* English is the only language where you drive in parkways and park in driveways.
* It's also the only language where you recite in a play and play in a recital.
* Your fingers have fingertips but your toes don't have toetips.
* Yet you can tiptoe but not tipfinger.
* The word queue is just a Q followed by four silent letters.
* Jail and prison are synonyms. But jailer and prisoner are antonyms.
* When you transport something by car, it's called a shipment. But when you transport something by ship, it's called cargo.
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A nice prediction
Hope this becomes true. As per Singapore University survey/research based on 131 countries, India will be 97% free of Corona from 18 Jun. From 08 Dec, the entire world will be free of Corona. Their predictions about Italy and Spain have matched exactly hence hope further strengthens into confidence and assurance for better healthy future. So relax guys, happy times are coming shortly.
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Dedicated to kids who underestimate their mothers
A mother casually calls up her son one afternoon.
Mother. "Hi son, how are you?"
Son. "I'm fine, Mom".
Mother. "What did you have for lunch today?"
Son. "Don't you have anything else to ask, Mom? You only ask silly questions like, 'What did you eat?'....'What dress are you wearing?'.....'Whom did you meet?'....'What song did you listen to?'....etc etc!
Mother. "Oh!!!! Ok, Ok, then tell me, how should the World Bank fight these inflationary trends with minimum intervention in the money markets? And what should be the role of the International Finance Institutions to control inflationary trends across the globe and the slowing down of the World Economy?"
Son. (After a few seconds' silence)......"Mom, I had curd rice with pickle and salad".
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You learn nothing from life if you think you're right all the time.
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Adieu Ramakrishna!
My cousin's friend, Meera had called me up around a quarter past 4 this evening to say that cousin, Prabha's husband, Ramakrishnan had passed into the mist of time this afternoon. A genial and thorough gentleman, who could read a person within no time.
He was my constant companion during the days of Lekha's illness in late '93. A great believer in astrology, he used to direct me in doing pujas and prayers which I followed without any questions because I knew that he was very fond of Lekha and me.
His love for his mother was legendary. When she was seriously ill in 2010, he made a quiet trip to Guruvayur and carried out a 'sayanapradakshinam' around the sanctum and lo and behold, he was given the news by an attendant that she was better the moment he had completed the circumambulation! She lived on to a ripe age of 102 years before passing into the mist of time. Her longevity was courtesy Ramakrishnan's meticulous care and his eye for detail in everything that she did!
We were on What'sApp and he used to send me chirpy messages and video clips but the last he sent was on the 27th of last month and was completely silent from 02 May. Later, I'd come to know that he was ill, subsequently tested positive for Covid-19 and was admitted in the ICU of the Suchindra Hospital, Ernakulam.
I was taken by surprise when I'd got a call from him around a half past 5 in the morning of 14 May, asking me to pray for him at Guruvayur for his good health and quick recovery. I'd taken a vow that a 'Mrithyunjaya homam' on his name, would be done at the Mammiyoor Siva kshetram, the moment we returned to Guruvayur. But, alas, that has been rendered null and void by his passing away this evening!
RIP Ramakrishna! Will miss you thoroughly and your insightful conversations. My tears, prayers and salute to a fine, loving family man. May my cousin have the strength to tide over this irreplaceable loss.
Tailpiece.
Got up at 6, opened up the house and put on the music. The chores and had breakfast before the bath. It was a sunny day with intermittent drizzles. But the clothes could be dried.....the important thought these days.
Got the sad news about Ramakrishnan around teatime. The news is yet to sink in...can't believe it.
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