I grew up in a joint family basically and there are a couple of my cousins whom I am very close with them but one of my cousins because we are the same age and we grow up together. Her name is Harshita and I am very close to her because we have seen interest, we share almost everything. She is very polite and she is very kind and the more I like her because she understands me well. She knows what I like, she knows what I don’t like. Her strength is kindness, she is very kind to the people, she values people. At the same time she takes care of the pets. She is like a wonderful sister because she understands my feelings, my nature. She supports me in so many various ways. We used to study together when we were in the same city and we used to go to college together. I had a very good time with her because we shared almost 20 years with each other and I had such a beautiful memory with her because we used to eat together, we laugh, we go for shopping. There are a lot of activities we used to do together and the most important we used to cook together. Such beautiful memories is always in my heart and I personally believe that she is one of the best person in my life and I am very, very close with her. But now we are in a different city and I am running my own business. At the same time she is a dentist, she has become a dentist. She has done her schooling in colleges from Lucknow. Lucknow is basically a capital of Delhi. So now she has her own clinic in Lucknow and she has done a wonderful job because we are connected on calls and video calls on daily basis. She told me about the entire thing that I met with some people and the clients are good. They were acknowledging my work, praising me. So which makes me feel happy that she is also doing good and the most important thing which I personally like, why I personally like about her business is that she is a very good person.
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I grew up in a joint family, and there are a couple of my cousins whom I am very close with, but one of my cousins stands out because we are the same age and we grew up together. Her name is Harshita, and I am very close to her because we share similar interests; we share almost everything. She is very polite and very kind, and I like her even more because she understands me well. She knows what I like and what I don't like. Her strength is kindness; she is very kind to people and values them. At the same time, she takes care of pets. She is like a wonderful sister because she understands my feelings and my nature. She supports me in so many ways. We used to study together when we were in the same city, and we went to college together. I had a very good time with her because we shared almost 20 years with each other, and I have such beautiful memories with her. We used to eat together, laugh, and go shopping. There are a lot of activities we did together, and most importantly, we used to cook together. Such beautiful memories are always in my heart, and I personally believe that she is one of the best people in my life, and I am very, very close to her. But now we are in different cities. I am running my own business, and she has become a dentist. She completed her schooling and college in Lucknow, which is the capital of Uttar Pradesh. Now she has her own clinic in Lucknow, and she has done a wonderful job. We are connected through calls and video calls on a daily basis. She tells me about everything, including meeting with clients who acknowledge and praise her work. This makes me happy because she is doing well, and the most important thing I personally like about her business is that she is a very good person.
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