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I absolutely adore Valentine’s Day. Loads of chocolate and the proliferation of red and pink to brighten up the dreary winter days – what could be better? Being the shameless romantic that I am, I decided to put pen to paper and come up with a love poem to post on the valentines I was mailing out. Here’s a few I came up with…<\/p>\n\n
Your biodata sweetheart\/ makes my heart beat fast\/ Calling mother now.<\/p>\n\n
I love you more than\/ Gulab jamens and ladoos\/ Not that I eat sweets.<\/p>\n\n
Ah, that I could run\/ Fingers along your sari\/ Too much Bollywood.<\/p>\n\n
Be my Shah Rukh Khan\/ And I promise that when your\/ Dancing stops, I won’t.Newsflash: I suck at writing poetry. So I thought I’d turn to the readers of SM to help me out, as they’ve done before<\/a>. Write your best desi-themed haiku in the comments below and Kunjan, our administrator, will pick the best one to illustrate. Check out the gorgeous example he designed above (larger version available below).<\/p>\n\n Here’s what you need to know to enter the contest.<\/p>\n\n Deadline<\/em><\/strong>: Submit all Valentine’s Day desi-themed haikus in the comments below by 1PM on Monday, February 14.<\/p>\n\n Theme<\/em><\/strong>: Love and desi-ness.<\/p>\n\n Judging and Selection of Winners<\/em><\/strong>: Winner will be chosen by the SM mutineers and announced at 9PM, February 14.<\/p>\n\n Prize<\/em><\/strong>: Winner gets their haiku illustrated in an easy-to-share design graphic. Ah yes, and Interwebs fame.<\/p>\n\n I absolutely adore Valentine’s Day. Loads of chocolate and the proliferation of red and pink to brighten up the dreary winter days – what could be better? Being the shameless romantic that I am, I decided to put pen to … Continue reading <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"