sahara comes to budho mamaghar

she came a day late, thanks for the flight that the family missed in chicago, but when sahara came to her budho mamaghar in bagh bazar, she was a huge hit... the most important thing was the meeting of five generations.. from muwa to her janatini sahara!

the youngest in the generational tier of course, is sahara sherchan dixit herself...

then it's prarthana, sahara's mom...




















a generation up is prarthana's mom, jyoti

... then it's mami..

and finally, on the fifth tier, is muwa... here with her janatini


here is muwa with her natini, panatinis and the janatini


the little one went from kaahk to kaakh
her great grandmother's




















her grand aunt (or older sister, depending whether you want to bark up the joshi tree or the dixit!)





















... or her grandpa deepak babu




















or even her grand mama!!




















sahara's face lit up when she was in baba's kaakh.. it was because she was being entertained by the most favourite person in her little life...

.. yup, no other than her bau, ayoush

truly his chhori's bau, is ayoush.. here she is like a little red froggie on her papa's belly




















or asleep on his chest...




















or just plain and simply being tickled to be in his company!

sahara received a lot of mookh herney gifts... including something from her thuliama kripa


a teeny weeny ghagra choli



















saniama priya tries her hand at entertaining the little one

enjoying her grandpa's lap

being introduced to maheshmama...

... and thulomama

meanwhile baba engages with jwaain

and old photos are taken out to prove that people had black hair once, or even boasted of a dev anand ishtyle julphi!!

ayoush surrounded by saalis, nearly...

the baby's food-in-a-bag

sanima feeds her dallu




















...quickly handed over to another sanima


before being taken up as a joint sanima venture

the final kaakh, of course is the mother's




















with the baby fed, the adults also get ready for their meal























a pathaan in the crowd




















the other pathaan...





















and the final pathaan!!

and that is how we welcomed sahara sherchan dixit to her budho mamaghar