1819- What happened, when a jagged edge of a briefcase accidentally tore a miniskirt?

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Tokyo, Japan
A man was walking past a young girl, when a jagged edge of his briefcase accidentally
tore her miniskirt.
Before the man could apologize, the girl bowed deeply, and said, “I humbly apologise for this error. The quality of my skirt is not good.” Then she took out a pin, put the skirt back together and left.
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New York, USA
A man was walking past a young girl, when a jagged edge of his briefcase accidentally
tore her miniskirt.
Before the man could react, the woman pulled out a business card and gave it to him saying, “This is my lawyer’s card. He will contact you about this sexual harassment matter. See you in court, buddy!”
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London, England
A man was walking past a young girl, when a jagged edge of his briefcase accidentally
tore her miniskirt.
Before the man could react, the girl quickly covered the torn spot with a newspaper, and said with a blush on her face, “Do you mind taking me home, sir? I live not far away.”
The Englishman took his jacket off, put it on her, called a cab and took her home safely.
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Paris, France
A man was walking past a young girl, when a jagged edge of his briefcase accidentally
tore her miniskirt.
Before the man could react, the girl murmured with a smile,
“A red rose can best convey your apology, monsieur.”
The Frenchman bought her a rose, and then they went to a nearby cafe, drank some wine,
and retired to a discreet little hotel for the rest of the afternoon.
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Sydney, Australia
A man was walking past a young girl, when a jagged edge of his briefcase accidentally
tore her miniskirt.
Before the man could apologize, the girl turned around, took out a hunting knife,
ripped the side of his trousers and said;
"OK, now we';re even, mate", and then they both went off to down a few pints of amber
nectar together.
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Shanghai, China
A man was walking past a young girl, when a jagged edge of his briefcase accidentally
tore her miniskirt.
Before the man could say anything, the police came and took him away to labour camp
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Taipei, Taiwan
A man was walking past a young girl, when a jagged edge of his briefcase accidentally
tore her miniskirt.
Before the man could say anything, the girl smiled and said, “We have not settled on the price yet, and you want to inspect the merchandise already!”
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Seoul, Korea
A man was walking past a young girl, when a jagged edge of his briefcase accidentally
tore her miniskirt.
Before the man could say anything, the girl swiveled on her toes and delivered a rounded kick to the side of his head, saying, “Do you not know, mister, that I have a second degree black belt in tae-kwon-do?”
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Phuket, Thailand
A man was walking past a young girl, when a jagged edge of his briefcase accidentally
tore her miniskirt.
Before the man could apologize, the girl said with a Buddha hand gesture, “No worries, honey, I'm the same as you down there.”
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Rawalpindi, Pakistan
A man was walking past a young girl, when a jagged edge of his briefcase accidentally
tore her miniskirt.
Before the man could apologize, his burqa-clad wife nudged him hard and said, "What';s the matter, are you day-dreaming of mini-skirts again?"
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New Delhi, India
A man was walking past a young girl, when a jagged edge of his briefcase accidentally
tore her miniskirt.
Before the man could apologize, Arnab Goswami was on Times Now TV, yelling,
"Times Now is the first TV channel to bring you this outrageous event. This is a Times Now exclusive. We assure you, we shall track this sordid story to the very end. The nation is watching! The PM must answer!"
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1818- It's all about the lighting

1817- sovereign, Socialist, Secular and Democratic

1816- The four purusharthas or goals of human life

"The four purusharthas or goals of human life are
1. Dharma (righteousness, duty and moral order)
2. Artha (wealth and prosperity)
3. Kama (wordly desires) and
4. Moksha (liberation)
The ancient Hindus never neglected any aspect of human life. The four goals or endeavours of human life constitute the roadmap for a happy life on earth and beyond.
Let us try to understand each of the goals briefly:
1. Dharma is the foundation and first of the four human goals. Dharma refers to moral duties, obligations and conduct, namely, vidhis(do's) and nishedhs(dont's). Dharma is always given a highest importance, in Ramayana, Rama himself represented the Dharma and was crowned as a King. In Mahabharat, Krishna himself crowned the Dharma roopa Yudhishtir as King.
2. Artha, is the second goal of life for the householder for the attainment of wealth and material prosperity. The efforts or means to realising this goal must have a righteous and moral basis. It must be based on dharma or lawful means.
3. Kama, is the fulfillment of biological, physical and material desires. The householder is instructed by the shastras to legitimately fulfill his or her wordly desires in accordance with the canons of dharma. Artha & Kama are important goal for the growth and progress of society.
4. Moksha means
-liberation form the web of maya (only reality is Brahman/Divinity/ God and everything else is apparent reality or Maya),
-freedom from the cycles of birth and death, and
-the experiences of Divine happiness.
The goal of life is to reach back to that Reality i.e Brahman(Divinity) by realising our true nature. Divinity is equally present in all human beings, but not equally manifest in them. The purpose of spiritual practice is to manifest this inherent Divinity. When this Divinity becomes fully manifest, a person is said to have spiritually illumined or liberated; he is said to have attained 'moksha'. It is the reason Hindus pray 'asato ma sat gamaya' ('Lead me from the Unreal to the Real'), urging to give up the unreal, realise the real, and experience freedom from bondage to body, which is bliss.
Divinity is the true self of man. It forms very core of one's 'being'- Divine self which is infinite bliss. When he arrived at the perennial source of infinite bliss, all his wants and cravings disappear. He then experiences God - the all pervading Divinity, both within himself and without. He experiences Divinity/God as essence of everything and every being. He loves all. He transcends all suffering, fear, and sorrow. He sees himself as a part of a divine play where Divinity/God is playing all the roles, including his own. He can no longer identify with his body-mind-complex, which is subject to birth, change, decay and death. He gains the unshakable conviction that he is the eternal Divine spirit. Acquiring this knowledge he goes beyond both birth and death. He attains immortality. This is the ultimate goal of human life.
Compared to this intensely blissful experience every other joy derived from the senses is tasteless and insipid.
It is achieved through taking
(1)the refuge of God or
(2)the refuge of a God-realised guru.
Through the guru's grace one becomes free from the bondage or maya, and is blessed with self realisation and God-relalisation."

1815- courage

1814- MANAGEMENT LESSON

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When Human Body was first made, All Parts Wanted to be the Boss.
Brain said- I'm the Boss, bcoz I decide.
Feet said they want to be the boss and
So did the
Heart
Lungs,
Hands &
Eyes.....

Finally Asshole said
I should be the Boss.

All parts started laughing.

So Asshole went on Strike,
Blocked itself and refused to open.

In a short time,
Hands Cranked,
Eyes Blurred,
Ears Emitted Hot Air,
Brain Got Heavy,
Heart and Lungs Panicked...

So they all agreed that
Asshole should be the BOSS !

Moral:
It doesn't matter how talented you are...?
:
:
Any Asshole can be your Boss !!
This is a CORPORATE Fact.
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1813- Mera Naam Joker Songs - Jaane Kahan Gaye Woh Din - Mukesh

1812- Commemorative issue of 'Frontline' (30 years between 1984 & 2014) Journey of memories!

Nice attempt in compressing 30 years into a single issue of 212 pages! So many memories -

 

 

1811- wow

1810- We should “diminish, to the point of eliminating, religious faiths”

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E.O. Wilson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning sociobiologist, recently spoke with New Scientist about his latest book, “The Meaning of Human Existence,” in which the scientist tackles three fundamental questions of religion, philosophy and science: -

(1)Where do we come from,
(2)what are we and
(3)where are we going?
Over the course of the interview, Wilson discussed the concept of organized religion, which, he says is destroying the tribal structure of the Earth.
“All the ideologies and religions have their own answers for the big questions, but these are usually bound as a dogma to some kind of tribe,” he said.
“Religions in particular feature supernatural elements that other tribes — other faiths — cannot accept… And every tribe, no matter how generous, benign, loving and charitable, nonetheless looks down on all other tribes. What’s dragging us down is religious faith.”
While the impulse to search for spiritual meaning unites humanity, Wilson (who said “I’m a scientist” when asked if he was atheist) argued that the unifying quest had been divided by “tribal religions.”
“I would say that for the sake of human progress, the best thing we could possibly do would be to diminish, to the point of eliminating, religious faiths. But certainly not eliminating the natural yearnings of our species or the asking of these great questions.”
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1809- Anand - Kahin Door Jab Din Dhal Jaaye Saanj - Mukesh

1808- Golmaal - Aane Wala Pal Jane Wala Hai - Kishore Kumar

1807Aao Bachcho Tumhe Dikhaye - Jagriti, Patriotic Song

1806- Mukesh Saranga Teri Yaad Mein Saranga

1805- Meditation and Mindfulness

Nithya Shanti

So, I almost died last night. Really. We were returning from Mumbai to Pune last evening on the expressway. I was scheduled to return alone in a cab, then at the last minute a friend had also joined me. We were sitting in the back, talking amongst ourselves and also to our driver. It was about 8:30pm in the evening and it was raining outside.
Without warning, our driver suddenly jerked his head to the back and released the steering wheel. The car began moving off the road. I shouted at him to look ahead. He didn't respond and began falling off his seat. I realized he was having some kind of a seizure or fit. I tried to get up and grab the steering wheel. But my seat belt was on and prevented me. Quickly, I managed to click off my seat belt and leapt up to catch the steering wheel over the frothing face and stiffened body of the half supine driver. Just seconds before a full speed collision with the side rails on the highway, I managed to straighten the car enough that it barely scraped the side rail. The car was now moving parallel to the rail in the emergency lane.
Luckily the driver's foot was off the accelerator and the car began to very slowly, decelerate. Steering from the back, over the body of the driver, I managed to keep the car in the emergency lane, as traffic sped past us in the other lanes. Very slowly the car began to slow down, but it still wouldn't stop! I could not reach the brake pedal from where I was standing and the driver was a heavy man, blocking all access to the front. I reached for the ignition and switched off the car. It came to a halt. I then searched for the hazard lights in the unfamiliar console. Found them, and turned them on to warn the other cars. Reached for the emergency brakes and brought the car to a stable stop.
I asked my friend to call for help as I administered emergency aid and stimulated vital acupressure points on the gasping and frothing driver. I then stepped out of the car to try and get help. However it was dark, raining and no car was willing to stop. I then realized that I actually didn't need any car to stop, as this car probably still worked just fine! So I opened the driver's door and found the driver sitting up looking totally disoriented. He was mumbling. Didn't know where he was and who we were!
After a lot of coaxing and reassuring we got the hesitant driver who was very suspicious of us and couldn't understand what we were telling him to get out of the driver's seat and take the short, yet incredibly long and dangerous journey from the front to the back seat on the edge of the curving, rainy and busy highway. He was unaware of his surroundings and quite capable of stepping right onto the road.
Then I took the wheels and began driving as my friend kept trying to reach for help - as is usual for India, emergency numbers were unreachable when we most needed them. By a stroke of luck we happened to see an ambulance on the highway! I sped up to it and we honked and gestured and indicated for it to stop. It did. We told the ambulance driver our situation. He was sympathetic but said that there were no paramedics on board and that the ambulance was carrying a dead body, but he said if we followed him he would try to get us help.
So now we followed this ambulance as it lit up the highway with its shiny strobe lights. Meanwhile our driver had began to come around and was talking more coherently. He had began to understand what had happened and was afraid that he would lose his job. We told him to be thankful that he did not just lose his life!
Soon we came across a highway police car. We stopped it the same way and the cops told us to proceed to the next toll station where help would be at hand. So we kept driving. Meanwhile our driver was crying and pleading with us not to hand him over to the police! We said we were just trying to get him medical attention, but he was filled with paranoia.
We managed to contact the owner of the cab service and informed him of the situation. I told him to speak kindly to this driver and reassure him. Once the owner spoke to the driver he calmed down considerably. The owner said that he would send another driver to collect the car from any place we would leave it.
As we approached the toll station, I parked the car to a side and examined the damage. Amazingly, there were only a few small scratches on the side of the car and the front door did not open fully. Apart from that, the car was looking and working just fine! The situation would have been very different if we had had a full frontal collision with the side rails at the speed we were going!
I won't go into all the other details of the rest of the evening, but the driver was taken care of, we both reached home safe and the car was taken back to its owner.
Now for the lessons:
I believe meditation and mindfulness saved three lives yesterday. I am pretty sure all of us would be dead or at least seriously injured if there had not been the presence of mind to respond in the few seconds between the driver having the seizure and the car hitting the side rails and probably tumbling off the road entirely.
The whole time this happened I was in a state of zen like clarity and a supreme sense that it was all so surreal, like being in a video game. Not once in the whole incident was there any stress or worry. Just the clarity of what was happening and the next important decision to be made, and thing to be done. And one by one, everything got done.
My friend said she completely froze when she saw the driver turn his head back - didn't know what to say or do - a very natural and normal response in such circumstances. The ability to respond quickly, yet calmly in the face of a challenge is one of the things which develops as we practice being more conscious and present. I share this not to praise myself and my reflexes - but to highlight the value of spiritual practice to face life, life threatening situations, and when required, even death.
The whole evening there was a deep sense of calm, grace and gratefulness. Traffic did not bother me, slow cars in front did not bother me. Red lights did not bother me. It was all in perspective - we had almost not survived! Before sleeping I re-dedicated this life, so nearly lost, in service of love, truth and enlightenment for all.
How wonderful!
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1804- Death Is Just An Illusion:

We Continue To Live In A Parallel Universe
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For as long as anyone can remember philosophers, scientists and religious men have pondered what happens after death.

Is there life after death, or do we just vanish into the great unknown?
There is also a possibility there is no such thing as what we usually define as death.
A new scientific theory suggests that death is not the terminal event we think.
A while ago, scientists reported they found the first evidence of parallel universe.
This discovery lead us to a thought-provoking subject called “Biocentrism”
Robert Lanza, M.D, scientist, theoretician and author of “Biocentrism” – Biocentrism: How Life and Consciousness are the Keys to Understanding the True Nature of the Universe thinks there are many reasons why we won’t die.
Invisible, parallel worlds exist next to our own.
He believes that “there are an infinite number of universes, and everything that could possibly happen occurs in some universe.
Your Energy Never Dies.
Death does not exist in any real sense in these scenarios. All possible universes exist simultaneously, regardless of what happens in any of them.
Although individual bodies are destined to self-destruct, the alive feeling – the ‘Who am I?’- is just a 20-watt fountain of energy operating in the brain. But this energy doesn’t go away at death. One of the surest axioms of science is that energy never dies; it can neither be created nor destroyed.”
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1803- Matter!

1802- Past, present and future! 😇😇 Buddha puns with present

1801- Long oscillatory (gap between flowering) period

(The Hindu, January 22, 2015)

1800- A to Z of LIVING!

LIVE ONE DAY AT A TIME – and make it a masterpiece.
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Avoid negative sources, people, places and habits
Believe in yourself

Consider things from every angle
Don’t give up and don’t give in
Everything you’re looking for lies behind the mask you wear
Family and friends are hidden treasures, seek them and enjoy their riches
Give more than you planned to
Hang onto your dreams
If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door
Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it
Keep trying no matter how hard it seems
Love yourself
Make it happen
Never lie, steal or cheat
Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values
Practice makes perfect
Quality not quantity in anything you do
Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer
Stop procrastinating
Take control of your own destiny
Understand yourself in order to better understand others
Visualise it
When you lose, don’t lose the lesson
Xcellence in all your efforts
You are unique, nothing can replace you
Zero in on your target and go for it

Avoid negative sources, people, places and habits
Believe in yourself

Consider things from every angle
Don’t give up and don’t give in
Everything you’re looking for lies behind the mask you wear
Family and friends are hidden treasures, seek them and enjoy their riches
Give more than you planned to
Hang onto your dreams
If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door
Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it
Keep trying no matter how hard it seems
Love yourself
Make it happen
Never lie, steal or cheat
Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values
Practice makes perfect
Quality not quantity in anything you do
Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer
Stop procrastinating
Take control of your own destiny
Understand yourself in order to better understand others
Visualise it
When you lose, don’t lose the lesson
Xcellence in all your efforts
You are unique, nothing can replace you
Zero in on your target and go for it
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1799- Can't stop laughing ...

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Santa's e-banking password was:
"ram-sita-laxman-hanuman-ravan-delhi-kejriwal"
Banta: Yaar! Itna lamba password?
Santa: Kya karoon. Bank wale kehte hai ki password main 5 character aur 1 capital hona chahie....
Banta: wo sab thik hai, par Kejri uncle kyun ??
Santa: Ek special character bhi zaroori hai....
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1798- President's advice to parliament!

(eenadu. 21 Jan,2015)

1797- Small gestures sometimes save a life!

Nithya Shanti

An inspiring story...
This story is about a person working at an ice plant. It was almost the end of the day. Everyone had packed up to leave.
Just then a technical snag arose and he went to check it out. By the time he finished it was late. The doors were sealed and the lights were off.

Trapped inside the ice plant the whole night without fresh air and light, an icy grave was almost sure for him.
Hours passed. Suddenly he found someone opening the door.
Was it a miracle?
The security guard entered with a flashlight and helped him come out.
On the way out the person asked the security guard, “How did you know that I was inside?” “Who informed you?”
The guard said, “Sir; this unit has fifty people. But you are the only one who says 'Good morning' to me when you arrive and 'Goodbye' in the evening. You had reported this morning, but did not go out in the evening. This made me suspicious, so I came in to check and found you locked inside. ”
Never had the person imagined that a simple gesture of greeting someone would be a lifesaver for him.
So remember to greet people with a warm smile when you meet them, for these are the real miracles in life.
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1796- The basic equipment to achieve happiness!

“We don't need more money, we don't need greater success or fame, we don't need the perfect body or even the perfect mate. Right now, at this very moment, we have a mind, which is all the basic equipment we need to achieve complete happiness.”

~ Dalai Lama

1795- Chuck all this...

1794-We never run out of time!

Nithya Shanti

Let me share an undeniable truth. We never run out of time. We only run out of breaths. So the only question worth contemplating is "what's the wisest, brightest, happiest and fun-est way to invest my remaining breaths?"

May you live in a way that you don't just spend your life taking breaths, you have a breath taking life filled with moments that take your breath away, each and every day.
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1793- How To Live & Die

A very nice article by Late Khushwant Singh. Preserve this .

I’ve often thought about what it is that makes people happy—what one has to do in order to achieve happiness.

1- First and foremost is good health.
If you do not enjoy good health, you can never be happy. Any ailment, however trivial, will deduct something from your happiness.
2- Second, a healthy bank balance.
 It need not run into crores, but it should be enough to provide for comforts, and there should be something to spare for recreation—eating out, going to the movies, travel and holidays in the hills or by the sea. Shortage of money can be demoralising. Living on credit or borrowing is demeaning and lowers one in one’s own eyes.
3- Third, your own home.
Rented places can never give you the comfort or security of a home that is yours for keeps. If it has garden space, all the better. Plant your own trees and flowers, see them grow and blossom, and cultivate a sense of kinship with them.
4- Fourth, an understanding companion, be it your spouse or a friend.
If you have too many misunderstandings, it robs you of your peace of mind. It is better to be divorced than to be quarreling all the time.
5- Fifth, stop envying those who have done better than you in life—risen higher, made more money, or earned more fame.
Envy can be corroding; avoid comparing yourself with others.
6- Sixth, do not allow people to descend on you for gossip.
By the time you get rid of them, you will feel exhausted and poisoned by their gossip-mongering.
7- Seventh, cultivate a hobby or two that will fulfill you—gardening, reading, writing, painting, playing or listening to music.
Going to clubs or parties to get free drinks, or to meet celebrities, is a criminal waste of time. It’s important to concentrate on something that keeps you occupied meaningfully.
8- Eighth, every morning and evening devote 15 minutes to introspection.
In the mornings, 10 minutes should be spent in keeping the mind absolutely still, and five listing the things you have to do that day. In the evenings, five minutes should be set aside to keep the mind still and 10 to go over the tasks you had intended to do.
9- Ninth, don’t lose your temper.
Try not to be short-tempered, or vengeful. Even when a friend has been rude, just move on.
10- Above all, when the time comes to go, one should go like a Person without any regret or grievance against anyone.
OM ....
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1792- Idle mind is devil's workshop!

1791- Characteristics of bhakti movement of monotheism:

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The bhakti movement originated in the Tamil part of India in the 6th century AD and over a millennium, spread to nearly all of India.
The devotional songs of Nayanmars, Alwars, Mirabai, Surdas, Tulsidas, Narsi Mehta, Ekanatha, Namadeva, Jnanadeva, Purandhara Dasa, Chaitanya, Tyagaraj etc remain on the lips of devout Hindus. Some bhaktas were Vaisnavas and others Shaivas. These poets, to whom God appears with a form (saguna), are usually distinguished from saints(sants) to whom God is formless(nirguna). To name the leading Nirguna saints are Sant Kabirdas, Guru Nanak etc.("Hinduism, a graphic guide", Vinay Lal)

Characteristics of Bhakti Movement:-

(1) Chief characteristic of the Bhakti movement can be mentioned as belief in one God who is omnipresent and omnipotent.
(2)A devotee could worship personal God by love and devotion singing 'bhajans'.
(3) There was no need to worship idols and performing elaborate rituals and sacrifices were discarded for seeking His grace. This obviated the intermediary priestly class between the devotee and the personal God.
(4) The Bhakti saints laid stress on the equality of all castes. There was no distinction of high or low as far as the devotion to God was concerned. It was an egalitarian movement which denounced casteism.
(5)The saints preached in the language of the common people. They did not use Sanskrit, which was the language of the cultured few.
(6)These saints laid stress on purity of heart and practice of virtues like truth, honesty, kindness, and charity. According to these saints only virtuous man could realize God. Even a householder could realize God by love and devotion.
(7) Gave importance to teacher or guru.
(8)Some saints regarded God as formless or Nirguna while others consider him as having different forms or Saguna.
(9) The emphasis, which these saints laid was on Hindu-Muslim unity. According to these saints all men irrespective of their religion are equal in the eyes of God.
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1790- T-H-I-N-K to speak

1789- Babul Mora Naihar Chhooto (Street Singer)

Babul Mora Naihar Chhooto (Street Singer)

1788 - Farting!

The squirming lady!
One evening a family brings their frail, elderly mother to a nursing home and leaves her, hoping she will be well cared for. The next morning, the nurses bathe her, feed her a tasty breakfast, and set her in a chair at a window overlooking a lovely flower garden. She seems OK, but after a while she slowly starts to lean over sideways in her chair.

Two attentive nurses immediately rush up to catch her and straighten her up. Again she seems OK, but after a while she starts to tilt to the other side. The nurses rush back and once more bring her back upright. This goes on all morning.

Later the family arrives to see how the old woman is adjusting to her new home. "So Ma, how is it here? Are they treating you all right?" They ask.

"It's pretty nice," she replies. "Except they won't let you fart." 

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1787- Woman's security- 6P formula by Ms Kiran Bedi

(The Hindu, 17 January 2015)

1786- If they can make it to heaven, one of the rewards all Muslims are promised is 72 virgins

1785- Perennial wisdom for the spiritually independent!

( sacred teachings- annotated & explained by Rabbi Rami Shapiro)

1784-cookbook