I had a super-duper time this past weekend. On Saturday, my twin brother and I celebrated our b'days together after 12 long years.

Very often, people have asked us, what is it like to be twins? pretty much like any brother-sister relationship I guess. But I must confess that after all these years and after giving birth to a son myself, the enormity of what it must have meant in the earlier years is sinking in. Unlike now, when you can find out if you are going to have twins within the first few weeks of pregnancy, my mom was totally clueless until she delivered us. So when the doctor announced the news of our arrival, everyone but my maternal grandpa had tears of joy. My grandpa was worried how his "baby" was going to cope up with the two tiny babies. Fortunately for my mom, both of us turned out to be little angels :-). The truth is, there was an army of people taking care of us. My mom, dad, grandmom, great grand mom and why even the owners of the house that we lived in.

Arun and I were born 4 minutes apart, but he considers himself the "big brother". The notion of being the "younger one" suits me as well, so I never rebel. We are very different from each other - from our physical appearances to our personalities. He is fair and tall. I am not. He is an idealist and I am practical. It's hard to satisfy him but I am easy to please.  Like most brothers and sisters, we have had our share of fights and we are extremely protective of each other. If at all any, there is one disadvantage to being twins. It's easy for people to lose sight of the fact that we are two different individuals with different strengths and weaknesses.

To sum it up, It has been a fabulous journey with Arun, from womb to this day.