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Guest Post for Purba Ray

When Purba Ray who blogs at A-Musingasked me for a guest post I was over the moon. She hardly needs any introduction to anyone who reads blogs - being a premium blogger at Blogadda and her blog being a Platinum blog at IndianTopBlogs and recently selected as the Best Humor blog by Indiblogger. We have interacted primarily through our blogs but the generosity of her comments has always lead me

P&M VI - I don't care

There are some phrases that mean one thing when they are said in sentences and another when they are used as a complete sentence. Of course, when my friends say, "I don't care if I never see you again" they are merely joking. (What do you mean you are not joking? Maybe you are not but I am talking about my friends) but in the normal course, when someone says "I don't care if....", he actually

P&M V - Guess who I am

"Guess who I am?"



Ah! I had lived long enough to know that the person asking me this question could belong only to one of three categories



1. Someone from school or college who I have not seen for lo these many decades. Having recognized me, despite my crude attempts at disguise like some additional twenty inches around the waist and a shiny pate, he expects that recognizing him should be

Missed-out posts

For a person who feels that any writing he does is wasted unless it is put up on his blog - even unto seriously thinking of uploading his shopping list - I have been sadly remiss in not linking a guest post that I had written in 'the-NRI'. Maybe because it was an exceptional post for me - what else can you call a post from me that actually rails against a sense of humor? Anyway, here it is.

Uncommon Needs - Satisfied

Companies seemed to me to all be vying to satisfy the same needs. All male deodorants seemed to be targeted at getting gaggles of women chasing the man who chose to use them. You may argue that women cosmetics addressed different needs - to become an air-hostess, to be able to attend a surprise party and what not - but it all reduces in the end to increasing fairness in various visible and

Phrases and Meaning IV - Good One?

We were on top of the mountain standing just off a steep drop and looking down into the valley below when a bird flew gracefully in front of our eyes.



"Wow! How I wish I could fly like that"

"Oh! Flying from here is a piece of cake. It is the landing that is the problem"

"Good one"



Huh! This 'Good one' as a reaction to a joke or a witticism always confuses me. I can still remember my

The Imperative Subterfuge by Rickie Khosla - A Review

(Another of my friends - this time from the blogging world - has self-published a short novella on amazon. The book link is
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00E3Z8SGQ






The author's blog is

http://reekycoleslaw.com/





In the event that you do not have a Kindle you can download apps for reading Kindle books on PCs, laptops and Smartphones from this link

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie

The Imperial Subterfuge by Rickie Khosla - A Review

(Another of my friends - this time from the blogging world - has self-published a short novella on amazon. The book link is
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00E3Z8SGQ






The author's blog is

http://reekycoleslaw.com/





In the event that you do not have a Kindle you can download apps for reading Kindle books on PCs, laptops and Smartphones from this link

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie

Make a wish

This post has been published by me as a part of the Blog-a-Ton 40; the fortieth edition of the online marathon of Bloggers; where we decide and we write. To be part of the next edition, visit and start following Blog-a-Ton. The theme for the month is "MAKE A WISH"




Why is it that I get so easily deceived? Anyone with a sob-story can lay claim on the contents of my wallet - so much so that I

Phrases and Meanings-III : Drop in any time

I wish this phrase "Drop in any time" would only make up its mind about what it means. Most of us know that the dictionary is meant to be ignored and sort of pick up meanings by usage - but, heck, that can be done only for phrases that maintain some sort of constancy in usage. When a phrase is so indecisive about exactly what it means it really gets on my nerves.

An early experience had taught