SS

North & South of the Vindhya hills
Lies a great divide, folks with different skills
But Sushma here is an unusual one
She's Southie smarts + Northie fun

She'll shoot straight from the hip
And watch you as you burst & rip
So you better know your stuff
Coz she is smart and she is tough

But if you want her in your palm
Use her very favorite balm
Take her out for shopping
Buy her ice-cream as the topping

Now she has an eccentricity or two
Like the only man she'd like to have her woo
Is the Hon'ble Prime Minister, no less
An electrifying (& frightening) combo, must confess

But while the PM prefers saffron, 'tis said
She believes in shades of pink and red
Tresses of burgundy, like a halo of sass
A red bull per day, she's one energetic lass

And if you really wanna tone her down
I'll tell you how, don't you frown
Just go upto her, sweetly whisper 'Others'
Then watch how she shrieks, shivers & shudders

Now as we end our long discourse
Must mention her movie choices, they can be rather coarse
Bhojpuri being the lingua franca
But as far as DumbC goes, she's a WWII tanker

So here we are, at the end of this piece
And I hope this is quite enough grease
To get results that are green & green
From the consumer & market insights Queen

Papa

What to say about a man

Who lives his life so well

Always doing the right thing

Believing in show, not just tell

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60 years, such rich ones, spent 

In thought-through considered deeds

Even in the face of trouble

Staying content was always the creed

Never could anyone guess (except Mom)

By the look upon your face

..the weight or worry bearing down

No sign of distress, not even a trace

No one learns by being taught

It's the environment you have around

We are today who we are

Largely coz you dug us that ground

For example, even the eccentricities:

Loud sneezes & anywhere-bhojpuri speech

They made us more comfortable with ourselves

While the intention was not to teach

Love for family, near & dear ones

Is what we imbibed from you

It's something that will carry on

Down the generations through

"Simple living and high thinking"

Again a legacy we earned

Having our priorities right

Chasing ideas not things, we learnt

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While we do not speak that often

Not even close to what we should

I know that in my life, my father's been

a major reason for all that's good

K

Now many think life is perfect
Or that at least it should be so
They constantly strive, the poor things
Never knowing when to let go

But I know this one rare person
Who though can raise hell, pack a fatal blow
Is perceptive enough to sometimes
just wisely swim with the flow

Most times she's an absolute fun fun girl
With laughter so musical, it could well be a song
She indulges in the occasional sarcasm
dishing it out faster than Chinese ping pong

And though you may never have heard
'having been' and 'had Had ever had had' being said
Let me inform all she's a bit of a Grammar Nazi,
Mess up, and your sent out flying, heels over you're unfortunate head

Sharp as a whip, she's quick to spot absurdities
And her indignance is also quite intense
She's not one to take any horse-crap
You'd better not give her any, hence.

She's pretty, this insanely talented woman
With an outward delicacy that belies a ferocity
She's everything - a soldier, a general, a philosopher,
experiencing with passion, observing with audacity

A friend with whom I hope to share
Laugh lines as we grow old; hopefully, grow up as well
Flitting with ease from the serious, to the seriously silly
With angelic faces, and a fiery fiery thirst from hell

A & S

Like a lock and its key
They fit each other well
He's a lad from the North
She's the pretty Southern belle

She's an endless dreamer
He's the ever busy architect
They walk the lanes of life
On paths that converge, intersect

She's quiet often, but in a way
that speaks to him
He's more overt, more open
About her, their love and everything

Navigating life with their perfect love
And some Friday night boozin'
The yin & the yang, I wish them both
A lifetime of happy cruisin'