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Composure, elegance and sensibility

One fine day I was travelling with my family. My brother was driving, dad was in the front seat and I was sitting between my wife and mom. We were talking and I made a statement; "I'm sitting between two most influential people in my life". Though my dad took a little offence on that, the fact remains ;) And why are they influential? For a lot of reasons, mostly rooted from their sincerity and innate love.  There is this stereotype of emotional women, don't go by it, women are the most emotionally balanced set of living beings I know. She can hide an ocean of emotions behind a smile and make you run for your life when they're still smiling. Her love is unconditional, unless you have done an irreversible mistake. She stick with you through thick and thin, regardless the jerk you are. Her multi tasking skills are incomparable and they hardly crib about the amount of work they do. Fellow men, now don't brag about your physical strength,...

Valentinium

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It's again that time of the year when advertisements tell you how platinum (gold is passe) bonds you better than Fevikwik, or love. I saw red flood on my Faceook timeline and some others were expressing their anti-valentine rage. Honestly, I am not very sure about which side I belong now. I always thought and still think that the hype about Valentine's day is a consumerist proposition. If I want to celebrate love on a day, it could be anyday and furthermore, if I need to celebrate it on a special day it could be a birthday or an anniversary. And I personally think that I'm not supposed to say someone else should celebrate it or not. I just don't see the point and that's all. Evidently, we (me and wife) finished our V-day celebrations before the 14th. I gifted her on the week before, I took her for a long bike ride on the weekend (11&12) and her gifting for me was also before the V-day. Were these all part of our V...