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Pahi means a petal

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 Hi Koko,  To quote Avicii,  " Hey brother There's an endless road to rediscover Hey sister Know that water's sweet, but blood is thicker" I saw this in action a few days ago. So your cousin Pahi was born on 24 June 2022. When I informed you of this moment, your 7 year old self was ecstatic and wanted to run off to Calcutta immediately. But she is too tiny now, we all explained, and you understood. Over the next 3 months you collected this and that. you handpicked a pink princess dress for her. You packed your favorite childhood books of Peppa Pig for her. In your mind this was the closest to Peppa and George you are ever coming. It was heartening to see you so ready to share one of your most prized possessions so effortlessly with her. She is after all the first cousin you see born, the rest are all older than you.  As the day for our travel approached you cordoned off a portion of the suitcase calling it the "Pahi section". You packed a lot (!) of stuff in