2013 you people both of you are\u2026 epitomize what being together is all about\u2026 I have never seen a couple And then came winter of 2010. so much as one unit as I see the I suspected something when both of you and what an amazing Monica, you suddenly didn\u2019t want role model that is for little Rohan. to drink. You made up some story You are so full of love and caring and about a stomach upset which I have so much to give that people found suspicious. Still, trusting your who are lucky enough to receive honesty, I let it pass. And then finally your love feel blessed\u2026 If it wasn\u2019t for one day while I was walking down my new job, I would have loved to the streets of Barcelona, you told fly down and hug both of you and us the wonderful news\u2026. We were not let you go for atleast 5 minutes\u2026. just thrilled. Life was going to be Lots of hugs and best wishes\u2026 Me complete in just a matter of months. Meenakshi 79","Gata Rahe Mera Dil... 80","Cha Cha @ Ch ou ra n gi","Happy 25th Shekhar & Monica"]
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