Terms & Conditions of The Gujarati Shayari

1 Acceptance of These Terms

These Terms & Conditions (“Terms”) form a legally binding agreement between you (“you”, “your”, “user”) and The Gujarati Shayari (“we”, “us”, “our”) governing your access to and use of thegujaratishayari.com (the “Site”) and all content, features and services made available through it.

By accessing, browsing or otherwise using the Site, you confirm that you have read, understood and agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree with any part of these Terms, you must stop using the Site immediately.

These Terms apply alongside our Privacy Policy and Disclaimer. Each document covers a different subject and should be read together.

2 Eligibility

By using the Site, you represent and warrant that:

• You are at least 13 years of age (or at least 16 if you are in the European Economic Area).
• If you are under 18, you have permission from a parent or legal guardian to use the Site.
• You are not barred from using the Site under any applicable law in your jurisdiction.
• You will use the Site in compliance with these Terms and with all applicable local, national and international laws.

We reserve the right to restrict access to any user at any time if we believe these requirements are not met.

3 About the Site

The Site is a free, independent, advertising-supported website that publishes Gujarati shayari, provides a personalization tool, and offers simple utilities such as copy, share and search.

The Site is provided on an “as available” basis. We are not an e-commerce site, we do not sell goods or services, and we do not operate any subscription, membership or paid plan.

4 Limited Licence to Use the Site

Subject to your compliance with these Terms, we grant you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to access and use the Site for your own personal, non-commercial purposes.

This licence does not grant you any right to:

• Reproduce, republish, sell, sublicense or redistribute the Site or any substantial part of its content.
• Use the Site’s name, logo, brand or content in a way that suggests endorsement, partnership or affiliation.
• Frame, mirror or embed the Site within another website or application.
• Remove, obscure or alter any copyright, trademark or attribution notice.

This licence may be revoked at any time without notice if you breach these Terms.

5 Intellectual Property Rights

All intellectual property rights in the Site are owned by us or licensed to us. This includes, without limitation:

• The Site’s design, layout, colour scheme, typography and visual identity.
• All source code, scripts, stylesheets and interactive features.
• The name “The Gujarati Shayari”, the domain name, and any logos or marks.
• Original shayari, category introductions, editorial text and descriptions written by our team.
• The structure, organisation and selection of shayari categories.

Nothing in these Terms transfers any of these rights to you. All rights not expressly granted are reserved.

5.1 Trademarks

“The Gujarati Shayari” and the Site’s logo are our unregistered marks. You may not use them without our prior written permission, except to refer to the Site in a factual, non-endorsing way.

6 Traditional and Original Content

The Site publishes two kinds of shayari, and the legal treatment of each is different.

6.1 Traditional Gujarati Shayari

Traditional Gujarati shayari are part of the shared cultural heritage of the Gujarati language. They have been passed down through generations and are not owned by any single author or website. We reproduce these couplets as part of the language’s shared poetry, and we edit them only for spelling, punctuation and line breaks so they read cleanly on screen.

Traditional shayari are not covered by our copyright and may be freely reused by readers.

6.2 Original Shayari

Original shayari, editorial text, category introductions and descriptions written by our team are protected by copyright and are our property or are used under licence. They may not be copied, reproduced or republished on other websites, apps, print publications, or social media pages in bulk or as a substantial part of that publication’s content, without our prior written permission.

6.3 Attribution

Where a shayari is traditionally attributed to a known poet, we credit that poet in the relevant category or section. If we have missed an attribution, please tell us and we will correct it.

7 Personal Use of Shayari

You are free to use any shayari from this Site for personal, non-commercial sharing. That includes:

• Sending shayari to friends and family on WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook or SMS.
• Posting individual shayari as captions, stories or status updates on your personal social media accounts.
• Saving shayari to your own device for personal reference.
• Reading shayari aloud in informal settings such as gatherings or family events.

You may not, however:

• Republish our original shayari on another public website, blog, app or social media page as a mass collection.
• Sell, license or resell shayari obtained from the Site.
• Use shayari from the Site in commercial products such as greeting cards, posters, calendars or merchandise for sale.
• Present any shayari from the Site as your own original work when it is not.
• Use shayari from the Site in advertising, marketing or promotional material for a business.

If you are unsure whether your intended use is allowed, please contact us before proceeding.

8 Permitted Uses

You may use the Site for the following purposes:

9 Prohibited Uses

You agree that you will not, and will not permit any third party to:

• Use the Site in any way that breaches any applicable law, regulation or third-party right.
• Use the Site to transmit any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising, spam, chain letters, or similar material.
• Attempt to gain unauthorised access to any part of the Site, its servers, or any system connected to the Site.
• Introduce viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs, or other malicious material.
• Conduct denial-of-service attacks or attempt to overload the Site’s infrastructure.
• Use any automated system — including “robots”, “spiders”, “offline readers” or similar — to access the Site in a manner that sends more request messages to our servers than a human can reasonably produce in the same period.
• Bypass, disable or interfere with security-related features of the Site, including features that prevent or restrict use or copying of content.
• Use the Site to defame, harass, abuse, threaten, or otherwise violate the legal rights of any person.
• Impersonate any person or entity, or falsely state or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity.
• Use the Site to publish or share content that is obscene, hateful, discriminatory, or promotes violence against any group or individual.
• Attempt to reverse-engineer, decompile, or disassemble any part of the Site’s code or features.
• Remove, obscure or alter any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary notice from any part of the Site.

10 Automated Access & Scraping

Automated access to the Site is strictly prohibited except for well-behaved search engine crawlers operating under recognised standards.

10.1 Search Engine Crawlers

Legitimate search engine crawlers may access the Site in accordance with our robots.txt file and applicable crawling standards, for the purpose of indexing the Site’s content in search results.

10.2 AI Training

Use of any content from this Site to train, fine-tune, or otherwise develop artificial intelligence, machine learning, or large language models is expressly prohibited without our prior written permission. This applies to both commercial and non-commercial AI training.

11 No Accounts or User Content

The Site does not offer user accounts, registration, profiles, comments, forums or any feature that allows you to upload or publish content to the Site.

You are solely responsible for any content you share externally (for example, in WhatsApp messages or on social media) that originates from the Site. We do not monitor or control what you share on third-party platforms.

12 Third-Party Links & Services

The Site may contain links to third-party websites, services or resources. These links are provided for convenience only.

We do not control, endorse or assume responsibility for the content, privacy practices, or terms of any third-party website. If you access a third-party website through a link on the Site, you do so entirely at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of that website.

Any dispute between you and a third-party website is solely between you and that third party. We are not a party to such disputes.

13 Advertising

The Site is supported by advertising displayed through third-party advertising networks. Ads are the only commercial element on the Site.

The display of an advertisement on the Site does not imply our endorsement of the advertised product, service, or business. We do not control which specific ads are shown — this is determined by the ad network based on factors described in our Privacy Policy.

Any interaction you have with an advertiser — including clicking an ad, visiting their website, or purchasing their product — is strictly between you and the advertiser. We are not responsible for the content of advertisements or for any transaction that takes place between you and an advertiser.

If you believe an ad on the Site is misleading, offensive or violates any law, you can report it directly to the ad network (e.g., Google) or contact us and we will forward it.

14 Availability & Modifications

We aim to keep the Site available at all times, but we do not guarantee uninterrupted access. The Site may be unavailable from time to time due to:

• Scheduled or emergency maintenance
• Technical issues with our hosting, CDN or other infrastructure
• Network or internet connectivity problems outside our control
• Security incidents or preventative actions
• Circumstances beyond our reasonable control

We reserve the right to modify, suspend or discontinue any part of the Site — including categories, features, tools or content — at any time and without notice. We are not liable for any loss or inconvenience caused by such changes.

15 Termination of Access

We reserve the right, without notice and at our sole discretion, to:

• Block, suspend or terminate your access to the Site.
• Block specific IP addresses that we identify as abusive.
• Take technical and legal steps to prevent access where we believe these Terms have been breached.

Provisions of these Terms that by their nature should survive termination — including intellectual property, disclaimers, limitations of liability, and governing law — will continue to apply after termination.

16 Disclaimer of Warranties

Without limiting the above, we do not warrant that:

• The Site will be available uninterrupted, secure or error-free.
• The information on the Site is complete, accurate, reliable or up-to-date.
• Any defects in the Site will be corrected.
• The Site or its servers are free of viruses or other harmful components.
• The results obtained from using the Site will meet your expectations.

You use the Site entirely at your own risk. Any reliance you place on information from the Site is strictly at your own risk.

17 Limitation of Liability

In particular, we are not liable for:

• Any loss or damage arising from your use of, or inability to use, the Site.
• Any loss or damage arising from reliance on any content, information or tool on the Site.
• Any unauthorised access to, or alteration of, your transmissions or data.
• Any content or conduct of any third party on or through the Site.
• Any interruption or cessation of transmission to or from the Site.
• Any bugs, viruses, or similar issues transmitted through the Site by a third party.

17.1 Jurisdictional Limits

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or the limitation or exclusion of liability for certain types of damages. In such jurisdictions, our liability is limited to the maximum extent permitted by law.

17.2 Cap on Aggregate Liability

To the extent permitted by law, our total aggregate liability to you for any and all claims arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Site shall not exceed INR 1,000 (or the equivalent in your local currency), which reflects the fact that the Site is provided free of charge.

18 Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless The Gujarati Shayari, its owners, editors, contributors, and service providers from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising from:

• Your use of, or access to, the Site.
• Your breach of any provision of these Terms.
• Your violation of any third-party right, including any copyright, trademark, or privacy right.
• Any claim that content you shared (using content from this Site) caused damage to a third party.

This indemnification obligation survives these Terms and your use of the Site.

19 Copyright Complaints

We respect the intellectual property rights of others and expect our users to do the same. If you believe that content published on the Site infringes your copyright, please send us a written notice that includes:

• A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorised to act on their behalf.
• Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed.
• The exact URL(s) on our Site where the allegedly infringing material is located.
• Your contact information, including your name, address, telephone number and email.
• A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
• A statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or are authorised to act on the owner’s behalf.

Send copyright notices to: thegujaratishayari.com@gmail.com with the subject line “Copyright Notice”.

We will review all valid notices promptly and, where appropriate, remove or disable access to the reported content. We aim to respond within 24 hours.

19.1 Counter-Notice

If you believe your content was removed in error, you may submit a counter-notice to the same email address with the details of the removal and the reasons you believe it should be restored. We will review counter-notices in good faith.

20 Governing Law & Jurisdiction

These Terms, and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them or their subject matter, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of India, without regard to its conflict of law principles.

You and we both agree that the courts of Gujarat, India shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with these Terms, subject to any mandatory consumer protection rights that may apply in your country of residence.

Nothing in this section prevents either party from seeking urgent injunctive relief in any competent jurisdiction where necessary to protect its rights.

21 Dispute Resolution

Before starting any formal legal proceeding, we ask that you contact us first at thegujaratishayari.com@gmail.com so we can try to resolve the issue informally. Most concerns can be resolved quickly and without any formal process.

If an informal resolution is not possible, and if both parties agree, disputes may be resolved through mediation or binding arbitration under the rules of a mutually acceptable arbitration body in India. The language of any such proceedings shall be English.

Nothing in this clause prevents either party from bringing a claim in the courts identified in Section 20 where such right cannot be waived under applicable law.

22 Changes to These Terms

We may revise these Terms at any time by updating this page. The “Last Updated” date at the top of this page reflects when the current version took effect.

Where changes are material, we will make reasonable efforts to notify users — for example, by posting a notice on the homepage. Your continued use of the Site after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of the revised Terms.

We recommend that you check this page periodically so that you are aware of the current version.

23 Severability & Waiver

23.1 Severability

If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, that provision shall be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable, or if that is not possible, severed from these Terms. The remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect.

23.2 Waiver

No failure or delay by us in exercising any right, power or privilege under these Terms shall operate as a waiver of that right, power or privilege. No single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege shall preclude any further exercise of it.

24 Entire Agreement

These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and Disclaimer, constitute the entire agreement between you and us in relation to your use of the Site. They supersede all prior agreements, understandings and representations, whether written or oral, relating to the Site.

You confirm that you have not relied on any statement, promise or representation made by us or on our behalf that is not expressly set out in these Terms.

We may assign or transfer our rights and obligations under these Terms to a third party — for example, in the event of a merger, acquisition or sale of the Site. Your rights under these Terms are personal and may not be assigned without our prior written consent.

25 Contact

If you have any questions about these Terms & Conditions, or if you would like to request permission for a use that is not covered above, please contact us by email. Use the subject line “Terms Enquiry” for general questions, or “Copyright Notice” for copyright matters.

You can also reach us through the Contact page, which lists the correct email for corrections, copyright requests and general enquiries.