Virendra’s Blog

I read a report about one man who lives on the west coast of India. He sells snacks (read pakoras) on the local beach for living. He discounts the rate of his pakoras by one rupee on independence day to show his happiness. This despite knowing that no government will ever give him a medal as appreciation, Aaj-Tak will never interview him and he himself is not sure why he does it.

To me this summarises the achievement India has had in her last 60 years.
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Britain & France bitterly fought Germany & Italy for many years.
India and Pakistan have been fighting over Kashmir valley for over 5 decades.
Do you know what is common between the two scenarios?

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We will be moving into our own house by September. I feared my parents would be upset when I broke the news to them, but my mother seemed thrilled to hear this. Perhaps she was waiting for us to leave. Two lazy mongers out of her home will mean lesser work for her. That is a different story altogether.
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Yeah!!!!!
India has a woman president finally. We did what most of so-called white, developed countries could not. Seems like it’s the golden era for our womenfolk. Sunita Williams in space, Pratibha Patil in Raisina Hills, Shilpa Shetty in Big Brother, and so on and so forth (actually, I ran out of names).

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An air hostess has recently moved into our apartment complex. She is from one of those new budget airlines where you are not fed or given good seats but you can be content with the air hostesses. And this one certainly looked good.

Well I am not sure. I have never seen her face actually.
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