My grandfather - Lt. Col. B. B. Parida wrote:

Page 1: Silver Diary (Reddish book)

1. " I would not yet wish to attain wisdom for it is the highest state of enlightenment, for my life would be barren thereafter."
2.  "Age does not commensurate (corresponding in size or degree; in proportion.) with the attainment of wisdom. To some it dawns."
3. "He is a thief alright, but a romantic one. He only steals women's hearts. 
4. " He is a romantic thief, stealing only female hearts"
5. " Silence is golden, sadly there are few takers"
6. "History is a patient teacher, ever repeating man's blunders. Sadly it finds only headless students"
7. "His geometry paper was so difficult that that he went in circles, often going off in tangents"
8. "Promotions never stop even after retirement. As age advances one becomes a senior citizen though a senile one with a pittance of perks".
9. "The principal interviewed the candidate and found him fluent, but rejected him for not being eloquent."
10. "Scarcity is generally regrettable, but some people are really appreciated when making their slaves so"
11. "Weather is a many splendored phenomenon. It can depress or lift our moods in collusion with the sun they either play havoc with our minds or elevate it to ecstacy and the dazzle and brilliance of the awesome rainbow completing the celestial celebration, an extravaganza indeed."
12. "Even time, the inexorable and unstemmable mighty force that takes its own time to heal the grevious wound mindlessly inflicted on a human only when it so chooses. It is impervious to any attempt to tame it."
13. "Grand is a superlative, Grandeur is also a high flown achievement, but being grand by accumulation of years only is no glorious achievement."
14. "Truth travels walking, rumours fly and lies spread through television"
15. "Brahmins the self professed supreme cast blessing the gullible devotees with an arrogant air of condescension (an attitude of patronizing superiority; disdain.) are sheeped in contemptible (deserving contempt; despicable.) ignorance for god exercised no discrimination in his creation much less cast. All one needs to do is to wear a sacred thread.  --- Look at the pun intended. 
16. "The fiery man threatened to blow out the cheeky man's brains. The latter chuckled he hadn't any. "
17. "The weather is a many splendoured phenomenon. It can lift as well as depress moods. Together with the sun, it can elevate it to ecstacy or depress it to melancholy. Come the rainbow which will bejewel the sky and reveal a colourful climax." 
18. "A rainbow is truly a dazzling phenomenon adorning the sky in a blaze of beauty."
19. He is not a grandfather, but with time it will not prevent him from being one."
20. "Motivation is healthy, only if the motives are good."
21. "Some people emerge as great warriors only in in-fighting."
22. "Salt is used to augment the taste of food, not for rubbing it in other's wounds."
23. "Taking bribe is bad enough; Conviving to it is worse and looking the other way, is the very worst."
24. "Some people are so unassuming and publicity shy that their greatness is learnt only from their obituary"
25. "The old man still had so much fire in him that even a fire brigade would have found itself unequal."
26. "It is wise to be circumspect (wary and unwilling to take risks.) or even silent on legal matters when in conversation both with one's daughters and sons-in law. "
27. "Untouchability is veritably (sed for emphasis, often to qualify a metaphor.) a heinous crime against humanity, for truly there is only once cast, the exalted (of a person or their rank or status) at a high or powerful level.) cast of humanity."
28. "Opulent (ostentatiously costly and luxurious.) comfort is the luxury of the rich and only a mirage for the poor."
29. "Human limitations and variations do not permit of flawless perfection. A perfectionist to be a master of all trades on by all counts is Utopia (an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect.)
30. "Facially expressive, he is quite eloquent even when silent".

Forever Mine - A Dad to his daughter

Mine forever

I don't want you to grow old

I don't want you to be found

You are an undiscovered treasure

I want you to be mine, forever and forever

I love you, for, I was your first Man,

I am your best man, the last man…

I am the man you saw, first in the eye

The first man to see you and cry

You are my daughter,

I will always hold you tight,

In every of your happiness,

Your sorrow and plight

With your head on my chest,

I don’t worry, and forget the rest

With your arms around my shoulder

I become more strong and bolder

You are my daughter,

I will hold you tight

In every of your happiness

Your sorrow and plight

I am proud and selfish,

Will never let you go

I will fight for you,

Be it Larry, Rohan or Mighty Joe…