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Promise

Life is a promise to love you unconditionally,
Till the moment breathe still mingles with my body,
A promise from the heart, to beat very fast,
whenever your eyes meet mine,
To smile every time for you,
To be there and hold your hands,
If ever things in our life turn blue.
Promise not to shed any tear in any adversity,
But to be the strength that will keep you going...
Promise to open my arms, my lap,
whenever you want to rest your head fine,
A promise to be your soul, your life forever,
Life is a promise to be together....

~Bhavna Notani

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Just Love

Just Love….

What more warmness, can life ever bring to me,
My skin is warm in embrace of thee,
Snuggling in our quilts, in cold winter nights,
I smell flowers of heaven, in your embrace…
May our life be cosy as this,
Where I can I kiss you whenever I please,
Our breathe so close, Entwined as one,
Entwined is our body and our soul.
Whatever you want name it as you one,
Call it heaven or call it just Love….

~ Bhavna Notani

Creation...

Stones and diamonds made alike,
All are blessings of one light,
Tears of joy and tears of despair,
All held alike by him,
Somewhere a seedling sprouts,
Somewhere a kingdom collapses,
All too precious by the maker,
Some one loved, Someone pitied,
All are but creations of one soil,
In eyes of the Lord we all are one,
The gold, the silver, the sawdust, the sun,
The heart of the blessed or the land of the moon,
Blessed is thee and blessed is you,
All children created for one foredoom….

~ Bhavna Notani

Diary

The one I keep safe from you,
Is not a mere “Diary” my love,
The one that I am obsessed about,
Is not just piece of paper hardbound.
It keeps safe how I felt, first time
When I saw your radiant face,
It knows how anxious I was,
When you told me your name,
It can tell how happy I was on our first date,
All that nervousness and Joy when we met,
It feels exactly how I felt our first kiss,
It remembers how we spent our evenings on streets,
It knows still I skip my heart beats,
When I see your face,
It also knows, how soothing,
Your voice sounds to my head,
It longs with me always when you are away,
It is the secret keeper to plan your birthdays,
My buddy just can tell how much I love our holidays
together,
My friend can tell you out if you forget any important day..
So darling don't get angry if I keep it safe from you,
Coz it is a mirror that reflects my feelings for you,
Someday I may have courage to share the things with you,
Till then don't call it a mere “Diary” my love…
Coz it will be one day a memoir of our love….

~ Bhavna Notani

Musings of Soul....

I wish I could be the air,
Which could caress your tears…
I wish I could be the sound,
Which you always listen when down,
I have always wanted to be the silence,
That consumes you within,
O my love, I just want to be anything,
That is close to you in your grief,
I beg you don't shut down,
Your silence will kill me someday,
I wish you could talk to me,
And never keep me away…

~ Bhavna Notani

The Maiden and Warrior

Beyond the mountains, in land so far,
Sat below the tree a maiden of golden heart,
She was  Sufi, poetic beauty,
Waiting for her love, she spent long nights plenty,
Rising from her came verses of longing,
And filled the trees, garden, hills with songs of belonging,
Her love was not lost but a warrior from far,
He heard her cries, from River, moons and stars
Mounting on his horse he also searched thee,
Thirsty for the sweet voice of his dreams,
And the day which sun shined more bright,
The lonely warrior saw his bride,
The maiden of flowers a singing beauty,
Taken by the warrior and hearts were no longer empty..

~Bhavna Notani

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Asus Zen Phone 2- a Smart partner is must everywhere…

People say technology has drifted men apart. I don’t believe the. Technology has made us closer. Like the new Asus Zen Phone 2. It’s the companion which keeps you connected with people. Here’s the reasons that confirm it’s the new beast here:-

1.       The display that makes people notice:-

The phone with 5.50-inch 1080x1920 display would be difficult to ignore. At the same, time one can happily parade the large display and make the small one’s jealous. This mighty won’t fall easily.

2.       The click which will kick all the digi-cams out:-

No need to carry a separate camera for brighter, crisp pictures. The 13- mega pixel back camera would suffice for all the clicks one desired to click. Also for us the selfie queens, the 5 – mega pixel front camera, will make us flood social networking sites with our perfect pouts. For all selfie- camera obsessed people, the phone cannot get better than this.

3.       The battery that won’t disappoint :-

With all the smartness the smart phones offer, the toll comes on battery life. Poor battery capacity has made our phones ditch us on nth moment. But with Asus Zen phone 2, we get 3000mAh battery. This is the dark horse which will run forever, when others fall down. So with Asus Zen phone 2, we can finally get rid of keeping separate power banks with us.

4.       The power of 4GB RAM and 32 GB storage:-

Having large features with less internal storage and RAM is useless. Its like hoarding our hands with things more than our capacity to carry and losing them all. But - new Asus Zen phone 2- world’s first smart phone with 4 GB RAM processing issues are taken care of. Using high capacity apps won’t be an issue now. Gaming would be easier. And on top of it, 32 GB storage provides ample space to store them all.

5.       The price that won’t kill me:-

One likes the things that are value for money. Asus Zen phone 2 falls in that bracket. The price that won’t rob me of my annual bonuses. The EMIs that won’t cut my entertainment budget- The Pocket- Friendly phone for Smart Generation. Asus Zen phone 2, is the call of the day. Asus Zen phone 2 is the budget friendly friend offering high end phone experience.

With the constant companion of Asus Zen phone2, with features of large 5.50-inch 1080x1920 display powered by 2.3GHz processor alongside 4GB RAM and 13-megapixel rear camera, life cannot get any better. Like I said earliar, it’s the technology, to keep us connected. With the high end features in a budget friendly price, Asus Zen phone 2 will surely redefine our smart phone experience.

I live in this world, b’coz I share it with you…

It is said life is beautiful with a partner to share with it. I didn’t know the deepest meaning of these golden words before I met you. You my love are the reason, I survive in this world.

Living with you is not easy. Every day comes with a new challenge. But when I see you smiling on efforts made by me, I realise it’s worth the pain. I have got a play multiple roles with you. I have to become your lover, wife, mother, friend, colleague, child etc. Sometimes it takes toll on my individual identity. But when in return I see you take the role of a father, lover, husband, child for me, I feel the depth of your love for me.

I take care of you as my baby, and when as my child you come in my lap, and fall into a soothing sleep, it’s worth lying awake for you for hours. When I fight with you, for the stupidest things like TV remote or colour of cushions, your poker face makes up for everything I have to surrender. We may not agree on the same things and have same choices, but I know, there would never be any disrespect of individual preference amongst us.

Love I know, you want to give the best of all worlds to me. I may not have every luxury of life right now, but I feel happy we are building a world of our own together. I love our shared pains, we take together. Our togetherness is what that inspires me to move ahead always.

I may not have large palaces to scream our wealth, but our first home together, is more like a love nest. We may not be taking exotic vacations around the world but our bike rides bring us more together. Our work commitments may bar us from spending time with each other, but your simple message, makes me know how much you miss me. I don’t miss the diamonds, because your presence in my life is more valuable than any wealth of the world.

Love is what keeps us going. You have changed a lot for me and I have altered myself a lot for you. And that commitment to keep each other always happy has helped us achieve that. If there are hundred compromises that I have to make in our relationship, I will happily make that as the love I will receive in return would be worth all the compromises. If there is a road of darkness ahead of us, my love you are my shining star. Your love is the strength that keeps me positive in our life, that makes our life worth living.

Change is the door of new start…

Human beings are extremely lazy. We love comfort. And comfort come from known, from the things we know. Unknown brings fear, insecurity and frustration. We inherently dislike change.

I too being a humble human being was happy in my hole with my family. I was Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Shire, very much happy there and strictly not looking for an adventure. The only thing I wanted from my life was financial security before getting married.

And what does your one want makes, you do? It made me leave my home, come into a strange city all alone, and start living there. There was no mom, who will wake you up every morning, no dad who will monitor your home coming timings.

There were plenty of responsibilities. I had to arrange for food on my own. I had to take care of my health, as I was afraid there won’t be anyone to care for me when I fall sick. I used to shop for food, clothing and groceries and better shelter or roommates. I started struggling for everything which, in my previous life style was available to me without any demand. Change became constant companion of my life. My tiffinwalas changed my food on their whims. My land lady used to change my room partners without prior intimation. As new employee, my work profile changed a lot. Needless to say I was very frustrated.

Due to the constant change, I met lots of people. The new people, who were never, part of my earliar life. And these people became my guiding stars in new life. I learnt new hobbies, read so many books that I had missed earliar. My roommates belonged to different horizons and every one added a color of their own in my life.

And this phase gave, me most important lesson of my life. Changes help you grow. Changes help you start a new life. Changes make you more responsible. Changes help you discover many dimensions of your personality which were earliar unknown to you. Changes make you a strong person.

The new start of my life in unknown city made me the strong willed person I am today. It taught the importance of Food, clothing and housing in my life. It taught me the value of family and friends in my life. It gave me the courage to take the risks, meet the new people and learn from my mistakes. It helped me to grow above my doubts, hesitations and guilt’s. The new start taught me to survive and to become better person. And as a result, I am no fit to face any new challenges in my life. It opened a door of a new life for me.

Happiness is in the finding joy within

Everyone wants to be happy. As a child, my idea of happiness was to get to eat ice cream every single day. In my teenage days, I was happy whenever I got more marks than my friends. In college, I carved for attention of the “One”. As soon as I started working, it was on getting more and more highly paid job.

Our idea of being happy thus changes with time. I am now married, well settled in Job, my “targets” for being happy include buying new house, jewellery or car or getting a promotion. But are these ideas of happiness constant?

With constant analysis, I found no, these so called Targets of happiness are very short lived and variable. They are accomplished as soon as we get them. For example, after owning a Flat, a new apartment won’t bring that much of joy or thrill which I got while buying the first one. Thus these things don’t make us happy every single day of our life. They merely add a feather to our life style or simply make our life easier.

After lots of observation I found that the best way to be always happy is to stop searching for it, because our source of happiness lies within us. As “Beauty is in eye of the beholder”, “Happiness is in the mind of the seeker”. Joy is not the state of our Physical, monetary or material well being but it is actually a state of our mental well being.

If you look forward to a simple morning tea with the person you love, then it is the real cause of your happiness, as your heart seeks for it.  If you carve for watching a movie again and again or playing a sport or developing a hobby, it is the source of your Joy. Planting the flowers and watching them grow and survive, thrill me more than owning a piece of jewellery, every single bloom, brings more smiles on my face than my every ride on my new car (And I am not discrediting the memory of the First ride!!!).

Though the idea of Joy, vary from person to person, most of the human beings are happier in the basic things. People are happy when they meet friends and share Coke and Pizza with them, rather than eating out alone. And these sources of happiness are actually constant. They never deplete or the joy of having them never deplete. They get converted into our most sacred memories, which we would like to remember forever.

Thus next time if we feel that we are somehow unhappy, let’s analyse the source of happiness we are seeking. If it is actually short lived, then our regret for not having them is actually foolish.  And if it is actually that joy which is within us, we should strive for it as it will live with us forever.

 - Bhavna

I hold the time, Spent with you

Dear Love,

Getting married to you was my biggest dream come true. I always wanted to be your bride. This was the dream I cherished and nurtured on the possibility of being with you every moment of the day. And at last it came true.

We got married and I started relishing our moments together. Our move into new city, freed us from family responsibilities and gave us opportunity of behaving like love birds. We moved into a rented home and started our life in the new city together.

But something was missing; there was a dark hole in the bliss. The love birds carved for the Love nest. The Love nest, where there is no burden of living in someone else’s home. The place where we could always find our Love corners without justifying about it to anyone else. We lacked a relationship with our rented home. I could not accept that I cannot make any changes at the place I live. I wanted to create a heaven for you, and permissions from house owners stopped me from it. And I hated this helplessness.

And you my Love, like always, understood my unspoken words. May be you were also yearning for a place, which we could call “Our Home” and you made it sure I got this one. And you made it possible with housing.com

Though we got it on Loan, but still it is our “Home”, the place where we can feel morning sunshine, and enjoy a cup of tea together. Our abode, where we can always dance and sing together, away from prying eyes of others -   The companion, which will grow old with us.  The place, which will stay with us, without worrying about when we have to vacate it.  The heaven which we customized as per our need and didn’t ask anyone for permission about it. My home where you feel, I am safe even without you- Our love nest which we will leave for our children. Though we will pay the EMIS, but we got bliss together in our home

Love, you gave me my Home and my yearning for relationship with the place I live ended. .  I feel Safe that I am living in my home and nobody can question my decision about it. I enjoy the privacy we get and feel happy that our children will always live in their home. Whether you are at home or not, your presence is felt in every wall of my home, and my love I can feel you smiling with meAll the time I spent at our home, is   actually the time I spent with you. And I want to hold it forever.

May this three some stays forever.

Your’s only,

Bhavna

Story of Two Strangers

Story continued from Part 1 The First Sight, Part 2 After Two days... ,  Part 3 Next Week... ,  Part 4 And the Game continues.. and Part 5 The Charm...

The Admittance,

I am restless today. My back pack looks heavier suddenly. The weight my thoughts, my feelings, & my questions about this emotion between Swayam & me, is lying on that piece of paper in my bag. And it’s in Spanish. Although my friends told, that its very good compared for a beginner, & they also made some grammatical corrections, I feel very much uneasy on the idea of letting him read this. At least if he would laugh, then the humiliation would be mine alone, as I didn’t told any of my friends that I am secretly meeting Swayam after school , and this poem is for him.

We take a seat. He is chatting & I am animatedly replying, “whether to tell him or not”, my mind is buzzing with the question & I can’t breathe... “I have written something in Spanish” I blurted at last. He got surprised & then saw a rolled paper in my hand. Composing himself he asked, “I want to read this”. I give him the paper, which contained all my feelings for him, and watch as his reaction on reading this will decide my fate. My first Poem in the language I don’t know...

El que tiene el brillo de la luz solar

¿Quién es el que tiene los ojos como un sueño

A veces me encuentra, a veces me habla,

Mira fijamente desde la distancia y sonrisas

¿Quién tiene esa sonrisa encantadora

(The one with the sparkle of sunlight,

Who is the one having the eyes like a dream?

Sometimes he meets me, sometimes talks to me,

Stares from the distance & smiles,

Who has this charming smile?)

 As he reads the phrase of my admittance of Love to him, I dread that what he will tell about this. He brushes his hair with his hand, (he does that whenever he is deciding something, I have noticed that too). His smile and his next words on finishing save me from a cardiac arrest. “ Mat lab jante ho kya likha hai, aaj se yeh poem meri” I rejoice and feel that even if I get to spend eternity for him, it would be less.

O God, could I ever need anything more?

(Complete As of Now)

-Bhavna

Story of Two Strangers

Story continued from Part 1 The First Sight, Part 2 After Two days... ,  Part 3 Next Week... and Part 4 And the Game continues..

The Charm...

I threw another dress in pile. I am getting late, and I don’t know what I am going to wear. Mom came & saw the long pile of rejected dresses, & I know she is thinking I have gone mad. Till date I have never bothered think about what to wear, but today is special. We have a uniform free day today and I want to dress up, hell I want to dress up for Swayam. Somewhere my heart says that he might be also thinking the same & anticipating how I look in normal (read non hideous) clothes. And I don’t want to disappoint him today.

I rushed to reach school on time, feeling all the eyes on me. Yeah it works, my efforts have not gone in vain, and I could sense & hear every hush from the boys as I was passing taking the floors for my Biology lab upstairs. As soon as I reached third floor & saw him, I know all my efforts were fruitless. He looked breathtakingly beautiful and I could never ever match his charm. I never thought that any person could be so appeasing on sight. His smile told me, that he appreciated my efforts and I became lost in the moment forgetting everything except two of us. And the instant I knew, I would do anything to meet him at the end of school, and have our weird chat later. Pray God, our classes end at the same time.

The day was long, and as the school ended my eyes started searching him. I couldn’t find him anywhere, and disappointed I went to platform to take my bus. I was standing there alone, all buses went away, but I don’t know why my heart was stopping me to board any. Why I was waiting for him, when I knew he was still in his class. And then the sensation pulled me & I looked up to see him crossing the road to join me. What is it, the strange sensation that tells me, that he is nearby, when I feel is presence before I see him? I don’t know the name of these alien emotions.

Silently we took the bus, & I sat next to him “Aaj to heroine lag rahe ho”, his words broke the trance & I realized I was just gazing him. I smiled, and he added, “I like the dress very much, and you look very good in it.” I shyly replied, “You are also looking very good, and this color, it suits very much on you”. We were talking & then I realized that it was not possible for him to be here. “Hey, how you are here, you still had two classes today” I demanded. “I bunked them, wanted to talk to you” he casually stated Bunk...huh...Suddenly I was scared for him, in my disciplined life, I never thought of bunking any class but don’t know why his little indiscipline looked so cute. “So which classes you missed?” “Maths & Spanish” he answered. “Maths class post lunch is sleepy anyways, So I don’t feel sorry for that, but Spanish, I can’t Say. I have opted for French” I casually remarked. He made a horrified face & told, “You haven’t opted for Spanish, you don’t know how many people learn this language these days & I personally love it very much”. Though I knew not learning Spanish is not crime, I suddenly felt guilty that I am not learning something which he likes, “Oh, Actually I had taken Spanish in my junior class along with French, So I know the basics of the language, it’s  just too little”  “Hey, I was just teasing you, don’t take it seriously, but I would like it very much, if you do learn a little more” He replied.

And the Instant I knew, my stupid heart won’t allow me to sleep till I open my Jr. Spanish books tonight, and I would be restless till I phrase my feelings in the language he loves.

Continued as The Admittance....

- Bhavna