Rinku turned 21 in Vidyanagar, India, today (if she were over there), and a few of us got together to wish her a very happy birthday. It won’t be until tomorrow, the 21st, here in America, that she will legally be 21. Renu and Gautam arranged the cake, Krupesh got a couple of hours off to be here, and Caroline wore the new dress that Sonal’s mom brought her from India last week. What isn’t seen here in this photo is that Rinku just finished crying after she was scared half to death from us screaming happy birthday to her from the back of Indo Euro Foods after she came back to turn the lights on after the store opened.

Update: It’s November 2022 when I’m adding this non-squinty-eyed version of Caroline, where you can see the Salwar Kameez she was wearing.