A Graphic



Graphic


Pravin Gandhi commented:

would look like the political map of a certain portion of Europe



The birth of a Hummingbird

A friend forwarded this to me with a note from original sender to share it with others. Click on the link and then on to "next" page.

http://community-2.webtv.net/Velpics/HUM/

Shanghai and Ikea

BBC Radio today reported, elderly Chinese widows and widowers are using Ikea department store to find their next mates. Openly and flirtatiously!

Swedish department store also serves as sino-match-maker!

Who would have thought!

Paper Art

Beautiful!



Excerpt and the article from New York Times

"Ming Liang Lu, 57, snips and slices intricate portraits of commuters in his own unique style. Mr. Lu practices several ancient Chinese art forms and says he hails from a noted Shanghai teaching lineage. "

http://nyti.ms/JRN3kJ

Graphics



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Lily



Trunk





A Quote

I am citing something I heard recently on a show full of politics, intrigues, religion, mayhem, debauchery, violence and all that is wrong with the civilization.


"Vengeance should never be seen as that; it should always be unexpected and it should rarely be public. Vengeance is patient; it can wait for lifetime if necessary and it never dies."

Hooghly and Howrah Bridge

Hooghly River



Howrah Bridge Construction 1935-1942





Howrah Bridge Construction 1935-1942

Howrah Bus Stand
(One of these Buses, #6 and #6A I used to take to my college; Shikshayatan)





Order within Disorder

Last night we were watching a Japanese movie. Bhupen made a comment regarding something that drew him to their set up. He tried to come up with a descriptive word but was not satisfied. I tried to help but was not meeting up to what he had in his mind.

I have been intrigued by Japanese people and their way of living. In Japan, land is hard to come by. Perhaps, this has helped the people of the land to acquire a deeper sense and sensibility of Space, Place and Priority (Order). They  maximalize the minimal space they have. They seem to know the place for things (and themselves) in relationship to the rest of the world. Everything seem to have a place and everything seem to be  in its place. Assigning priorities to things, people and events will help achieve this.

An orderly living, in disorderly world.......

Cheating a cheater

 I say, "How about a fair trade, Sir ?"

"Of what nature?" he asks

"A death for a life." I reply

He says " A what?"

I repeat, "A death for a life."

He says, "Whose life?"

"Mine", I say

"That is a losing proposition,"  he says

"How so? It has been a long one!"

"Let me think," he says.

"Did you ever examine it; did you ever question it?" he asks.

 I say, " no".

"Then, it is worthless." he utters

"Perhaps. Still, it is long and decent one. That is worth something, isn't it?" I say

"Yes. But no deal!" he says

"Then, would you deal for partial death?" I am being annoying

"A what?" he asks not believing what he heard

"A partial death." I reply

"Don't you know there is no such thing as partial death?

"Either you are dead or you are not." he is irritated

"Okay. I guess I should have known that." I say humbly

"Well, will you grant me sleep in exchange? That is certainly fair." I persist

"Ummm, I can do that,"  he says after a pause

"A long sleep?" I ask

"Okay." he says without thinking

"I mean a long, never ending sleep which is death?"

"Ummm. Yes. Yes. Okay!  Run along now.

Do not bother me again." he is really angry with me now.

"Never ever will I do that, sir." I say in compliance

I quickly turn away with a smirk on my face before HE realizes 

a devil within me cheated HIM, an agent of death; a master cheat himself.

                                          
                                                          -----An imaginary  dialogue by charu

The Jury is out

and I wish it was not...............

A new memory game has revived the tantalizing notion that people can work their way to a higher I.Q.

http://nyti.ms/IPzdPX