For Aanya.
My favourite person. Still.

with love, Rohan

OUR MEMORIES. MY SORRY. SO MUCH LOVE.

I still look at us
with so much love.

Thodi si yaadein. Ek dil se sorry.
Aur tumhare liye, bahut saara pyaar.

Yaad hai, hum?I wrote something behind these pictures.

01 / YAAD HAI, HUM?

You were my
favourite part.

Let our photograph find its colour.
Then turn it over. There’s something I never said.

An ivory developing tray, blue-grey water and a pair of photographic tongs
A golden evening we kept
An ordinary moment. My favourite person.
An ordinary moment together
A little moment I never stopped keeping.
An evening under the lights
A day made better by you.

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A memory, finding its colour…

An ordinary moment. My favourite person.

A little moment I never stopped keeping.

A day made better by you.

I remember being happier
because you were there.

There are a hundred little things about you
that a photograph can’t keep.

And out of everything I want to say,
this is the simplest: I love you.

A little scroll. A little us.

02 / PEHLE, EK SACHCHA SORRY

I miss us.
And I’m sorry I hurt you.

Yaadein apni jagah. Tumhara dukh apni jagah.
I want to understand what that moment felt like for you.

Dear Aanya,

I hurt you, and I’m sorry. Tumhari feelings mere liye zaroori hain. I want to understand what this felt like for you, without rushing to defend myself. These photographs remind me how much you mean to me. They don’t erase what hurt, and they don’t take the place of doing better. Mujhe tumse pyaar hai. I want that love to feel like patience, kinder words, and care you can count on.

I love you. I want to do better.
Rohan

P.S. Tumhari baat adhoori reh gayi thi. Main sunna chahta hoon.

The important part was always you.

03 / A LITTLE LESS PRIDE. A LITTLE MORE US.

Let me say it
a little better.

The words I choose can bring us closer.
These are the ones I mean.

For Aanya,

I wanted to be right.
I want tounderstand you.

Tumhari feelings. Pehle.

With a softer heart,
Rohan

A little courage. A kinder sentence.

Pyaar mein, tumhari baat sunna bhi pyaar hai.

04 / PYAAR, MERE KAAMON MEIN BHI

Tumse pyaar hai.
Mehsoos bhi karaunga.

Agli baar hum baat karein,
tumhe suna aur samjha hua mehsoos ho.

Touch the water. A little closer, together.

01 / ROOM TO LISTEN

Your whole story.

I’ll hear you out before I reply. What you feel matters to me, even when we see things differently.

02 / GENTLER WORDS

A breath before a reply.

I’ll choose kinder words. If I need a pause, I’ll say so and come back ready to listen.

03 / SHOWING UP

Care you can count on.

I’ll show my love in the little things, consistently — in the way I speak to you, make time for you, and show up.

Let’s take this gently. ↓

05 / THE LITTLE THINGS I LOVE

There’s so much
to love about you.

I tucked a few little reasons here.
Open the folded leaves.

Tumhari hansi.

It still makes
my day softer.

The way you care.

Even in things
you think I don’t notice.

A day with you.

Nothing special planned.
Still my favourite kind.

A few reasons, kept close.
Aanya ♡

Three little leaves. So much love.

Aur sabse zyada…

tum.

Just you. As you are.

06 / TUMSE KEHNE KA MANN HAI

I still want to
tell you everything.

To Aanya, with love

Aaj bhi koi chhoti si khushi milti hai,
toh sabse pehle tum yaad aate ho.

I miss telling you everything.
Aur tumhari har baat sunna bhi.

Bas… tumse baat karne ka mann hai.

07 / ONE PICTURE STILL MISSING

Of all the pictures
we’ve kept,
there’s one I still wish for.

I left a little space.
For another day with you.

The first of our little memories
An ordinary moment. My favourite person.
An ordinary moment with you
A little moment I never stopped keeping.
One more evening I remember
A day made better by you.

Our next one.

Ek aur tasveer.
Tumhare saath.
No date. Just a wish.

I don’t just want
another photograph.

I want more ordinary days
with you.

Phir se. Thoda aur pyaar se.

08 / A LITTLE LIGHT, WITH YOUR NAME ON IT

Mere dil mein,
tum.

Even on the difficult days,
there is so much love for you.

A little glass jar holding warm, wandering lights

Lift the little cork ↗

I kept something for you.

09 / STILL YOU. STILL LOVE.

I still love you. Aur main humare liye behtar karna chahta hoon. I’d love to hear your voice, understand your side, and begin again with a conversation.

Tumse, ab bhi utna hi pyaar.
Rohan

Ek dil se sorry. Aur bahut saara pyaar.