Today we got a special gift from our 7 years daughter . we had not expected something or anything like this from her , though she is more creative than her dadiji, more meticulous than her mom in carrying out a work once undertaken and certainly more artistic than me . when we were getting ready to get into our car for dinner at a new resturant ''barbaque nation'', she was visibly excited and carried a small bag with her . As we sat on the table , she wished us ''happy marriage anniversary '' and opened her gifts one by one . first came out a water painting , that of a castle , beautifully made . then came out a small paper cut art work for my wife and then a small small bat signed 'dhoni' for me . these gifts may seem odd to somebody but for me these are the world's costliest gifts and i know i am not going to get something as precious as this ever in my life . The thoughts , the time and the effort and the innocence with which she gave it all to us was something which will remain with me for ever and it made our evening truly a special one.[ i am really sorry for not being able to put up those gifts for viewing on net due to some fault with my laptop]

p.s.- my mom still remembers the gift we[me and my elder sister] gave her on her birthday which falls on 15th auguest[1947]. we were studying in 1st and 2nd std and didn't had much in our pocket except some coins adding upto 25 paise. since we didnot wish to ask anybody for money to buy her the gift , we asked a vendor selling sugar cane to cut it into small pieces and packed them neatly and gave it to our mom. she still says that it was the best gift she ever recieved in her life till date.