Was watching a TV programme on animals facing extinction, when this thought struck me — not only animals but many words/ phrases in English too face extinction or have already become extinct. One word which comes to mind is “PENFRIEND”. Am sure no millennial knows the meaning of this word because penfriends as a breed […]
Went on an Ashtavinayak tour sometime back with my wife to see the 8 famous swayambhu Ganpatis of Maharashtra. No, the tour details will be the subject matter of another post. This one is about how fickle the human mind is, how quickly we form opinions about people and how quickly we change these opinions
Stuck in the middle seat on a domestic flight, had fun watching my neighbors to my left & right
When you think of a rocking-chair, what are the images which come to mind immediately? An elderly gentleman sitting on it peering at a newspaper or a grey-haired lady knitting a sweater or a mitten for her grand-kids. Retired, domestic bliss? Well, am not into that league just as yet but had a rocking-chair experience
The shocker today was the news item that 3700 PhDs and M.Phils along with 28,000 other post-graduates had applied for the jobs of messengers or peons in the UP Police….. jobs that required a qualification of Std V pass plus the ability to ride a bicycle. On the face of it, this appears to be
August 1st 2018 The superpower looked down at India. Not a political, economic or nuclear superpower………………… but the all-pervading, omnipresent superpower, we know by different names but answering to the one name GOD. I like the look of India, God said to himself…. a nation with a rich history, great advancement , amazing democracy and
Customer is always right- goes the maxim. Handling customers over the years as an insurer and broker, at times one gets really worked up and starts doubting this.I say to myself, this statement is always true……only there is a continuation to the sentence — “Customer is always right, but this does not mean you are
Ranveer Singh takes Deepika Padukone in his arms……. sensual setting………soft music ⛈⛈🍷😍😍🎶🎶 ….. they murmur sweet nothings, panting heavily………….. their faces come closer ….. suddenly a strong masala smell fills the air and …. no Deepika doesn’t turn away, but I turn around to see the man seated behind me opening a packed box of
