On scheming women and Pink Glasses!

Has anyone had the patience to sit and watch the Saas- bahu soaps on Indian TV?
If you have, then am sure you have come across, "The other Woman" who has seduced/ bewitched/ snared the innocent hero! The innocent hero is so ensnared that the Holy wife has to ride to his rescue and save him from folly that will bring ill-repute to his Family Honour!

St Christine feels that most women by default fall into the category of "The other Woman!" It has never occured to her that "The other woman" has better ways to spend time than mollycoddle some slly spineless 'hero!"... But then, such things never occur to her!

and she in her holiness needs to counsel these fallen women to mend their ways! Hmm... Did I tell you that St Christine wears Pink Glasses?

To be peterpan

He can fly!
He flewed!
Now you try.
I'll think of a mermaid lagoon, underneath a magic moon.
I'll think I'm in a pirate's cave.
I think I'll be an Indian brave.
Now everybody try.

One, two, three!
We can fly! We can fly! We can fly!
And down we fall again!

This won't do. What's the matter with you? All it takes is faith and trust. Oh! And something I forgot. Dust!
Dust?
Yep, just a little bit of pixie dust. Now, think of the happiest things. It's the same as having wings.

- :) from Peterpan!

The price of one's soul!

Do you guys remember 24th Pullikesi's whose soul is not worth any precious coins! Well this post is all about price of ones Soul!

Keeping in mind that I only write about serious issues - I have decided to tackle the topic of materialism and mercenaries!

Materialism is desire for Maya! I am grateful to all of you for asking "Who is Maya?"

"In most of Hinduism, Buddhism, & Transcendentalism, all matter is believed to be an illusion - Maya. Maya is the limited, purely physical and mental reality in which our everyday consciousness has become entangled." Text adapted from Wikipedia.

And mercenaries are people who sell their souls for Maya!

I have several mercenaries who run after the unattainable Maya! I also suspect it is a case of the forbidden fruit tasting the best! In which case a person can also pawn/sell his/her soul to get the fruit!

And I spy a green christine sitting cross - eyed across the cabin. She doesn't care much for Maya and she won't let anyone else enjoy it! A case of extremely sour grapes!

"Sunshine on de medders,
Greenness on de way;
Dat's de blessed reason
I sing all de day."
Look hyeah! What you axing'?
What meks me so merry?
'Spect to see me sighin'
W'en hit's wa'm in Febawary?
- From A warm day in winter, Paul Laurence Dunbar

I kinda liked the poem, so wanted to share it with all of you.

Good Morning!

:)Good Morning Stranger!

“If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don't be surly at home, then go out in the street and start grinning 'Good morning' at total strangers.” - Maya Angelou

Accused of writing frivolously!

I stand accused of writing inconsequential, frivolous stuff. And the person who has dared to raise the accusation is Sujit (my husband)!

Now make note, he doesn't mean that my writing is boring, he just thinks its frivolous! He also thinks that I am scared of writing on serious topics. Me... scared?

I wonder if I should pay much attention to his observation? Coz eating into me is the fact that he is a trained/ practicing psychologist! Does it give him an inside edge on my psyche? Hmmm...

Keeping in mind the above comment... I have decided to write on the serious issue of law and order and the amazing deductive capacity of our police force. I will also write on 'Dindivanam Slippers.'

To start off - Please make note of the disclaimer: the following bit is entirely hearsay. Any truth in the below statement is incidental and the fabrications are strictly writer's liscence. And no... noone is allowed to sue me!

It so happened that the visitors to the flat were about to leave, when they noticed that their moped was missing! I suppose they never thought someone would want to steal it, afterall, it was a relic from 1980s, almost falling to pieces. That someone would want to steal it is an insult to the vehicle!

My god... why am I writing like this???? Sujit... sorry... this story cannot be told this way! No masala to it...

Ok guys.... a bike got stolen- no... not a bike, moped! A moped got stolen from a 150apartment complex.

Deduction 1 - watchman on duty thinks that somebody actually dismantled the whole thing and threw it over the compound wall, so that they could reassemble the machine in peace piece by piece! (Hmmm... says a lot about the watchman... doesn't it?)

Deduction 2 - The Sub-Inspector has deducted that someone from Dindivanam stole the 1980 relic. This is truly an amazing piece of deduction! This deduction came about based on one slipper recovered from the place of crime! The one slipper, my fellow reader, is the "Dindivanam Slipper". The SI said "Sir this slipper is made in Dindivanam. Only people from Dindivanam wear it. So whoever stole the moped came from Dindivanam!" So the SI has promised to follow-up on this amazing lead and solve the "Case of the missing moped and the single Dindivanam Slipper"!

I think I should go back to reading my Nancy Drews and Hardy Boys! Clue... clue... where is it???

A good weekend is the secret...

... to a relatively happy monday morning!

I also quote a quote which I have taken fancy to... for all of you
" The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously."
~ Nicholas Butler.(1862-1947, American Educationist)

Have a good week!