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My Smiling Assassin!

February 14, 2021 | By

Ramendra Kumar dedicates a love poem to his beloved wife Madhavi Kumar to celebrate Valentine’s Day.

Ramendra Kumar and Madhavi

Ramendra Kumar and Madhavi

My beloved of 3 plus decades
My mate through thick and thin,
A confidant, my buddy forever
She is my smiling assassin.

When she unleashes a smile
I still go so weak in the knees,
One melting look from her
Makes me think of the birds & the bees.

My only grouse is that
She thinks for ardour it’s too late,
How do I convince her
That we are on a forever date.

Her ‘normal’ voice is,
just as sweet as honey
But when she loses a cool,
She can with a yell ‘fell’ me.

When she sings a filmy song,
I groove with joy and fun
But when she indulges in a thumri
For cover she makes me run!

The left side of her brain
Always works overtime,
She handles major ‘ministries’
With a skill that is sublime.

She treats me as someone
Whose mind is quite addled,
Whose heart is in its place
But whose head is too muddled.

She has been my anchor
In every turbulent sea,
When the dark gets darkest
She is all that I see.

As we walk slowly towards,
The twilight of our life
I thank the heavens above,
For making her my wife.

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Ramendra Kumar (Ramen) is an award-winning author, performance storyteller, and TEDx speaker whose 54 books span fiction for all ages, satire, biographies, and inspirational non-fiction. Translated into 33 languages and recipient of 41 All-India awards for children’s literature, his works — known for their wit, warmth, and emotional resonance — have touched readers across India and beyond. His titles with the National Book Trust (NBT), India alone have sold over 1.5 million copies. Ramen has participated in international literary festivals and marquee Indian events, including the Jaipur Literature Festival. He has served as a jury member for The Times of India’s Women “AutHer” Awards, a mentor for the Scholastic Writers Academy, and was named “Author and Storyteller of the Year” on Talking Stories, London. His arduous battle with cancer was featured on Humans of Bombay, one of India’s largest storytelling platforms, where his story garnered over four million views. In October 2025, he won the ‘Mr. India Cancer Warrior’ crown at a unique competition for cancer survivors held in New Delhi! An alumnus of the prestigious Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet, Ramen is an engineer and an MBA who left his role as General Manager (Corporate Communications), SAIL, to pursue his true calling — writing, storytelling, and inspiring lives. Ramen’s website is www.ramendra.in and he has a page devoted to him on Wikipedia.
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