shriya's birthday party

yesterday was shyam and deepa’s daughter, shriya’s birthday party at shyams apartment down the street. kids of all shapes and sizes playing party games under confetti, eating a ‘noddy’ shaped birthday cake form monginis, playing making preity zinta married. the older kids sat in the bedroom exchanging war stories from the floods, eating biryani and catching up with each other- neighbors, old friends and those who were once enemies. john, mary and joanna were there too though joanna threw a tantrum (so much like her father J) and had to be taken home early.