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(D)Assault

                                                   Funny: Even before it has landed in India, Rafale has proved its destructive capabilities Punny: We have heard of WOMD – weapons of mass destruction F: Now Words of Mass Destruction launched by the opposition P: Take it with a pinch of salt, these verbal (d)assaults F: Ruling party is working overtime to find holes in Hollande’s words P: And prove how hollow and shallow they are F: Words of Hollande, Ex-PM of France need to be ‘ex’punged P: Words can cause more damage than sword F: Ruffled by Rafale, RaGa’s vocal ‘CHOR’d has left the ruling party rattled P: ‘Reliance’ on one’s word is surely questionable F: While you can’t ‘rely’, you can’t deny it either...

Neither Right Nor Left, It’s The (Stupid) Centre!

  Funny and Punny were in a quandary, not knowing whether to go left or right being at the crossroads. Confused state of mind was at the centre of it all on their way forward. Punny: Funny, I am left confused about the right way forward Funny: Me too! As I look to my left , everything looks so right and bright P: Nothing left about right F: Nothing right about left P: Yet there is a lot left to worry about F: India needs to stand-up P: We need to use all our skill F: It’s all happening, the world over P:Put-in lot of efforts to Trump up charges. F: It is germane that there is an angel(a) to the problem P: In this computer age, it is still (e)manual at the macro(n) living in the ivory...err..eiffel tower F: So ‘britle’ is the mind that they were left thinking about their right to co-exist P: And they tried exit to exit the problem and exist F: But Europe still in trouble P: Exit and you rope in trouble F: Taking it o...

To Hug Or Not To Hug

  Love that is unconditional and affection that is abundant are the perfect antidote for hatred that is irrational and mind that is vengeful. We appear to have forgotten the art of forgetting. It appears to have disappeared, forgetting, that is! To forgive is divine. To forget is bliss. Strangely, we remember everything we ought to forget. Our mind is in pieces in its search for peace because the path chosen to achieve it is one of conflict and confront as opposed to ‘forgive and forget’. Our reluctance to respect contrary views, accept persons the way they are leads to a ‘conflicting and confronting’ mind. Is our mind understanding and empathetic? Or is it one of conflict and confrontation? We are weighed down by having to constantly contend with this duality of mind. Every effort to hug the principle of ‘forgive and forget’ is thwarted by this destructive dilemma of duality of mind. We forget to remember that our mind is our own enemy. It is within us. The ego in us ...