Ashna, will you go on a date with me?

Ashna, Ash, rockstar doc: you're the kind of person who makes a Delhi winter feel like the good part of the year. Warm, funny, a little bit sunshine.

You make ordinary days feel different. I don't think you even notice you do it.

Fair warning: whenever I think about plans with you, they get delusionally optimistic. I've decided that's a very good sign.

I hear it takes a patient man to keep up with an independent eldest daughter. Good news: I've been practising.

I know the conference will keep you busy, so there's no fixed plan. Over the next few pages are the Delhi places I'd love to take you to: gardens, bookshops, old tombs, theatres, and a few sweet shops.

Stamp the ones you like. Pick as many or as few as you want. We'll figure out the when later, around your VMMC schedule.

— Aryan