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Source: OF FAIR AND FOUL IN MID DAY MEALS

  It was John Maynard Keynes who once famously alluded to the thin dividing line between Fair & Foul in a Nation’s Economics.  Like most of his quotable quotes, this too is applicable to most of our problems which have … Continue reading →

Most travellers to Europe ( Schengen countries to be precise ) have often contrasted the tedious inter-state cross-border traffic in India , with the zero-checkpoint transition from one member state to another in the Schengen zone. Of course some EU … Continue reading →

   “—-The lady doth protest too much, methinks ”                                             William  Shakespeare                                                       This post is NOT about Ms Mamta Banerjee , even though I did , at one stage ,  contemplate using her ” Maa/ Maatee / Manush” ( roughly … Continue reading →

My temporary absence from the scintillating world of blogging has come to an end. My inspirational “trio” ( remeber Three wise Monkeys & Three Judgemets !!   ) is back to complete a Trilogy . First the  RIP : dedicated to someone who  famously described himself as a           gentleman … Continue reading →

I have been a bit under the weather & in no state to Blog . Better now, I am back at work & my blog after a two-day respite to all ( at work & in the Blogosphere ). There is so much … Continue reading →

A blog ” The confessions of a Linguist ” by a Grammer pedant , under the nom-de-plume Brightbluesaturday , has been making waves in Blogosphere :  there appears to be no end in sight to the debate it has initiated between Descriptive … Continue reading →

July 22, 2012 marked the first ever electoral defeat for Purno Agitok Sangma , the 5′ something upstart who aspired to be a giant-killer . The loser’s painfully-cross-legged posture  ( vide his pic at Sabarmati trying to look like Bapu on … Continue reading →

A leading columnist writing in a leading daily on the loneliness of a superstar takes liberties , even before the last rites of the just deceased are performed, with the exact names of couple of his early dalliances : one long … Continue reading →

Caught the 10 o’clock show at Cinemax of Bol Bachchan : an outrageously stupid movie with amazing ability to make the audience laugh without respite. Some gems from the movie handled with elan by Ajay Devgn ( Devgan : numerology ?? … Continue reading →