On 08 Nov 2016, while USA was voting for its President, in India a spectacular event took place. At about 8 PM, Indian Prime Minister Mr Modi came live on TV and addressed the nation. Considering the recent hostilities between India and Pakistan following Indian surgical strike at the terrorist’s camps located in POK, most […]
Tag: Humour
A Mosquito spoils my Diwali!
Today I was reminded of a very powerful dialogue and song by Bollywood actor Nana Patekar from a 1996 hindi film ‘Yashwant’ and I suddenly realized that how true it is even now. The dialogue runs like this. “Ek Machhar aadmi ko hijda bana deta hai.” The English translation is; “A Mosquito makes a […]
A Free Sim!
Right since Reliance Jio announced free data and speech services on its 4G network for a trial period of four months, there has been an upheaval in India. Long lines of people were seen in front of Reliance digital stores waiting for their turn for a free mobile sim. At certain places these queues […]
Four Months in US, Quantified!
I and my wife have just completed four months stay in USA and are now on the verge of going back to India. An idea struck to me to quantify the activities that I undertook in the last four months. A little introduction about self, I am an Indian Defense Veteran now running into my […]
Never seek help from a Fool and a Loudmouth!
During my childhood my grandfather used to narrate a very interesting story to me which has a good moral, equally applicable today. In good old days, when the road communications and transportation systems in India were almost non existent, the people walked from one place to another. This was more prevalent in the villages as […]
Laughter types, some interesting definitions!
Many definitions of types of laughter have been written and are available in the literary domain. However, I wish to cover some other aspects of laughter types and feel that these are quite humorous. Laughter is good for health indeed and also plays a very important part in our day to day life. I think […]
Some Interesting Indian Matrimonial Advertisements!
Excerpts from some of the actual matrimonial advertisements. Conditional Matrimony. A beautiful and educated bride from India wanted for a Canadian citizen Jat Sikh (Punjabi-Indian) 27 years of age, 5ft 9in , well educated and employed boy, the condition being that the brides’s family must have another unmarried girl relative in Canada or USA as […]
सुरखाब के पर (Feathers of a golden Pheasant)
सुरखाब के पर (Surkhab Ke Par). We often hear and use some idioms without understanding their meaning properly. The above Indian (Hindi) idiom falls in that category. The idiom “Does he/she have feathers of Surkhab?” often refers to a person who has lot of airs about him/her or has attitude. Believe you me, I had […]
Guests Then and Now; Digital Age!
Guests in Digital age. When I was young (in 50’s and 60’s) we were thrilled to have guests in our parent’s home. Whenever guests arrived, there was excitement all around, the guests were greeted with a great warmth by hugs and kisses. Our mother would promptly run to the kitchen and bring water and refreshments […]
Radio Telephony Procedure, Humor in Uniform!
Roger Out. In the Radio telephony (Wireless) procedure being followed in the Military, the term ‘Roger’ implies that a message has been received correctly and will be complied with. The following conversation took place between a Company Commander (CC) a Major and his company second-in -command (2IC) a Captain. CC to 2IC. ” You have […]
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