On this day, 22 years ago…
A STAR WAS BORN.
one for every year
22 Things We Love About Niyati
01The way you show love by cooking for everyone around you
02The way you make a silly joke under your breath and then try not to laugh at yourself
03The way your chin dimples when you smile
04How genuinely excited you get over the little things: pazookies, a good song, Bollywood
05Your laugh. the loud one that you always try to cover up but never quite manage to
06The way you go shy when someone compliments you
07How bold you are. walking up to a stranger, starting a conversation, owning any room
08The way you care for the people you love. quietly, consistently, without asking for anything back
09Your ability to make everyone around you feel completely comfy within five minutes
10How hard you work, every single day, without making it look like work at all
11The way you dance like nobody's watching, because you genuinely don't care if they are
12Your giggle when Tuffy does something funny
13How you always know what to say when someone is going through something hard
14The way you get completely invested in a TV show like the characters are personal friends
15Your style. effortless and completely your own, nobody pulls it off quite like you do
16How you love animals. Tuffy and Shayan's cat
17The ambition behind your eyes. you know exactly where you're going, even when it's hard
18How you hold your family close, no matter how busy life gets.
19The way you love Bollywood scenes and want to live life like a movie.
20Your resilience. you bend, but you never break, and you never stop moving forward
21Your passion towards getting people to do activities, play Catan or any other games.
22Simply being you. exactly as you are, every single day, is more than enough
today and always
Happy Birthday,
Niyati Patel
22 years of you is still not enough.
Here's to every year that follows.
✦ 2004 — 2025 ✦
