Category: Mad rush

Hungry, Sleepless in School

The  social media, like WhatsApp, Twitter and Facebook are  becoming  dominant factors in Sleeples,hugry.jpgwhat we think and communicate today. A whole new culture is evolving around them. It needs another blog post – perhaps several- to deal with them.

Now I want to speak only ab0out a picture with a message that went viral recently. A post in Hindi I got on  W-App last week said a picture posted on Twitter by  Suren of Hyderabad vent viral and got prompt responses from several, including the Telangana Minister for Education  who, along with the HRD ministry at the Centre, were tagged in the post.

Suren’s post showed a KG student standing in line for the school morning prayer, with a half-eaten paratha peeping out of the uniform’s pocket. “Morning’s unfinished breakfast in pocket and sleepy eyes — kindly think of school from 10 to 5,” the tweet said.

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Where is the Time?

Being on several lv-headshot-2016-203x300WhatsApp groups (as almost everyone is, these days) I received a longish post in Marathi recently. It was a story of  an elderly man who meets a dashing,  distant relative.

Any plans for marriage?, the ‘Kaka’ asks and was told by the IT engineer that hehad none.
Where is the time for it?

One day he comes and tells Kaka of his impending marriage. When did he “see the girl” as is the practice in Indian arranged marriages? Oh no.  They ‘met’ on the Internet, liked each other’s  views and decided to tie the knot. Where is the time to go for ‘mulgi pahayla”  (going to see the girl).

How about the wedding card, the purchases, the personal invitations? He came to Kaka  only as he Continue reading Where is the Time?