2. Everyone is in a hurry but no one reaches in time.
3. Priyanka Chopra earned more money playing Mary Kom, than Mary Kom earned in her entire career.
4. Most people who fight over Gita and Quran have probably never read any of them.
5. We rather spend more on our daughter's wedding than on her education.
6. The shoes that we wear are sold in air conditioned show rooms. The vegetables that we eat are sold on the footpaths.
7. We live in a country where seeing a policeman makes us nervous rather than feeling safe.
8. In IAS exam, a person writes a brilliant 1500-word-essay about 'How dowry is a social evil and cracks the exam by impressing everyone. One year later his parents demand a dowry in crores because he is an IAS officer.
9. Indians are obsessed with screen guards on their smartphones even though most come with scratch proof Gorilla glass but never bother wearing a helmet while riding bikes.
The best line, however, is.......
Try to understand people before trusting them because we are living in such a world where artificial lemon flavour is used for "Welcome Drink" and real lemon is used in "finger bowl".
Tailpiece.
Got up at my usual time, the chores and was ready by a quarter to 10.
Worked on my laptop for most of the forenoon.
Drove down to the Rajah Petrol Pump to top up the Chevy and check tyre pressure around teatime.
Shut down The Quarterdeck systematically.
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