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8 Taylor Swift songs which every girl can relate

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We all have those certain songs which we go on listening in a loop that makes us feel a thousand times better. Sometimes we get stuck in those kinds of feelings that are hard to explain even to ourselves. As someone said, Where words fail music speaks.”

Taylor Swift is one of those artists that truly captures a girl’s heart. When I listen to the lyrics of her songs I feel at home. These are the 8 Taylor Swift songs that I can really relate to and that I believe every girl can relate to as well.

 1. You belong with me:

you_belong_with_meIf you could see that I’m the one who understands you been here all along. So, why can’t you see You belong to me.” This song hit back in my mind and take me to the time where I used to love a boy wholeheartedly but he’s in love with some another girl. I know this have been experiencing by many of us. You always believed you would be better for him than her. And he only belongs to you nobody else. Come on think of it, I think I still feel this way sometimes!

 

2. Enchanted:

enchantedThis song is for all the girls over there who have gone through this situation at least once. It explains a lot about the time when we have “Crush” on someone at the moment we meet like love at first sight. All I can say I was enchanted to meet you.  NO, we will never approach first instead we have all those mental conversations, start imagining scenarios which never going to became reality. We even secretly start hoping that he is not dating someone. “please don’t be in love with someone else.”

 

3. Red:

red-taylor-swiftAt the end of any relationship what remains is all those bittersweet memories that we had painted together. This song explains a colorful journey of love. “Losing him was blue like I’d never known. Missing him was dark gray all alone. Forgetting him was like trying to know somebody you never met. But loving him was RED.”

4. This is really happening:

 taylor-swiftHave you ever experienced that kind of feeling when finally everything is sort and he is with you no matter what? Yes, exactly that feeling I get each time I listen to this song Tell me you’ll never leave me & I’m not crazy & this is really happening. 

 

5. Back to December:

taylor-swift-back-to-december-fanmadeWe always used to say Girls are always right”. But No even we went wrong sometimes, we all have made mistakes, hurt someone. And now we think we would have the value that person who has been there with us before. Sometimes we wish we could go back in time and change want to be went wrong. “I go back to December all the time.” 

 

6. Teardrops on my guitar: 

taylor-swift-songYou know what the thing about one-sided love, it always ends in disappointment. You never get rid out of him every time you hope that one day he will feel the same way as you do but he never. Instead, he ends up falling for someone else. “He says’ he’s so in love he’s finally got it right I wonder if he knows he’s all I think about at night.”

 

7. White Horse: 

white-horseI was a dreamer before you went and left me down.Perhaps, the heaviest part in any relationship is moving on.  Getting over with all those feelings which meant the world to you. But sometimes it’s better moving on than being with someone who doesn’t deserve your love.

 

 

8. Love Story: 

taylor-swift-love-story-16306We all love “Happy endings don’t we?? Here the best part of this song is the ending the happy one. Were the Romeo finally says, “Marry me, Juliet, you’ll never have to be alone. I love you, and that’s all I really know.  Perfect indeed isn’t?

Strange Thing Is LOVE …. Episode 2

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Zoya then searched for the profile of Bakhtawar and copy pasted the same reply to him too. She had been irritable whole evening, she was finding it very difficult to relax, why was everyone in her family hell bent on destroying her life, or so she thought. She didn’t agree with the whole concept of marriage where the woman had to portray this perfect picture of a sacrificial, submissive, docile demi-Goddess. “I would rather struggle like a devil than thrive like a submissive angel,” she muttered under her breath. Tossing and turning in her bed, soon sleep swept over her.

Shekhar gazed at the ceiling with no thoughts in his mind. He was successful, good-looking, decent and full of love but why did he always fail in love? This question had been haunting him ever since his break-up with Gauri. Gauri and Shekhar were meant to be, same lifestyle, same interests in fact same caste and religion. You have to consider and know about caste and religion of the other person if you wish to take your relationship a step further. He and his girlfriend, I mean ex-girlfriend were perfect match SOCIALLY. However, in reality, they were like chalk and cheese.

image source: http://www.sandboxsuites.com/why-try-coworking/Shekhar was emotional, Gauri was materialistic. He liked to hang around with friends, she was a party animal. Shekhar believed in transparency, while for Gauri knowing his dirty little secrets was only a way to get even with him every time she lost her cool, which was quite often. She knew each and every friend, a colleague of his by name while he didn’t even know where she worked before she came to Kolkata and settled down with him right after two weeks of their relationship.

Shekhar contemplated and contemplated hard, tried to decipher where does he actually go wrong in a relationship. Why does all of his relationships fail so miserably? Little did he know that it was his transparency, sincerity, truthfulness and craving for love that made others take him for granted and run all over him. Surely, the mean girls took him for a ride and love fool he was, he pondered over his drawbacks. Shekhar felt alone, miserable and lost.

Zoya woke up with a start due to her phone, it was 4 a.m, an ISD number blinked on her phone. Hesitant she picked up the phone and said, “Hello.”

Is it Zoya,” asked a full-fledged British accent male voice. “Yes,” she replied and asked, “Who is it?” “I am Farhan,” he continued “I got your number from the marriage portal.” It was then that she realized that this was the other guy calling her, whom she had accidentally and by mistake emailed. She wanted to hang up but there was something about the way he talked that she didn’t feel like disconnecting the call. He was an automobile engineer and loved cars, trucks, crane, bus etc. etc. It was not his love for cars that kept Zoya glued to the call but his interest in music, books, and philosophy. They had so much in common and before she could realize, a new dawn broke in her life welcoming a new entry all the way from London named Farhan.

Zoya was flamboyant, vivacious and very friendly. Farhan was a successful man who wanted to settle down with someone, someone he would love to grow old with.  The rude, insolent and bold letter of Zoya sparked some hope in him, he realized a girl who can reject a British citizen for her independence is a real gem. After talking to her, he realized that not only was she very intelligent but there was also this little girl hiding behind that tough exterior who wanted lots of love care and attention. He was more than willing to be her knight in shining armor.

image source: http://www.gettyimages.in/detail/video/couple-talking-on-mobile-phone-at-river-bank-stock-video-footage/140814892Six months passed by between phone calls, emails, video chats and daily updates. Zoya was finally able to find her perfect man in Farhan. She trusted him, relied on him and cared about. She thought she loved but was still confused because as per her logic, they were involved in virtual romance, she still needed to meet him in person.

Image Source: http://photojoe.com/bookshop/Tomorrow was her birthday and she was super excited. Lost in her own thoughts, she moved from one outlet to another doing birthday shopping. She loved to gift herself, after all, she was her most favorite person. She entered Starmark and started looking at different designs of a fountain pen. There it was, a perfect silver colored Franklin Covey resting on a stand, she stretched her hand to pick it and instead her fingers touched someone else’s. Both of them held the pen at the same time, startled she looked up to see who it was. She lost the earth beneath her feet, her knees went weak as she looked into those hazel green eyes. He looked at her and apologized, “I am really sorry, you take it, I was only trying to take a look.” She didn’t say anything, feeling relieved that he didn’t recognize her, she turned away and walked towards the exit, “Excuse me, are you from City College?” Zoya felt all numb when she realized that Shekhar had recognized her. She wanted to leave, go away, vanish from his sight but helplessly she turned back and said, “Yes.

Strange Thing Is LOVE … Episode 1

ONE OF THE LIFELINES OF YOUR LIFE: BEST FRIENDS!

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Best friends are the ones with whom you share the strongest possible kind of friendship. Everybody needs a best friend, be it girl or guy. Here is a list to remind you how much they mean to you.

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  • You laugh with them a little louder than you laugh with anybody else. However sad you are, they find you a solution to distract you and can make you laugh as hard as possible. So, when in a problem, they are the first ones to come to your mind.
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  • They are the ones with whom you share everything. You actually talk to them through expressions. You have the weirdest conversations with them.
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  • They are your easy targets. You fight with them, bombard them with silly questions and situations, cry to them over pointless reasons knowing that they will be there to handle all your tantrums.
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  • You always have them to go out when you want a coffee or a pizza. Sometimes, you don’t even need a reason to meet them. You hang out with your best friend at your place even at 2 a.m.
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  • It is also said that if you are friends for more than 7 years, your friendship will last for the lifetime. Your best friend is the one who will stay with you even after you get married and have kids. Your children will be best friends apparently.
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  • You have endless sleepovers and night outs with them. When you tell your parents that you are with your best friend, they will never say no for any of the outings. Your family loves them as much as they love you. Sometimes, they come together against you.
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  • If you have a guy best friend, you can escape all the dramas and meaningless gossips.
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  • You exchange your clothes with them since you go shopping together and love each other’s choices. They give you the most honest opinions about everything.
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  • You hate that one person because your best friend hates him. You judge people together and make fun of them.
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  • Your best friends decide to whom you should continue having the crush on and approves having the relationship with him.
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  • Lastly, even if you get busy in your career and you don’t meet frequently, you still have the same weird and best bond.
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Situations…

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Sometimes life is smooth and sometimes tricky, but you need to tackle both sides with utmost care and balance them. Many things happen unexpectedly and many a time we create our own mess. Here are the famous four situations every person has gone through once in their lifetime.

When you are excited about something but everything goes wrong

i-can-do-itYes, it happens a lot and with everyone I’m sure. You must have selected the best outfit for the prom night and to impress your date but the biggest rival of yours turns in wearing the same dress. Yes, that simply can give you mini attack as your all efforts will go in vain, that snobbish girl and you will be the matches. Have you ever been planning a night out on the beach side but your friends ditch on the last minute and you are the only one counting waves and stars on the beach. So what it is fine because your plans collide with the destiny, so nothing can be done now…

When your best friend finds a new best friend

new-best-friendOuch! That hurts a lot, everyone must be now smiling as you feel you have been gone through this. When you see your bestie holding someone else’s hand while roaming around or hanging out; she orders whatever her new friend wants to eat and not what you both always share. Her phone is now filled up with the newbie’s selfie. I know it always feels bad irrespective of age because only venues change like from school playground to shopping spree to kitty parties. But if your best friend finds a new best friend then this places will haunt you with loneliness…

When you do all the work but credit is taken by some else

Image of businesswoman leader looking at camera in working environmentYes, remember that school project you did all the work but just because you have a partner who is self-obsessed, he took all the credit…that big mouth. This happens a lot when at work, your presentation but credit is taken by your senior. You must have felt like hitting him hard in the face but you need your job badly so you can satisfy yourself just by imaginations. Okay for the ladies who are married, you must have given hours to prepare your husband’s favorite dish. But your mother-in-law takes away all the credit just by serving the food and bragging about how tired she is. Yes, blood boils right haha! Ghar ki Kahani.

When you are invisible for your crush

crushToo bad, you are dying for her looks and she doesn’t even care to know if you are alive or dead. Those love songs torcher you because it reminds you of her, you have turned into a complete stalker for her. You know what time she leaves from home who all her friends are. You are a regular follower on Facebook. I know you got a high time nostalgia by reading this, everyone has a crush. Some are lucky to turn them into their better halves, others turn someone else’s crush into their better halves. Luck matters buddy…staring won’t help you need to get back the action.

 

DEAR FRIEND

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Into the unknown, my feet led me,

as I entered a new phase, bold and free.

But the unfamiliarity struck a chord of apprehension,

with all fresh faces adding to mounting tension.

 

The fated moment questioned my venture new;

the urge for a voyage, sans my crew.

Luckily then came a pat on my back,

reverting my mind to its decided track.

 

For the charming smile on the gleaming face,

obliterated tension’s every trace.

Time aided blossoming of a bond for life;

Watching our souls draw closer with each strife.

 

No ordeal enfeebled the mutual concern,

how this flourished, none could discern.

Enough of hurdles now, let’s focus on joys,

for to merriment, there aint no ‘hows’ and ‘whys’.

 

Through peals of laughter, years gushed past,

still our love hovers at the mast.

No worldly existence has ever been perfect,

only friendship helps embrace a person’s defect.

 

Nothing endears better than a heart with love,

So never let go, by the word of Jove.

Praying that this magic never meets an end,

I sign off with a Love you, my dear friend.

Adventurous Islands

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An Island is a piece of land which is surrounded by water from all sides and you can imagine how exciting it would be to do some adventurous activities at these islands. The open blue clouds above and open blue water at ground together comprise of a beautiful scenario, which gives you a push to do something really exciting, thrilling and adventurous. Here, some islands are listed where you can have a lot of adventures.

  • Andaman: –

ISLANDThe first Island where you can have the adventure is Andaman. Walking with bare foots on the sand along beaches, skydiving in middle of the blue sky and over blue water on the ground will be just fantastic! Water-skiing, water sports, aqua cycles, speed boating, kayaking, wind surfing and many more adventurous task you will find there. Snorkeling is another water sport i.e. can be considered to be one of the adventurous sports and activities of Andaman Islands. Scuba diving, trekking and islands camping can be the most interesting part of your journey in Andaman. You will love this place for adventure.

    • Lakshadweep:-

ISLANDThe Lakshadweep Islands are the ultimate destination for a relaxing vacation with occasional doses of recreational activities and adventures & are the ideal destination for any water sports crazy person. Various forms of water sports are practiced in the islands. Among others, surfing is the popular one. Boating is another popular adventurous activity at Lakshadweep. Boating refers to the leisurely pursuit of traveling by boat. The deep blue waters of Indian Ocean can be enjoyed while boating through the sea. Yachting is steadily emerging as one of the favored Adventure sport in Lakshadweep as well as in the whole country. Lakshadweep is gifted with nature’s beauty. The greenish blue seawater, white beaches, majestic waves, long coconut trees and a wonderful climate make it a hot spot for adventure and tourism. Scuba diving, Lagoon fishing, Snorkelling, Kayaking, Canoeing, Speed Boating and water skiing are some other form of adventurous water sports.

  • Mumbai Harbour:-

surfetiquetteMumbai was popularly known as “Mayanagari” can also give you some adventurous and thrilling experience. Mumbai Harbour which has six historical Islands that lie in the harbor. “Elephanta” is one of them; the harbor opens at the Arabian Sea to the south. It has abundant adventurous activities to do. Skydiving in Mumbai is also very famous.

  • Netrani Islands:-

sky-diving-shute-harbourAnother Island is Netrani Island in Karnataka. It is a small Island located in Arabian Sea Views from above gave this Island the appearance of being heart-shaped. This Island has Scuba diving and Snorkeling facilities.

 Islands due to its beautiful and amazing combination of blue water below and blue sky above become a great spot for any adventure loving people. There exists a lot of thrilling and adventurous activities to do as mentioned above.

Strange Thing Is LOVE … Episode 1

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“India, the country of 1.252 billion people as on 2016, yet not a single match for me, not a single person for me to fall in love with, not a single person I can spend the rest of my life with. Why is it so difficult to love in this country? Sometimes you don’t get your kind of match and even if at times you do, there is this social barrier, state barrier, language barrier, religious barrier and last but not the least caste barrier. Yes, it’s true, caste system still exists in this fast developing nation. Don’t believe me? Google honor killings in India. I may have missed a few more barriers, I don’t mind if you can add to the list.

Image source : http://www.flickfilosopher.com/2012/08/female-gazing-at-guy-pearce.htmlBeing alone, loveless, and unhappy because my match belongs to another caste, it is not just my story, but one out of every 50 Indian has suffered in a love relationship due to social restraints….”

He looked vaguely at his computer screen, he was supposed to submit a report on ‘Honor Killing in India,’ but this was appearing more of a tale of failed romance.  What was wrong with him? Why was he getting more and more depressed every day? Fine, shit happens, he failed once again, the shark of media once again failed in his relationship. So what…this doesn’t mean the end of the world, or does it? He asked himself. He hated being back to the same old lonely apartment, following the same routine, warming his dinner in the microwave cooked by his maid, turning on the TV and just watching some random show.

There was no point delving into the past, thinking why he failed this time? What exactly went wrong when everything was so picture perfect? His ex-girlfriend was an entrepreneur with her own startup, independent, beautiful, dynamic and smart. They had minimum complications and no hidden secrets, at least from his side. Maybe this is where things went wrong, he should have been more tactful. He looked at his TV screen mechanically with his mind wandering to a nowhere land.

Not So Far Away…. Same City

image source: http://www.wallpapermade.com/wallpaper/5164/girl-on-balcony-looking-at-the-moon/She was watching the same old rom-com chick flick for the umpteenth time, the reason being simple, she wanted to release her stress. Her family wanted her to marry this bloke (Brit lawyer) whom she despised. The guy had asked or rather ordered her to give up her job after marriage and dedicate herself entirely to his family which meant him and him alone.

Father’s reprimands, sisters’ condemnation, and mother’s implications left her unaffected and unfazed. She just cannot be some rich lawyer’s handmaid, she put forward her logic to which her sisters furiously replied, “You think we all are handmaids of our husbands,” father accused her of being a rebellious and extra liberal, but her mother listened to everything silently because she knew Zoya will not change her mind, and she admired her for that!

She turned on the TV in anger and there he was, Mr. Nair aka Shekhar Nair, salt to her wounds!! Just the thing she needed at this time, he was the perfect element to add salt to her bleeding wounds without being aware of it. Yes, he was the biggest problem of her life and he had no idea about it. She angrily punched the remote buttons to switch the channel. MTV, yes, this is it, she was back to her la land of music and romance sans Mr. Bakhtawar, yes the bloke from Birmingham or so she liked to call him.

Zoya was a content developer working in one of the renowned international firms. Her job was of creating e-books, sounds creative but unfortunately it was not. Much to her distaste, it was a very mechanical and tedious profession but the package was attractive so she had to stick around plus there was news of her promotion as well. Single at 28 has its own pros and cons, pros being, she was much desired by opposite sex and cons obviously, extremely envied by those of the same sex except a few.

She decided to give Mr. Bakhtawar a piece of her mind, she logged into the matrimonial site where her sister had her registered her profile with a very phony introduction and a phonier description of the partner she was looking for. First thing, she changed her introduction and suddenly she transformed from a typical desi docile girl to an independent, straightforward, unorthodox individual. She removed her picture, and the description of the guy was just a one liner, ‘Seeing is Believing.’

After changing the content of her profile, she clicked on an e-mail from someone in London, she responded to his reply saying,

Dear Mr. Bakhtawar,

Under no condition, I will say “Yes, I do,” in front of the qadi (Muslim marriage priest) so stay away and don’t make a fool of yourself. If ever in my life, I plan to marry, you wouldn’t be my choice even if you are the last man alive. I am independent, liberal and have worked very hard to reach this stage, I am not going to throw it away for some ‘Brown Sahab.’

Go on tell my parents I am a rebel, I really don’t care a fig about your opinion and judgments.

Goodbye.”

Yesss!!! She hugged herself after pressing the send button but before she could realize that Mr. Bakhtawar was from Manchester and not London, it was too late. She panicked for a moment but then shrugged off thinking never mind one more proposal rejected, big deal!

Strange Thing Is LOVE … Episode 2

Love Under House Arrest

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image source: http://lifehacker.com/how-to-support-a-partner-struggling-with-depression-1717700336No verbal messages

No open letters

No free flowing love

No relationship status

I have to conceal my feelings

Got to hide my emotions

None but I am to know

The secret that ought to be untold

 

No human is to know this secret

So, I made nature my friend

I made stars my mason

They shine and show how much I care

This sun is my guardian angel

It burns with my fiery passion

The changing moon is a clear signal

My several moods my various shades

 

Sending all my love your way

Let the universe be my witness

I have loved you with my heart and soul

This is how I will forever remain

 

I know I am imperfect

I am aware of all my foibles

I am naïve, stupid and irritable at times

But I know you really don’t care

You love me just the way I am

My imperfections are like guiding light

 

You decipher my emotions

You decode my thoughts

You know we are meant for greater goods

This misery….

This too shall pass

Dream Catchers

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Have you ever wondered how a foreign object becomes ever so familiar? But not as familiar as you don’t know the meaning it holds. The dream catcher is one such object. You can see the beautiful dream catchers available in markets close by. But none of them are below Rs. 400-500.

I always wanted to have one of my own, so I decided why waste money? When you can do it yourself honey. So I decided to go online get some DIY ideas for making my very own dream catcher. However, surfing through various sites, I came across an interesting one.

What are dream catchers? The line struck me. It actually made me wonder what are dream catchers? By the name, it suggests catcher of dreams. At least that’s what my assumption was. But after reading the legend behind it, I realized how little I knew about it.

I know, most of you would have got familiar with the dream catchers, because of your Twilight fans. More like team Jacob (Taylor Lautner) fans. But none of us remember the truth behind the dream catchers. No one blames you here. When you have Taylor Lautner and Robert Pattinson on screen, you can merely concentrate on a dream catcher. Jacob gifts Bella a dream catcher on her birthday, and rest is “history”.

The History

53b406a869b39892f9986f1950564650 The dream catchers date back to the Native American legends. The original web dream catcher of the Ojibwa (tribe of Native America), was intended to teach natural wisdom. Nature is a profound teacher. Dream catchers have been woven since ancient times by people of their tribe. They believe that both bad and good dreams travel at night. It is through the web of the dream catcher, bad dreams get caught. The good dreams move to the sleeper and reach him softly through the feathers.

Somehow the bad dreams once caught. Destroy at the very first ray of the sun.Which leaves the sleeper with a peaceful night, and positive thoughts for the morning.

The legend

The Ojibwa people have a legend which frames the significance of this dream catcher. The legend says that an old Lakota (another tribe of Native Americans) spiritual leader was once meditating on the top of a mountain. He got a vision in which, Iktomi, the great trickster, and searcher of wisdom appeared in the form of a spider.

The Iktomi imparted knowledge about the circle of life in a sacred language. Meanwhile, the Iktomi spun the web on the willow hoop of the leader,

The Iktomi spoke about the presence of negative and positive forces. And just like the circular willow hoop, the life is a circle. The web catches the negative thoughts. So through the small circle in the web, positive thoughts can pass.

He asked the leader to impart this knowledge to his people. Hence avoiding negative thoughts, and going in the direction of positive and right vision.

The leader then spread the knowledge, and hence the dream catcher was born and is still put to use in the right way by many.

Get your own dream catchers

Getting bad dreams?  Do give the dream catcher a try. I did, and till now haven’t got a bad dream yet, and am not saying this for publicity. But I’m sure the natives knew how to deal with nightmares. And they quite efficiently did.

You can make one yourself; there are plenty of videos online. Do refer to them, it is easy to make, and wonderful to decorate.

If not for the belief then for just decoration, do give it a try. After all, it is you, “Who makes your own magic.”

 

Dad, You’ve always been our SuperHero

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Dearest DAD,

Cherished and adored by the world,

Extolled by peers,

Possessing the magical smile,

You’ve procured the copious achievements after plodding that mile.

Gifted with that placating voice,

Discreet in judgment and mind,

Affection for us scintillates in thy ravishing eyes.

The perfect blend of determination and noblest discernment,

As facile as an oyster,

Our most precious amenity,

Dad, you’ve never failed your duty.

Because Dad,

You’ve always been our superhero,

From teaching us how to crawl to constantly protecting us in the form of a strong wall.

Because, Dad, our happiness emanates from you,

You’ve always been the firmest pillar of the house during those ardent times,

Riding us around the house being our horse,

And even today, making us sleep peacefully by those beautiful rhymes.

You’ve fulfilled the minutest to the magnanimous of our wishes,

Because today, gratitude and respect gushes in our hearts,
Thank you for being there for us like the twinkling stars.