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Selling Joy Sir?
Was reading with interest that our Prime Minister’s present visit to the US is to boost India-US defense industrial ties,
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June 20, 2023
Hold Fast to Your Dream..!
“Bob, I also wanted to be a writer!” is something I hear at practically every party or gathering I go
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June 19, 2023
Sweat It Out.!
Every morning during my morning walk, I sweat it out, but that bit of hard work gives me good health.
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June 18, 2023
A Sleepy Fishing Village..!
Two thousand years ago, it was a sleepy fishing village that changed the world. With time on my hands, I
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June 17, 2023
Tooth Fairy..!
She had got up twice during the night I heard later, hoping to catch the tooth fairy at work. The
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June 16, 2023
Apply Yourself.!
“Apply yourself..” Lee Iacocca As fathers struggle to make ends meet and mothers to bring up their families, you hear
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June 15, 2023
helplessness to Independence..!
“Come back!” I shouted at my dog a few years ago, when he was alive, but my huge German-Shepherd pretended
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June 14, 2023
Boris and His Lockdown Parties..!
From his hairstyle I knew he was a Boris Johnson fan, and watched as he, Boris like, swept his unkempt,
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June 13, 2023
Hot as Hell..!
“How’s the heat in Bombay, Bob?” asks a friend. “Hot as hell!” I say, wiping the sweat flowing down my
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June 12, 2023
Fooled by a Golden Glow..!
The other day someone told me his sister had bought a phone worth a huge amount. “But your sister’s just
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June 11, 2023
Jesus, at School..!
It was the annual parent’s teachers meeting at the local Jewish school. The teacher, a lady with a long,hooked nose,
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June 10, 2023
Pickles, Sugar and Pepper..!
Many years ago while doing my Masters, I had a professor who taught me linguistics. This good man from a
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June 9, 2023