A grandfather, being a senior citizen himself, has taught his 2 1/2 year old granddaughters to call a female senior citizen as mad! The children call the lady so and looks at the lady longingly. People teach little children bad things and it becomes a habit for them. The same ...
Read More »A Query to Mom (Part II)
One day, the crocodile finds some black fruits on the bank of the canal. It finds the fruit tasty. While it was eating the first one, another fruit falls nearby. When the crocodile looks up, it sees a monkey and the tree is filled with blackberries. The crocodile asks the ...
Read More »A Query to Mom
There is a proverb in Hindi – Jab gidad ki maut aati hai toh woh sheher ki taraf daudta hai. I asked my Mom, “Why do people say this proverb?” Actually, one interpretation is that people living in cities are worse than animals. Secondly, there is a proverb in Sanskrit ...
Read More »A Phone Call (Part IV)
The monkey moved on further. He saw a man trying to play a large drum. The monkey told him to stick the dosas on either side and then play it. The man said that he did not have dosas. The monkey gave his. When he played the drum with the ...
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While he was going forward with the mango, he saw a girl crying. When he asked her mother, why she was crying, she replied that she wanted to eat a mango and she did not find any mangoes nearby. The monkey gave the mango to the girl. The girl ate ...
Read More »A Phone Call (Part II)
I told that I would tell the story today. But, I can only tell one part of it because I am preoccupied with some things. I will continue tomorrow. The Story: There were 2 temples close together in a village. One was dedicated to Lord Shiva and the other dedicated to ...
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This morning the phone rang at 7.30 AM. I work till late at night, so I was asleep. Mom cut the calls 4 times, so that it did not disturb us. But, the person called a 5th time. Mom took the call and said, “Gayatri is asleep. Call later.” But, ...
Read More »Christmas Eve Get-Together
In a co-operative housing society, a get-together was conducted especially for children on Christmas Eve. Santa Claus asked several questions to the children. All the children replied to the questions and were enjoying themselves. At the end, he said, “I am asking you all the last question. You reply one ...
Read More »Controversy about Dhanush (Part II)
Khushboo hosts a show called Nijangal (Truth) in the Tamil TV Channel Sun. Born a North Indian, this female actor earned a lot of fame in the South, married a South Indian actor and converted completely into a South Indian. During one of the recent episodes, she said that for ...
Read More »Controversy about Dhanush
I would like to share a few things regarding the controversy about the South Indian actor Dhanush. First of all, for those who came late, I would like to tell them more about the actor. Born Venkatesh Prabhu, Dhanush is a famous South Indian actor, producer, director, lyricist, writer and ...
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