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US customs and us
By: Rajbir Deswal
Yes, I will talk about both customs here in the US. The custom customs and also the custom customs. Customary musts of Wren and Martins are given a go by here. We in India are still the sticklers. Here we go,...
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When it comes to appreciating or arranging flowers, we always go for the apparently good looking ones with pithy and nicely naturally cut or shaped petals or green stems and almost perspiring leaves. Why do we not appreciate the wild varieties which...
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Michael Jackson ‘happened’ to me twice—in life, and near death!
By: Rajbir Deswal
I am more amazed at my association (?) with Michael Jackson who I didn’t know (!) till I landed in London in 1992. Being an Indian and always fond of Indian...
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Jab we met!
by Rajbir Deswal
We met almost every day. On our evening stroll. I didn’t know her. Nor did she know me. Her walking laps were smaller. Just close to her house. She preferred going not too far.
I saw her reverting back to her house...
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“Poet of romance and rebellion”
By:Rajbir Deswal
At the outset let me express my gratitude for certain suggestions on the piece on Majaz by Instablogs Editor Anil Maheshwari. The Tribune has used it today in their Magazine section...
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“Mere Wala Brown”
By:Rajbir Deswal
Talking about the “seven sins”, Shakespeare mentions a “green-eyed monster” to connote jealousy among human beings. “Gora rung” or fair complexion of the beloved may have been a subjective preference...
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I received this on email from Ashok Motwani
Makes thought provoking reading
Can you spot ‘common sense’ in the picture here..yes its ‘black’
Here is Motwani’s mail content.....
“Friends
I don’t know about Lalu’s...
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WITH over 275 deaths, thousands rendered homeless and millions stranded without food and water due to the cyclone Aila ripping through West Bengal and Orissa besides Bangladesh, the question of how to tackle a crisis of this scope and magnitude has...
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“Motorists do double-takes when they notice that the man in the colorful spandex racing clothes has only one leg. Other bicyclists’ jaws drop when he overtakes and then passes them on steep inclines.”
By: Rajbir Deswal
We met him in Mcleod Ganj. In the main market. Close to the Namgyal Monastery. By the side of momos vending stall. He was wearing branded ankle boots. Dark, cow-boyish hued. Loosely laced. Worn out. His T-shirt was also branded. Red....
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