Finest Post Nominations - August 2017

Seven down. Five more to go – months, I mean. It is fascinating how time flies. The days are growing progressively shorter. August is here and we are all set to see a spate of holidays and major festivals.

Oh brother! What a month this has been! Have been really inundated with exams, work and the like, which is why I have not been around much. I seek your indulgence and do hope you will understand.

Talking of brothers, they are all set to enjoy their place under the sun this month with Raksha bandhan. To all of those who have brothers, cousins, ‘mooh-bole’ bhai and the like, wish you all a very happy festival. For those of us who don’t, I wonder, why is there no sister’s day??? I have a brother – a very dear and loved one. I have my pow-wows with him all the time. I am surprised he endures me the way he does and he’s always there to help whenever I think of him. His birthday is also this month – depending on which calendar you choose to follow, it is on the 14th or the 15th. What am I going to do to celebrate his birthday? Oh well, wish him a happy birthday, love him even more than I have all along and not stuff him with too much of food. He’ll be stuffed with all the cheedais that so many people feed him – he’ll have enough to last him till his next birthday! Of course, I shall think of him every time I churn butter and I shall lick my fingers and send the joy upto him.

Sorry if this sounds a little crazy, but I have two brothers – Krishna and my Ganpya bhau. I just love them as they are portrayed – Krishna the fun-loving, naughty imp who can be very practical and reliable when required and Ganpya bhau the cute elephant headed God who ensures that I don’t come across any road blocks – of course unless there is some good reason for it. I am really fond of elephants and shall tell you more about my tryst with them today elsewhere.

Talking of trysts – it’s been 70 years since our tryst with destiny. Independent India has become a grand old lady of 70 years. What we really need to ask ourselves is what we have achieved in these 70 years. Have we really done justice to the sacrifices of all those who battled and gave up their lives to get us our independence. I’d really like to see our country wake up to all that needs to be done and stop indulging in meaningless, empty jingoism. It is my dream to see our country achieve her fullest potential, not just in terms of scientific and economic progress but in terms of human values. In that sense we have a looooooooong way to go.

So here’s wishing all my sisters and brothers on this forum a very happy Raksha Bandhan, Independence day and Janmashtami.

In the spirit of independence day, please feel free to come and nominate your favourite threads. And here are some cheedais for all of you to entice you to do so. No, I am not above a little bit of harmless bribery.

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Thanks a lot for the very prompt response Vijima! What is 74? It is just a figure. We are as old as we feel and as for you, you are not much older but certainly wiser than all of us.

Looking forward to your nominations.

 

Dear Kamala,

What do I say? Sabitha always has this way of making me wish I could drop everything I am doing and just rush over to her garden - summer or winter! If wishes were horses ..... but then they are not, are they?

Thanks a ton for bringing this wonderful snippet to this forum.