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Giving Advice..!
“The only thing one does with advice is to pass it on. It is hardly used by oneself….” Oscar Wilde
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November 15, 2020
Doing Right and Being Wrong..!
Years ago I remember going over to the school my children were studying in. I met the teacher and asked
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November 15, 2020
Leaders, Lend Your Ears..!
A few days ago, two ex IAS officers spoke on, “Dissent in Democracy’ and since I was on the panel
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November 13, 2020
Becoming Childlike..!
A few years ago I watched astonished as Jeff, my huge, scary German- Shepherd dog, became a little pup and
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November 12, 2020
Exit Polls..!
“Mama!” “Yes my son?” “The exit polls said, I and that thirty one year old boy would win in Bihar!”
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November 11, 2020
Transferring the Wife..!
The quarreling in the house at the end of the road, had been going on throughout the night and finally
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November 10, 2020
Sir Niceness Throws out Mr Trump..!
Sir Niceness, nearly lost out in the four years that the White House was occupied by a boorish, loud, arrogant
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November 9, 2020
Are You Being Served..!
Sometime before the lockdown I had been invited by an organization to deliver the keynote address at a church. My
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November 8, 2020
Growing Old..!
It was just the other day while shopping with my daughter, I noticed I was paying more attention to the
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November 7, 2020
A Finishing School For Men..!
“A finishing school for men?, “I asked the owner of the school, “I have never heard of anything so strange.”
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November 6, 2020
Baby Trump Throws a Tantrum..!
And as Trump, hees and haws about letting go of the presidency, Liberty, the statue calls out to him, “Baby
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November 6, 2020
Passing the Airhostess at Work..!
A nightmare faced by air hostesses quite often, other than hijacks and terrorist attacks are people who want to walk
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November 4, 2020