Counter: Your No. 1 Kid
730
"Did you eat something?" (your way of saying I love you)
₹7.50
1
The biggest piece of chicken, quietly moved to my plate
₹25.00
1
Eating the burnt roti so I got the perfect ones, never mentioning it
₹30.00
1
"I'm not hungry, you finish it" (you were hungry)
₹0.00
247
Battles with the sabziwala and auto so I didn't have to
₹18.00
1
Standing in every queue — bank, ration, railway — for hours, no complaint
₹65.00
1
Handling every form and every office so I never had to worry about a thing
₹55.00
1
Pretending the long drive didn't tire you so the trip stayed happy
₹40.00
1
Slowing the scooter near every temple, a silent prayer for me
₹11.00
88
Nights you checked my fever with the back of your hand while I slept
₹75.00
1
Cash quietly slipped into my bag before every journey
₹100.00
1
"Call when you reach" — then waiting by the phone
₹14.50
1
Carrying every bag up every staircase, refusing help
₹33.00
1
Re-checking my homework after I slept, fixing nothing, just proud
₹8.88
1
Sitting in the next room all night when I was sick, saying nothing
₹90.00
1
The job you didn't love, done for 30 years, so I could choose one I did
₹250.00
1
The empty wallet I never saw, because I never went without
₹199.99
1
Standing one step behind at every milestone so I'd get the photo, not you
₹22.00
1
Tears you turned away to hide at my farewell
₹150.00
1
"I'm proud of you" — said at exactly the right moments, and meant every time
₹500.00
1
Loving me fully, loudly in action, softly in words, every single day
priceless
SUBTOTAL
₹2,055.27
BLESSINGS
beyond counting
GST (you've given enough)
₹0.00
DISCOUNT (you never charged)
100%
TOTAL DUE
∞ / UNPAYABLE
PAID:
One whole life, given gladly
BALANCE:
₹0.00 — and yet, everything
Some things have no price. You are the proof. For every item on this list — and the thousand quiet ones there was no room to print — thank you, Daddy.
You never said much. You didn't have to. I was always watching everything you did.
No returns. No exchange. I'm keeping you forever.
Happy Father's Day, Daddy.
With all my love.