We had been to Gangtok in August’06. Thanks to Mom who recommended this place for our honeymoon … Paradise! The guest house we stayed in was very close to the official quarters of Mom’s company. A few of her colleagues in the Gangtok branch, came to meet us and congratulate us on our wedding. One among them was Shyam Bhaiyya. It was kind of an instant connection we had with people there, esp. with Shyam Bhaiyya … whose hearts are as lofty as the snow peaks there but as humble as can be! Shyam Bhaiyya volunteered himself to drive us around Gangtok saying that the tour agents may eat a lot of money and more importantly, may miss showing us some beautiful spots.
He took extra care to look for a nice Veg. restaurant for us @ every point when we were busy sight-seeing! And when he invited us for dinner @ his place, it was a feast of some of the best local delicacies – one I wil never forget in my life! A local variety of egg-plant, some green leafy vegetable which I had never tasted before and so on. After our dinner, we had a nice time chatting away to glory. Shyam Bhaiyya’s wife is as social and nice as he is and his 3 sons Satyam, Shivam and Sundaram are gr8 for company! Even his Mother, who was 85 yrs old ❗ was in the discussion well into midnight … this when all she could speak and understand was Nepalese! They translated everything she wanted to say and know and we just luvvvved her company.
When we were leaving, Shyam Bhaiyya’s wife gave us a beautiful hand-knitted show-piece, which she had made specially for us. Following her, their son Satyam [he was in 6th or 7th then I think] said he also wanted to gift us something and gave us this sketch. He had shown us his sketches earlier that day and we had liked them so much; esp. this one. He said he had made this specially for his Mom, as he loved her sooo much. Still, he wanted to give us this sketch as it was his favourite one and we had loved it 🙂
This is easily one of the best gifts I have ever received in my life … so much love and warmth oozing out of it 🙂 Sigh! Such precious memories are what stay with us eternally … prized possessions indeed 🙂 There are so so many things money can’t buy!
The Song of Life 
Good Morning Swar:)
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First! Pinoooooooooooo is shocked !! jaw drops… reallly Yippppppppppppppppppppppeeeeeee 🙂
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Yayyyy Pinoooo .:D 😀
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Satyam, Shivam Sundaram…. really! 😀 😀
Yup …There are so many things money can’t buy,
for others there is always our own master card 😛
Priceless 😀 😀
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He he ya .. I hv a Visa Card though 😉
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ya .. it reminded me o0f other set of names Om Jai and Jagdish ;p … Pinoo… we giivng u ideas to have triplets.. game? 😛
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LOL 😛 😛
And Sags wil hv 3 girls for them 😉
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This is really priceless :D… And the three names… very cute 🙂
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They boys were soooo cute too 🙂
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Ohh when I have my next set of kids i will also name them on some movie 😛 that’s really cool names. Was your Shyam bhaiyaa a Zeenat Aman bhakth??? 🙄
frame that sketch girl…it’s precious!!
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ya, u can name them Amar, Akbar, Anthony ! 😀 😀 😀
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And Vimmuuu, you can name yours Dumb and Dumber 😀 😀 😀
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” next set of kids” …Sakshi!!!
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Exactly Sands, thatz my reaction too 😛
Saksh, r u expecting Seeta aur Geeta or Ram or Shaam or Om Shanti Om 😯
Gee am nt sure if he is her fan … am sure he is Bhabhi’s fan though 😉 😉
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Why that reaction girls? Abhi tho main jawaan hoon and I have miles to go before I sleep 😛
Waito!!! are you guys worried taht might pop up cracked pieces like moi?? *shudders*
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NO no no .. I cn do with some more cracked pieces actually …. but err, wat abt Mr.B .. hw wud he manage soooo many 😉 😉
Saksh, so when r u giving us some gud news 😛
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I see tooooooo many references to babies lately. whats up??? The drawing is beautiful 🙂 Lile priyanka says, Frame it.
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delete this plssssssss
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The name is Bajpai, Sakshi Bajpai 😎 …toon..tun..tun..toon
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hi sakshi.. oops sorry abt the name goof up! 🙂
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Delete which one 😛 😛
He he .. Shru, there wil be nothing to hide when it is time 🙂 There are many posts abt kids rt from the start no 😉 😉
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I see tooooooo many references to babies lately. whats up??? The drawing is beautiful 🙂 Like Anon says, Frame it.
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🙂 🙂 Ahh nw I get it .. thatz y u wanted to delete the prev. one 😛 😛
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Aww..what a memory to cherish 🙂 And the boy sketches well 🙂
Feelings and emotions flow whichever direction our heart lets it flow..even if that means a one day relationship or a lifetime relationship 🙂
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Well said Nu 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 He is too gud @ it!
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Thanks for sharing one of yours very precious memories ….. its a very sweet story.Satyam is sure a very talented boy…the sketch is beautiful.
Gangtok is one of my most favorite holidays destination.
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Oh it is a beautiful place no Kavita 🙂
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Such a nice sketch 🙂
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Hai na 🙂
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Loved the Post!!! Loved the Names!!! Loved the gift!!! Yeap girl U right…., while all of us love the ‘materialistic’ gifts its usually the non-materialistic ones that remains close to heart!
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Thanks sooo much Meena 🙂
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You stole that gift from that lill boy, didnt you ??? theres no way you would get that in a normal way !! 😀 😀
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Not every human being is like u Vimmuuu 😛 😛
And the boy is nt possessive abt his stuff like u r … nt that u sketch anyways 😡
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wow that was so nice of him sometimes kids do the most amazing things that fills one with love
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Ya Mons …. u r so rt 🙂
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What a beautiful sketch it is 🙂
Satyam is indeed a wonderful artist and that was such a wonderful gesture to gift his favorite sketch 😀 😀
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ya CB .. it ws 🙂
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Nice sketch 🙂
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Thanks masood 😀
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That’s one lovely sketch. He must reeeeely love his mom! 🙂
And the names… wonder if they named them all after the the third one was born!! 😀 😀 Else, how did they know it’d be 3 boys? 😉 They aren’t triplets, are they? 😀
And Swar, are you sure he ‘wanted’ to gift it to you? 😀 Kids that age? really? no pressure on him at all? no chocolaty bribes? 😀 😀 😀 😀
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He he they r nt triplets .. but I dint ask that qs 😛
And no bribes @ all .. thatz what ws touching 🙂 🙂
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thats wonderful Swaram… So heart warming 🙂 🙂
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ya Kanagu .. it is 🙂
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That’s a lovely gift and I love those boy’s names also. Like Bajpai asked, is the dad/mom/gran a Zeenat fan?? 🙂 Jokes apart, a 6th/7th grader sketched that?? Amazing talent isn’t it?
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Ya Shankari … amazing talent 🙂 I think he won some state-level dance event too … super-smart he is 🙂
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wow!
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😀
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Lovely sketch n lovely people.
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Oh they r 🙂
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Awww….soooo sweet. Its simple people like these who really touch our lives 🙂 God bless all of them, you for sharing such a heart-warming post 🙂
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Sooo sweet of u Pal to say that .. all I did is write abt it 🙂 🙂
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That sketch looks beautiful, Swaram. Yes, these things are precious.
I liked the names, Sathyam, Shivam, Sundaram! Gangtok! You were lucky to go to that unusual place, Swaram, I have heard a lot about that place.
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Its a very wonderful place with even more wonderful ppl Sandhya 🙂
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wow! so graceful a gesture, in someone so young!
i don’t want to think about what I was like at age 7, when it came to giving away prized possessions *shudders*
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He he .. I ws not like him too 😉 😉
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How true…some things’ worth just cannot be measured…like here…the love…the humbleness…the innocence of the little kid…all of them are simply priceless 🙂
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Well said Varsh 🙂
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wow..nice sketch, nice memories & very very nice post !! 🙂
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Thanks LW 🙂
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Lovely sketch 🙂 lovely family and such a wonderful gift !!!
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Ya Lavs 🙂
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awww!! How sweet they are…the sketch is so beautiful swar 🙂
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Ya Dew .. they r too gud to be real 😉
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what a lovely memory and a beautiful sketch! children act so sweet and mature sometimes!
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Ya Rays 🙂
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The sketch is brilliant!
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I liked his work T … so many of them were brilliant 🙂
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The sketch is lovely!! Such a gift from a child …..so precious!!
Wow, Gangtok….Thanks to blog buddies……..there are so many places in India that I want to travel to!!
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Thatz one awesome place Sands. I so wanna make another trip sometime soon 🙂
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The sketch is so beautiful and its definitely one of the precious gifts to have…lucky you. Nice post.
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Thanks Akshatha 🙂
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nice! frame the sketch Swaram! 🙂
and Satyam Shivam Sundaram?!! heehee!! 😀 😀
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U and ur affair with names
Ya shud do that 🙂
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That was such a brilliant gesture…Priceless!!!
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Oh ya Prats … it is 🙂
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Swar lovely sketch and such a sweet gesture..there is really stuff which money can’t buy 🙂
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If only we realize that, life wud be so nice no 🙂
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The sketch is too good.. U r right, there are so many things which are priceless
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Ya Kavya … we dnt keep that in mind always probably 😐
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And for everything else… there’s master card? 😛
But yes, that s a wonderful gift. I still remember my childhood sketches, which are still very close to my heart.
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Oh u sketch too .. y nt share them with us hagadre?
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Nice sketch! A prized possession indeed! 🙂
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Thanks Shilpa 🙂
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That is indeed precious! And for a little boy to do it so spontaneously is amazing!
He seems very talented too!
There are so many things which money can’t buy..
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Ya Smithu .. I lovved his work too 🙂
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Read this on the day you posted but commenting late 😀 That kid is super cute 🙂 and so talented too. That’s really sweet of him.
But agree with the comments above 😀 “Satyam, Shivam Sundaram…. really! ” Indeed.. 😉
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LOL Realllllly 😀 😀
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Truly touching gesture! The sketch is beautiful… so full of feelings!!
Indeed a precious gift Swaram 🙂
totally..lovely post!
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Thanks a lot Priya 🙂
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