Monday, December 28, 2015

Diabetic Pronoun

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"It was a gentle reminder to Janata Dal (United)'s K. C. Tyagi from none other than Rajya Sabha deputy chairman P. J. Kurien that he should not go without lunch being a diabetic."

...DC Page 11 Monday 28 December 2015



gps: Which of the two gents is diabetic? 50-50.





...Posted by Ishani

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Saturday, December 19, 2015

Headlines head-lines

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"Gandhi kidnap case gets stuck"

...DC Sunday 20 December 2015





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"The police investigating the Gandhi hospital kidnap case hit a roadblock..."









...Posted by Ishani

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Thursday, December 17, 2015

కంద పద్యం for Jagdish

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ఖగపతి నేలను కూలును

మృగరాజును మాంసమొదిలి మేయును గడ్డిన్

భగవంతుడు దిగి వచ్చును

జగదీశుని పట్టుదలకు జగములు లొంగున్!








...Posted by Ishani
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Monday, December 14, 2015

English Home Assignment

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Dear Residents

We are less number of the tankers there are will be shortage of water please store the water as well as the received tankers we will resume the same

Regards

FMS


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Miss Groby: 


(Thurber's English Teacher...
http://gpsastry.blogspot.in/2014/11/groby-complex-repeat-telecast.html):



"Correct the above sentence of FMS without dropping any word or its order or altering the intended meaning but by inserting as few words as you can without using any punctuation marks"






...Posted by Ishani
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Friday, December 11, 2015

Reading Allergies

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At my ripe age (72+) I may be excused for my reading allergies...they are very personal and, like all allergies, defy logic.

I take 2 newspapers (Deccan Chronicle and Times of India). I don't read their ample supplements. Nor their ads...in particular the nasty pullouts...they keep littering the floor.

I don't read or even look at the current ed-page blown up cartoon by one Gokul Gopalakrishnan in DC (sorry man!). I used to love the earlier cartoons there by Subhani. I daily look out for his postage-stamp sized cartoons hidden in some inside page.

I don't read any item with the word 'wakf' in its title...I can't pronounce the word.

I give a total miss to any cricket news...after the advent of IPL. But I do look out for any news item about Sreeni...a legendary administrator who knew how the tinkle of his coins attract Pavlovian cricket canines.

I don't read anything that has Global Warming in it. I know too much physics for betting on it. They say that the drought in Hyderabad as well as the deluge in Chennai are due to it...it can't do both, can it? It is all due to the guilty conscience of the gas-guzzling Yankees.

I also don't read any item with GM crops in it...GM reminds me of the Geiger-Muller counter which almost failed me in my MSc.

Also any item with our shehzada in it...he looks as innocent as I am about politics...also his fond mom for the opposite reasons.

I also skip any item with science in it...had a bellyful. I am least excited about the God Particle.

Also cinema...and Salman Khan and his Khan bros.

Also religion and, in particular, the Speaking Tree in ToI...never met one.

I read the obits page...time is ripe for it...





...Posted by Ishani

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Wednesday, December 9, 2015

కంద పద్యం for Conquest of Fear of Death

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శ్రీరమణ పాద ధూళిని

శీర్షమునను దాల్చుమయ్య శరణున్ జొచ్చిన్

ఘోరమగు మృత్యు భయమును


ధీరుడవై పార ద్రోలు ధైర్యము తోడన్!







...Posted by Ishani

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Tuesday, December 8, 2015

కంద పద్యం for Vana Bhojanam

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కార్తీక మాస మొచ్చెను

మార్తాండుడు మందగిల్లె మబ్బులు తొలగెన్

భర్తా భార్యల పిల్లల


వార్తావని మారుమోగె వనభోజనలన్!






...Posted by Ishani

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Monday, December 7, 2015

Prosecution Complex

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Justice Thakur said:

"India is the home of all religions. People prosecuted in their country came to India and settled..."

...ToI Page 6 December 7 Monday 2015






...Posted by Ishani

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Sunday, December 6, 2015

కంద పద్యం for the Indian Dustbin

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కమ్మని బిరియాని తినిన

పిమ్మట ముక్కలను నాదు పొట్టలొ నెట్టుర్

ఉమ్మురు పుక్కిలి ఫక్కున


తుమ్మిన చీమిడిని చీది దుమ్ముల డబ్బిన్!







...Posted by Ishani

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Friday, December 4, 2015

కంద పద్యం for Smoking

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సిగరెట్టు చుట్ట బీడియు

పగలును రాత్రియును దమ్ము పీల్చిన వాడే

భగవంతుని హృది చేరును


పొగ తాగని వాడు దున్నపోతై పుట్టున్!




Unbeatable original (Gireesam):



ఖగపతి యమృతము తేగా

భుగభుగ మని పొంగి చుక్క భూమిని పడగా

పొగ చెట్టై జన్మించెను


పొగ తాగని వాడు దున్నపోతై పుట్టున్






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Tuesday, December 1, 2015

కంద పద్యం for Sleep

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Sleep Conundrum:


If you want to see the Sleep Goddess in Her true form, you have to go to sleep. But then you can't see anything....





భద్రాద్రి రాము గొల్చితి

ఛిద్రాఛిద్రములు జేస్తి శత్రుల గణముల్

రుద్రాభిషేక మొసగితి

నిద్రా దేవతను జూడ నాతరమౌనే!











...Posted by Ishani

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కంద పద్యం for Tagore (with inadequate apologies)

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నేనే దేవుడనె పథము


నేన్నే నని రథము అపుడు నీల్గుచు పలికెన్


నేనే ననె మూర్తి అపుడు


నేనో మరి అనుచు నవ్వె నంతర్యామిన్!









...Posted by Ishani

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