Selfless love - A Spcial and True story on International Friendship Day

A special & true story on International Friendship Day

My wife called, 'How long will you be with that newspaper? Will you come here and make your darling daughter eat her food?

I tossed the paper away and rushed to the scene. My only daughter, Sindu, looked frightened; tears were welling up in her eyes. In front of her was a bowl filled to its brim with curd rice. Sindu is a nice child, quite intelligent for her age.

I cleared my throat and picked up the bowl. 'Sindu, darling, why don't you take a few mouthful of this curd rice? Just for Dad's sake, dear'.

Sindu softened a bit and wiped her tears with the back of her hands. 'Ok, Dad. I will eat - not just a few mouthfuls, but the whole lot of this. But, you should...' Sindu hesitated. 'Dad, if I eat this entire curd Rice, will you give me whatever I ask for?'

'Promise'. I covered the pink soft hand extended by my daughter with mine, and clinched the deal. Now I became a bit anxious. 'Sindu, dear, you shouldn't insist on getting a computer or any such expensive items. Dad does not have that kind of money right now. Ok?'

'No, Dad. I do not want anything expensive'. Slowly and painfully, she finished eating the whole quantity. I was silently angry with my wife and my mother for forcing my child to eat something that she detested.

After the ordeal was through, Sindu came to me with her eyes wide with expectation. All our attention was on her.

'Dad, I want to have my head shaved off, this Sunday!' was her demand.

'Atrocious!' shouted my wife, 'A girl child having her head shaved off? Impossible!'

'Never in our family!' My mother rasped. 'She has been watching too much of television. Our culture is getting totally spoiled with these TV programs!'

'Sindu, darling, why don't you ask for something else? We will be sad seeing you with a clean-shaven head.'

'Please, Sindu, why don't you try to understand our feelings?' I tried to plead with her.

'Dad, you saw how difficult it was for me to eat that Curd Rice'. Sindu was in tears. 'And you promised to grant me whatever I ask for. Now, you are going back on your words. Was it not you who told me the story of King Harishchandra, and its moral that we should honor our promises no matter what?'


It was time for me to call the shots. 'Our promise must be kept.'


'Are you out of your mind?' chorused my mother and wife.


'No. If we go back on ourpromises, she will never learn to honour her own. Sindu, your wish will be fulfilled.'


With her head clean-shaven, Sindu had a round-face, and her eyes looked big and beautiful.


On Monday morning, I dropped her at her school. It was a sight to watch my hairless Sindu walking towards her classroom. She turned around and waved. I waved back with a smile. Just then, a boy alighted from a car, and shouted, 'Sinduja, please wait for me!' What struck me was the hairless head of that boy. 'May be, that is the in-stuff', I thought.


'Sir, your daughter Sinduja is great indeed!' Without introducing herself, a lady got out of the car, and continued, 'that boy who is walking along with your daughter is my son Harish. He is suffering from... leukemia'. She paused to muffle her sobs. 'Harish could not attend the school for the whole of the last month. He lost all his hair due to the side effects of the chemotherapy. He refused to come back to school fearing the unintentional but cruel teasing of the schoolmates. Sinduja visited him last week, and promised him that she will take care of the teasing issue. But, I never imagined she would sacrifice her lovely hair for the sake of my son! Sir, you and your wife are blessed to have such a noble soul as your daughter.'


I stood transfixed and then, I wept. 'My little Angel, you are teaching me how selfless real love is!”


The happiest people on this planet are not those who live on their own terms but are those who change their terms for the ones whom they
love !!



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August 3 - International Friendship Day

August 3 is International Friendship Day for 2008, a time to recognize your friends and their contribution in your life.

Sometimes in life, you find a special friend;
Someone who changes your life
just by being part of it.
Someone who makes you laugh
until you can't stop;
Someone who makes you believe
that there really is good in the world.
Someone who convinces you
that there really is an unlocked door
just waiting for you to open it.

Give thousand chances to ur enemy to become ur friend, But don't give a single chance to ur friend to become ur enemy"

YOU ARE MY FRIEND AND I AM HONORED ........!!

F - Few
R - Relations
I   - In
E - Earth
N - Never
D - Die

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For my Best Friend.....

I can't give solutions to all of life's problems, doubts, or fears.
I can listen to you, and together we will search for answers.

I can't change your past with all it's heartache and pain, nor the future with its untold stories.
I can be there now when you need me to care.

I can't keep your feet from stumbling.
I can only offer my hand that you may grasp it and not fall.

Your joys, triumphs, successes, and happiness are not mine;
Yet I can share in your laughter.

Your decisions in life are not mine to make, nor to judge;
I can only support you, encourage you, and help you when you ask.

I can't prevent you from falling away from friendship, from your values, from me.
I can only pray for you, talk to you and wait for you.

I can't give you boundaries which I have determined for you,
I can give you the room to change, room to grow, room to be yourself.

I can't keep your heart from breaking and hurting,
But I can cry with you and help you cope up with it.

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Frindship SMS

Rishton ki dori kamzor hoti hai,
Aankhon ki baatein dil ki chor hoti hai,
Khuda ne jab bhi pucha dosti ka matlab,
Hamari ungli aapki aur hoti hai.

I made a list of my dearest person,
And I wrote them down in pencil,
I included ur name but wrote it in permanent ink,
Bcoz i decided to keep U in my list forever.

God gives us two gifts…
One is chance and the other is choice,
Chance 2 have friends
And choice to select the best ones like U.

Don’t walk infront of me, I may not follow.
Don’t walk behind me, I may not lead.
Just walk beside me and be my friend.

Palbhar mein toot jaye wo kasam nahi,
Dost ko bhul jaye wo hum nahi,
Tum hume bhool jao is baat mein dum nahi,
Kyon ki tum hame bhul jao itne bure hum nahi

Kuch meethe pal yaad aate hain,
Palko par aasoo chod jate hain,
Kal koi aur mil jaaye toh hamain na bhool jana,
Dosti ke rishtey jindagi bhar kaam aate hain.

In andhero ke liye kuch aftab mage hai,
Dua mein hamne dost kuch khas mage hai,
Jab bhi maga kuch rab se,
To aap ke liye khusiyo ka pal mage hai.

Chirago se agar andhere door hote,
To chandni ki chaahat kyun hoti,
Kat sakti agar ye jindgi akele,
To dost naam ki cheez hi kyun hoti?

Hamari dosti raymond jaisi nahi since 1965,
Pepsi jaisi bhi nahi ye dil mange more,
Ye dosti hogi LIC jaisi,
Zindagi ki saath bhi,
Zindagi ke baad bhi.

Qayamat tak tujhe yaad karenge,
Teri har baat par aitbaar karenge,
Tujhe sms karne ko to nahi kahenge yeh dost,
Par phir bhi tere sms ka intezar karenge.

Is dil ka hai ek condition,
Jis main nahi kisi ko permission,
Sirf aap jese dost ko hai admission,
Wo bhi bina donation,
So just maintain good relation.

Har khushi dil ke karib nahi hoti,
jindagi gamo se dur nahi hoti,
aye dost dosti ko sanjokar rakhna,
dosti har kisi ko nasib nahi hoti

Kayi raaz aise hote hain jo dikhaye nahin jaate,
Kayi kisse aise hote hain jo sunaye nahin jaate,
Kayi dil aise hote hain jo tode nahin jaate,
Aur kuch aap jaise dost aise hote hain jo chhode nahin jaate.

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Happy Friendship Day

I was thinking of old friends today and how many of them
have slipped away. Moved, got married, or stopped calling
so much, found new friends, got busy, and just lost touch.

It reminded me of falling leaves.

Every autumn the leaves fall from the trees. Some stay
longer than others, but eventually - Each leaf must fall,
I'm told, leaving the tree alone to face the cold.

Why is it that in the time of utmost need the leaves would
seek to leave the tree? And when we need our friends around
us, we look and they cannot be found?

Of course these friendships come and go and in the spring
new leaves will grow. But I prefer autumn friends of old
with crackling laughter and colors bold.

It saddens me now I must admit how somehow, someway, I did
forget laughing with old friends of mine during summers
when the sun would shine.

And then I thought of you.

That one stubborn leaf that won't let go. That clings
despite the winds that blow. Fighting ice, and snow, and
winter's stings hanging on right through till spring.

So I guess that's what you are to me - The very last leaf
to leave the tree. I know it seems silly, but it's true.
When I see that last leaf...

I think of you...

Don't drift away... will you?

Happy Friendship Day

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Happy Friendship Day

HAMARI DOSTI APNE DIL MEIN BASAYE RAKHNA,
HAMARI YAADON KE CHIRAAG JALAYE RAKHNA,
BAHUT LAMBHA HAI SAFAR ZINDAGI KA MERE DOST,
EK HISSA HAME BHI BANAYE RAKHNA…..

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SABNE KAHA DOSTI DARD HAI ,
HUMNE KAHA DARD KABOOL HAI,
SABNE KAHA IS DARD KO SATH NA JEE PAONGE,
HUMNE KAHA AAP KI DOSTI MEIN MARNA KABOOL HAI.

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yaad na karoge to stayange,
ruthoge to manayenge,
roge to hasayenge.
Dost hai hum saaya nahin,
jo andhere mein saath chodh jaayenge

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Jindagi ki raho main bahoot se yaar milenge..
Hum kya hamse bhi ache hazar milenge…
In hazaro ki bhid main hamin na Bhula dena…
hum kahan tumhe roj baar baar milenge……

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Mehfil me kuch to sunana padta hai,
Gum Chupakar Muskarana Padta hai,
Kabhi Unke Ham bhi Dost the,
Aajkal Unhe Yaad Dilana Padta hai…

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Dil kabhi dil se juda nahi hote,
yuhi hum kisi par fida nahi hote,
pyar se bada to dosti ka rishta hai,
kyuki dost kabhi bewafa nahi hote……..

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Tu dekhe ya na dekhe,tere dekhne ka gam nahin,
pass se nikal ja,tere dekhne se kam nahin,
mana teri dosti ke kabil hum nahin,
iski kadar pooch unse,jinhe hasil hum nahin....

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Kaun kehta hai dost ki judai Hogi,
Ye khabar kisi gair ne udai hogi,
Shaan se rahenge hum dil mein tumahre,
Itne dino mein kuch to jagah banayi hi hogi...




















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