The Attari Border.

* Few people know that Wagah border is the name of the Pakistani side and

* The name of the Indian side is Attari Border.

* Despite this, we still call it by the name Wagah Border because

* The Pakistan lovers and Pakistani media lovers get bones from Pakistan to purposely mention the name of Wagah Border in India instead of Attari Border.

* The name of the Indian side of the border is named after Sardar Shyam Singh Attari.

* Sardar Shyam Singh Attari was the army chief of Maharaja Ranjit Singh who had defeated the cowardly Moghuls many a time, in wars.

* Calling Attari Border as Wagah Border is an insult to the great one - Sardar Shyam Singh Attari.

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The Fourth Sign Of The Zodiac (Part 3)

I know, you never intended to be in 

this world.

But you're in it all the same.

So why not get started 

immediately.

I mean, belonging to it.

There is so much to admire, to

weep over.

And to write music or poems

about.

Bless the feet that take you to and

fro.

Bless the eyes and the listening 

ears.

Bless the tongue, the marvel of

taste.

Bless touching.

You could live a hundred years, it's

happened.

Or not.

I am speaking from the fortunate 

platform

of many years,

none of which, I think, I ever

wasted.

Do you need a prod?

Do you need a little darkness to 

get you going?

Let me be as urgent as a knife,

then,

and remind you of Keats,

so single of purpose and thinking,

for a while, 

he had a lifetime.

- Mary Oliver

Tailpiece.

Got up at 6, the chores and was ready by 10.

It was a rainy day all through. Ramesh and his helpers brought the ring; it will be our incinerator to burn up dry waste (Till now it used to be done in a pit out in the open) and has been installed in our backyard. The triad of waste management is now complete viz.

 * wet waste in the receptacle from where the compost manure and slurry are produced for the plants

 * dry waste that will be burnt off and the ash provided for the plants yet again

 * plastic waste is collected in a receptacle that gets collected by the Kudumbasree team, once a month

 

Non biodegradables and electronic waste are collected by a team that's on call.

The maid had come to work since her son, down with jaundice, is much better.