A hug for my dad my wall of support

My papa is my hero, my super hero. He is a perfect man. He has spent so many sleepless nights to take care of me when I was a little kid. He always sacrificed his own wishes to fulfill my desires. He was my first teacher and guide, my mentor. He made me confident of myself and taught me to follow my dreams. He is my role model. He raised me with utmost love and care. He always believed in me. He is my real hero, my best friend, my inspiration and the best person in my life. I am his heart throb. He keeps calling me from his office to enquire about my welfare. He makes sure I take my lunch on time. Our needs, our demands are his top priority. He has made many sacrifices just to give us happiness. There are not enough words to describe him. He has been through very bad times but he never lets us feel his pain. He taught me to set my goals and focus on them. He looks tough from outside but he is very soft and kind hearted just like a coconut.

All the childhood memories are still fresh in my mind. He was and is still the real reason for all my happiness, joy, success and achievements in my life. He is a unique father, the best father. I am very lucky to have him as my father. My papa always says, "Think before you act" so I always did. He is always with me like a wind beneath my wings. With his help, I can tackle the world. My papa is always behind me like a giant "WALL". He gives me immense confidence and boosts my courage. Life is impossible to imagine without him. DAD, you are my life!!! His guidance is the only reason for what I am today; He encourages me to be independent. My father is someone who holds me when I cry, scolds me when I break the rules, shines with pride when I succeed, and has faith in me even when I fail. He has always taught me to remain calm and be myself. He has taught me never to be jealous and to always help others. He has worked day and night without complaining. He is ‪the World's Best Papa. I thank you for everything papa. You mean a lot to me. I love you papa with all my heart. You are the greatest dad in the whole world. I always see a friend in you and consider myself to be the luckiest daughter. Be like this forever. I love you a lot. You are the only inspiration in my life. I thank you dear daddy for being there always for me. It's so hard to find a man that can love me like only you can! I appreciate everything you did for me. You are the greatest dad in the whole world. Sorry for the things, words or actions that I ever said to you which has made you sad.
I feel I am the luckiest person in the whole world because I have got such a great and loving father. I want to wish you a very great Father's Day with lots of love. You have given me everything and no material gift in return can compensate it. Today I just want to hug you and say “Thank You for everything".

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A hug for my Superhero

My father is a very simple person but I call him my super hero. He has always been a good listener, understanding my thoughts, trusts me and advices me. He taught me to be self-reliant and courageous. He makes sure we all have dinner together. He has taught me many valuable lessons on positive thinking and makes me apply it. Those who don’t believe in Superheroes should meet my father. Superhero, my best friend, the one and only one – who can make me smile in any circumstance, is my father. My whole world revolves around him. I was not good in studies but since my father started teaching me I have not only started getting good marks but I have become popular among my teachers and class mates. He is a great man. He supports us, his family in every situation. He is the one who sacrifice a lot for the happiness of his family. He is the strongest man I will ever meet in my life. When no one supported me, he was always there with me and made me stronger and gave me confidence to overcome my fears and rise above them,when he proudly says you are my son not only daughter I feel very proud. Dad you are my guide & a real superhero. I love you Dad. My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me. He taught me to always have faith in my own abilities. Love yourself and always put a smile on your face he always told me, he's been my mentor, my teacher, and my best friend. I can only aspire to be just like him. He is a wonderful person. In times of difficulties, in ups and down he has stood by my side. He made my world a much better place to live in.I loved each moments spent together, the secret smile when at play & the healing touch he gave me yesterday & today so proud to have a father like him. I love you today and will always. Gods have many names like Krishna,Shiva,Rama,Jesus,Allah but he is one so is my papa. Father, Papa, papaji, Dad, Daddy, Pops. I have called him by many names but he will always remain the one person I love and admire the most. He has always been with me with or without reason and in all seasons.

I can only say that my father needs my hug for all of these reasons.
My father is my anchor who protects me against the wind of the difficult time.
My father is my light who shows me the way in my tough time.
My father is my caretaker who cares and loves me without any condition.
My father is my teacher who teaches me good morals
In a nut shell, my father is a protective shield for me to live in a tough world

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Impressing my MIL with Ambipur

There is nothing a women dreads more then her mother in law’s first home visit. I discovered this when I moved out of my in laws place and into my own home . This momentous moment came when my husband switched jobs and got himself a better job in another city. My mother in law was vociferous about the fact that I am naïve about household matters and would not be able to look after the household or her son. I took this as a challenge and as if trying to prove my ability to look after my house and husband invited my dear mother in law to come and stay (read inspect) my new home and my skills to look after the household . Was it self confidence or had I made the biggest folly of my life only time could have told. It was decided that my mother in law was to visit us after a month this would give me thirty days to set my new house and make it tidy, neat and clean. I felt that it would be enough time to set up my new world and showcase my skills to my
mother in law and the rest of my family but at the back of my mind I also knew that my mother in law is very particular about cleanliness and orderliness. She had the eyes of a hawk when it comes to finding mistakes and can pinpoint even the minutes mistake which others often overcome. Thus from day one I meticulously started setting up my new home. The house that we moved in had been locked for many months thus it had a mustly smell. The kitchen was so positioned that the aroma and odors of whatever was cooking in the kitchen found a way to reach the living room. Even the bathroom had a damp smell which invaded even our master bedroom. So in the process of setting up the sofas,curtains, carpets and rugs I started a regime of having the entire household swept with phenyl . This reduced though not entirely the persistent disagreeable smells but also made my house smell like a hospital ward .As the time was running out I began to panic and as it is said
“Jab dava nahin toh dua kaam karti hai” meaning when medicine does not work prayers do so I started burning incense sticks in every nook and corner of the house. The new concoction made the home a notch better but it was no where close to acceptable levels.  As the D Day began to come closer I began to panic and sought advise from my mother . She suggested that I use the Ambi Pur Air Effects Spring & Renewal Aerosol Air Freshener. Heeding her advice I procured the product from the market. Knowing fully well that this was the last opportunity to save the day. I used it around the house and waited with baited breath for my mother in law to arrive. The moment she entered she took a deep sniff and smiled at me approvingly. After all I had been intelligent enough to pick my mother in laws favourite aromas that is jasmine to wipe out all the bad odors and make my house smell clean and fresh. This was a great learning experience for me that taught me that
no home is complete without Ambipur and that picking up your mother in laws favourite is one of the ways to get her approval. Thank you Ambipur for saving the day for me.

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Ambipur turned my home from smelly to smiley

My husband was posted in a small area when I got pregnant. There were no adequate medical facilities in the area so my husband requested for a temporary posting to a big city so that my medical needs could be attended to. Although I was pregnant yet with the help od a domestic amid I set up my new home. I am a voracious fish eater who loves to eat fish and any other non veg dishes. However by the seventh month of my pregnancy there was a sea change in my likes and habits. Neither could I stand the sight of fish nor eat it .Even other non veg dishes did not agree with my new found tastes in food and I began to throw up at the sight or aroma of non veg or fish. Now I was staying in a building complex where my neighbors were either cooking fish or other non veg dishes. As the odors of such food entered our home I would begin to throw up. This became a very precarious situation for me. As I was in an advanced stage of pregnancy It could have a serious consequence. I have no other place to go so my husband sought medical treatment for me. However none of the medication was of much help. I tried going out at the dinner time to avoid encountering such odors but for a person in my condition even this was becoming a non viable solution. Moreover invariably somewhere or the other either while going out or while coming back I would be greeted by such odors of fish or non vegetarian food and I ended up throwing up. My husband suggested that we move to a hotel for a few days but this was not a cost effective solution. 

Then a friend of mine suggested that I give Ambi Pur Air Effects Spring & Renewal Aerosol Air Freshener a try. Ambipur has a range of flavors and I could experiment with these flavors to free my home from the smell of fish and non veg food. Feeling this to be the last straw my husband purchased the entire range of aromas and flavors of Ambipur. He lovingly used Ambipur in every room especially mine had my favorite variant of Ambipur. For some reason I realized that neither the aroma of fish nor any non veg food was present in my home. Then I realized to which my husband confirmed that Ambipur had got rid of all the bad odors in the house including that of fish and non veg food. I remained calm that day and did not experience any nausea nor did I throw up. I had discovered the secret to free my home from bad odors thanks to Ambipur. Now my home has turned from smelly to smiley.

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Live it up the Maxfresh Moment

The time for the college festival is still far off but this is that time of the year when we begin to plan for the year’s annual college festival.  Every year we look forward to incorporating a new element in the prestigious annual event for the college since it is the most sought after,anticipated and awaited event by the students ,professors and even the ex- students who make it a point to visit their alma mater during this time. Every year we have a theme for the annual event and for this year the consensus is building up on “Maxfresh” as the theme of the annual college festival. I am also part of the student’s team who are going to organize the festival. The responsibility of interpreting and developing the theme falls on the core member group of which I am also a member. My belief is that if we can feel relaxed then we can feel a revitalizing energy flow through our system and this freshness helps us feel the flow of vital energy
within our self and we are able to live and enjoy our life to the fullest. To achieve this the best and the most productive method is to take the route of dance and song. Something that would make every one let their hair down and dance as if there is no tomorrow. This way we let the freshness of the moment and more importantly the energy associated with the dancing and singing would unclog and cleanse our system so that the energy of fun frolic and free spiritedness may flow through us.
The best person to implement this would be Anushka Manchanda whose high energy singing leaves us no option but to sway to her songs and sing along. If you let go of yourself and go with the flow then the only thing more left to do is to dance on the beats of music.The person who could do this best is none other than Allu Arjun for he seems to have perfected the art of channelysing his energy into deftly crafted movements that are not only smooth but also so beautifully hypnotic that on one hand one is not able to take one’s eyes off when Allu Arjun is dancing and secondly it makes dancing look so effortless that the audience automatically begins to follow him and start dancing with him, singing along with Anushka Manchanda on the notes of all the popular songs that she has sung. Though the plan to host such a show is still under wraps but I simply can’t wait to see all the students of my college gyrate and try to dance along with the high energy dancing of Allu Arjun and going gaga over his moves and singing along with Anushka MAnchanda as she unleashes  the magic of her singing with songs like
Dance Basanti and I am sure that the whole campus would experience the maxfresh moment when they sing along with Anushka MAnchanda

Ni gori tera thumka
bada kinky kinky type da
Ni gori tera jhumka
bada funky funky type da
Kateeli teri ankhiyaan
Jaise nouk nukeeli knife da
Ni gori tera nakhra
Bada hanky-panky type da
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Celebrating life with Bruno

Happiness and celebrations are priceless commodities that cannot be purchased from
 the market.
Yet they find a way to trickle into our lives like a fresh stream of water. No window
or door can stop them neither can a invite sign outside our home coax it to enter our
homes and our lives.
 For me its not about the big festivals that bring me joy its my pet dog Bruno. The moment
I enter the porch I can hear him barking and welcoming me home.As soon as I enter
 the front door he comes running towards me wagging its tail and when I bend down to cuddle it
then Mr Bruno begins to lick my hands and my face. This is his way of welcoming and greeting me.
 I can feel his love in the cuddle and then when I sit to watch TV it would come and
snuggle down  near me and keeps his head on my foot. He has a great sense of timing
.He has a number of play toys but the rubber bone that once used to be his soother
that he used to bite into when he was getting his teeth, the green tennis ball and
a red Frisbee are his favorites. Whenever his play time approaches he would pick
one of the toys that he fancies on that day and then brings it to me with the toy
 caught in its mouth. This is the indication that it’s the time of the day when I am supposed
to take it out and play with him in the garden.
If I do not take instant action of immediately getting up and take him to the park
them he would leave the toy and gently rub his burly head against my feet to get my attention.
 I find this gesture of his  full of love and affection and it makes me immediately very happy.
When I finally take him to the park its my job to throw the toy as far as possible and then it would run and fetch it for me.
 He does that in return for a cuddle and hug that he gets on each successful completion of the mission of retrieving the toy.
This activity not just strengthens our bond of friendship but also provides us moments to celebrate our life together.
There are days when I am away for work or out of town and when I return he would jump over me and start licking my face or keep going in circles wagging its tail. He makes me feel so important and loved and this love calls for a celebration in which we revel every day.

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Dil ki deal to save two lives

My best friend was my next door neighbor. We were friends since our childhood. We shared the same likes and dislikes. Our tastes in books were the same and we often shared our favorite books with each other. Both of us loved to watch romantic movies and also were fans of the same hero. It was our daily routine to meet in the evenings and discuss the day’s happenings. Whenever my mother made our favorite dish I would go to her place and shared it with her. She also did the same. My best friend was about to get married and we friends were very happy about it. I was to be with her in all the preparations and celebrations. Right from the selection of the card to deciding the menu I was part of the entire process and why not I had been her best friend for so long that we were more like sisters. We spent most of our time together and depended on each other for almost every thing. We had a pact amongst us that we would not get married without each other attending the function. Who ever got married first would need the other to be by her side all along the preparation and celebrations.
As my best friend was getting married first it was my responsibility to be part of the celebrations and preparations. I had been super excited by the prospects of my best friend marriage who was more like my sister then just being my best  friend. The wedding ceremony for her was to be the next evening and was arranged at a farm house that was outside the city. I had been supervising the decoration, lighting and all other preparations. She and the family were to come there only in the evening. By afternoon it began to rain but we had nothing to worry about as our venue was fully covered with waterproof tents. We even had a covered area to accommodate any extra guests. I had made all the preparations and was waiting for my friend and her family to arrive at the venue. Suddenly the wife of the Gardner went into labor. I was the only woman around and by chance my car was the only motorized vehicle around. I was in a fix. On one hand was the wedding of my best friend who was more of a sister than a friend and on the other side were two lives at stake one that of a pregnant women and other that of the unborn child. It was time to make a choice and I had to make a big decision. I chose to drive the woman to a hospital which was several kilometers away. It was a long slow drive for me but I was able to take the pregnant women there safely and she delivered a healthy baby girl. I missed most of the wedding and by the time I came back my best friend was about to go to her new home. I thought that she would be angry with me but she was not she understood and supported my decision. That day I had made a dil ki deal that had saved two lives.

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Dil ki deal to help the needy

We are a group of five friends. We have all been the best of friends since our school days. We stayed in the same colony. We also played games together. We regularly organized cricket matches with boys of different colonies. We usually kept these matches on a Sunday as it was a holiday. We used to have lots of fun in these matches the dress code was strictly white. The two teams stood in two rows and greeted each other. The two umpires were two elderly uncles from both the colonies. The batsman   then walked on to the field twirling his bat with style while the bowler stood ready to bowl in his first ball of the innings. Those Sundays were the most memorable ones in our lives We had been in the practice of hanging out together and going out for movies picnics and long drives. This practice of ours continued even after school but then we moved on in our lives and moved to different cities. We never wanted to drift apart so kept in touch with each other over chat and mobile calls. We made it a point to meet at least once a year and go together for a holiday. This holiday used to be the most awaited event of the year for us and we all looked forward to it. We followed this practice to coincide this reunion with the birthday of any one of the member of the group by rotation. This way it used to be a grand birthday celebration for that person. That particular year the reunion was about to coincide with my birthday and I was really excited about it.  I had made special plans for my birthday and chalked out the itinerary too. As my friends arrived one by one the celebration for my birthday began to roll in. Everyone was very excited as we were meeting after such a long time that it seemed that we are meeting after eternity. We had decided to go to a hill station by road. As we started our journey our merry making reached a high pitch as we sang songs and made merry pulling each others legs, everyone was having a good time. As we passed through a village we were greeted by a desolate village.  We were struck by the silence of the village. The entire population of the village had started living in make shift camps as their homes were ravaged due to a recent storm. Even the sole water well that was the source of water for them had collapsed and had become unusable. It was a sad sight to see so many people having lost their homes. As we were about to move out of the village something stopped me. I felt I could not go and celebrate my birthday party when so many people are living without roofs over their head or without proper drinking water. I felt the compelling need to do something for them. We pooled whatever money we could and gave it to the villagers so that they could get the village well repaired and arrange for the food. This was my dil ki deal that I made to do my bit for those in need

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In support of #IamWashiqur and every single blogger of this world

What does a blogger want?
I ask this question to all my blogging fraternity.
For me it is access to my personal space and the right to express myself without the fear of any bodily harm or intimidation to myself or my family.
When I say this my thoughts go to Washiqur Rahman and before him it was Avijit who were so brutally in the most inhuman way.
My question is that man and human society gave up barbaric lifestyle many centuries ago. In the present times freedom of speech and expression are believed to be fundamental expressions. However such brutal incidents raise a question such as are we living in a civilized society?
Through this post of mine I extend my support to the families of the slain bloggers and salute the indomitable spirit of every blogger and freedom loving person

Relocating and conquering Mountains

I had been a fairly good student ever since my childhood. My parents felt that I was gifted and intelligent. I never had to struggle to complete my syllabus or pass my exams. I was a happy go lucky person who took life as it came. This way I could enjoy the sports and music classes that I loved the most. Dramatics period set my aspirations soaring as I would practice my lines on the stage. Life was going as usual when my father got the news that he had been transferred to a new city. To tell the truth I had mixed feelings associated with this news. I had been studying in a Hindi Medium school and there in the new city admission was available in an English medium school. It was a very big and important decision for me. I realized that this can be a make or break decision for me. For my father it was the choice to choose a job responsibility in a bigger role in a bigger city. On the other hand he had my future in mind. I had a lengthy discussion with him and then we arrived at the decision that at some point in my life I would have to make the move to switch streams or switch to English medium. Then why not now? He felt that studying in a new city and bigger school would widen my perspective and horizon. So I agreed to move to the new city ,relocate and #StartANewLife.
Initially everything seemed quite new and unfamiliar. My father and mother got accustomed to the new city . I found the new school and academic environment challenging to begin with. Then I began to make new friends and my class teacher started mentoring me and guiding me in adjusting to the new environment. I started studying with a new found focus that I had lacked until this point in life. As I was a year away from my board exams this new found focus and vigor came at a very opportune time. For every student the board exams are like the final of a big tournament. For me I was beginning to peak and find form right before the final of a big game of life. This was a big positive for me that helped me accomplish a task that seemed almost impossible to do. The risk of moving to a new city and the opportunity to #StartANewLife had paid off. So the next year when I gave the board exams I had no difficulty in attempting the papers in the English medium. When the results came I passed with very good marks and got the subjects of my choice. Looking back I feel had I not only conquered a big mountain and overcome all the obstacles but learned the skill to negotiate all the challenges that would come in my life ahead.

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When hope and Optimism came knocking

When I joined the first year of college I found everything to be new . The new course was difficult and difficult to comprehend. Keeping pace with the theory classes and practical’s was a very difficult task. If I worked hard on my theory classes I found no time left to complete the practical classes notes. Attempting to complete the practical notes I found it to be very difficult to revise my theory notes. Though I had faced and overcome academic challenges in my life before but these college studies were different. I had never experienced such tough times. I found myself surrounded by thick hard bound books and before I could finish reading one another one was staring at me waiting for its turn to be read. It was like a relay race and I was getting slower and the fatigue was taking its toll. I started feeling low and did not know how I would pass my term exams. Even my confidence took a dip. Now a days when I looked at myself in the mirror. I found a stooping ,burdened with load girl staring at me. Was it really me I wondered if I could do anything to improve my performance. However what ever I did it did not improve my performance. I was losing my concentration and my attention span was diminishing. Then one day when I reached home I found my elder cousin sister waiting for me in my room . She reciprocated my greetings and hugged me lovingly. She was surprised and worried at my condition. She tried to cheer me up but with little success. Then she thought of a plan to help me overcome my situation. She introduced me to a friend of hers who had passed out of the same course as me just a year ago . This friend of hers called Sudha had a very pleasant and cheerful disposition. She told me that when she had joined the course then even she had felt the course to be very difficult due to its vast syllabus. Hearing these words from her came as a pleasant surprise for me as she was the gold medalist in the college in the very course that I was undertaking. I found her talk very riveting. She was so helpful that she even agreed to help me in my studies. The best part is that she had a unique skill to pep you up and fill you with hope and optimism. Along with these positive feelings she also passed on her notes that made my understanding of the subjects very easy. I found that when I was at the lowest point of my life in terms of confidence and esteem. Sudha didi came to me like an angel who not only gave me the tools to help me in my studies and academics but the hope and optimism that she brought in my life came as a life and career saving blessing from god.

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Together we overcame

I had been a fairly decent student in my last school but joining a new school was an all together new experience. I had been studying in a Hindi medium school until now and the move to a English medium was a very big hurdle for me. Even though I could both write and read English so that was not a problem. It’s the other subjects that bothered me. The jump from Hindi to a English medium school is a very big change for any student. So in this new school I found myself surrounded by a new set of batch mates  and  subjects which appeared alien. This new system of studies was very different to understand and comprehend. I was clearly at a loss during all the classes and found it very difficult to complete the home work. My teachers saw this as lack of interest and initiative and labelled me as a back bencher. It felt very insulting and I did not know what to do. However hard I tried to study I failed. Day by day I was losing my sleep and appetite and even my health began to show signs of the strain and I started looking very pale and sickly. My parents also got very concerned. Then one day my class teacher who was considered to be very strict called me to the staff room . She asked me very lovingly what the matter was and what was bothering me and why my grades were suffering. I told her everything. She was silent for a while lost in her thoughts and then she said we can workout a solution for you. She said since she was a maths and science teacher She would be able to help me in these subjects. She offered to give me two hours everyday after school so that I could clear my doubts and she would help me in my transition from a Hindi to an English medium school. Unlike her strict exterior which she maintained in class I found her to be very understanding and receptive. She would help me understand the basics of the subjects and clear my doubts. She helped me create shortcuts to understand and remember the formulas. With quite a bit of hard work my grades began to improve and I was no longer considered a back bencher in this school. I found her to be a great inspiration who always gave me the hope that I can get good marks in all subjects.  With this renewed optimism my self esteem and confidence began to improve and I started loving studying hard and intelligently. She became my favorite teacher and books my best friend. It was thanks to the time spent #together with my class teacher that helped me find a warm helpful person and a mentor who guided me to discover and bring out my inner potential and strength.  

#together

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Life

Life is like a spring of water
flowing over paths new and old
Life is like a dream
waiting to unfold
Live life as it comes
Thats the way it comes

The moon

Everything is clear and familiar
The moon is out in the sky
As all is bathed in silver
There is hope for every one

Partner

Looking for a life partner
I'm going  everywhere
This is my hope
I will find one
In the course of my life

Dreams

Dreams are like the moon
Disappear in the morning
Life is like water
Sometimes it's happiness 
sometimes the tears are flowing