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The Khushwant Singh “pre-obituary” from 1983…

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Reblogged from  the site Sans Serif of  churumuri   for the benefit of my friends …A Tribute to the Grandold  writer of India who passed away today at the age of 99…

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Khushwant Singh , the self-proclaimed “dirty old man of Indian journalism”, has passed away at his home in New Delhi, at the age of 99.

Exactly, 30 years ago, when Singh was 69, the journalist Dhiren Bhagat wrote a pre-obituary of the “sardar in the light bulb” for the now-defunct Sunday Observer.

Ironically, Dhiren Bhagat was to predecease Singh by 24 years, and Khushwant Singh ended up reviewing a collection of his work for India Today in 1990.

Below is the full text of Dhiren Bhagat’s “obituary”, written for the february 13, 1983 edition of The Sunday Observer.

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By DHIREN BHAGAT

I was saddened to read that Khushwant Singh passed away in his sleep last week. What a quiet end for so loud a man.

How the gods mock the mocking.

Contradictions surrounded Khushwant at every stage of his life. He strove to give the…

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Message For the Day…” Just Like Taking Butter Out of Milk, You Must Search God Within You …”

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The Gopikas lived their lives, doing everything as God’s work. They would get up early in the morning, and chant the name of Krishna even as they put curd in the pot. Then as they began churning curds, they would continuously utter the many names of Lord Krishna. Chanting Krishna’s name was like the Shruthi (musical scale), their jingling bangles became the rhythm, the sound of churning was the pitch and what they uttered became a mellifluous song. Where did the butter they churned come from? It came from the curds, though it was not visible in the beginning. Just like one can get butter out of milk, with effort you too who have come from God must merge in Him. Understand this principle well and you can experience Him anywhere and everywhere, all the time.   

Sathya Sai Baba

Joke of the Day… ” Today I am Taking Them To Beach …” !!!

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A police officer sees a man driving around with a pickup truck full of penguins. He pulls the guy over and says, “You can’t drive around with penguins in this town! Take them to the zoo immediately.”

The guy says okay, and drives away. The next day, the officer sees the guy still driving around with the truck full of penguins — and they’re all wearing sunglasses. He pulls the guy over and demands, “I thought I told you to take these penguins to the zoo yesterday?”

The guy replies, “I did. Today I’m taking them to the beach!”   

source:::: joke a day.com

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Joke Of the Day…” Have you seen my Goat …” !!!

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Two men were walking through the woods and came upon a big black, deep hole. One man picked up a rock and tossed it into the hole and stood listening for the rock to hit bottom. There was no sound.

He turned to the other guy and said “that must be a deep hole…let’s throw a bigger rock in there and listen for it to hit bottom.” The men found a bigger rock and both picked it up and lugged it to the hole and dropped it in.

They listened for some time and never heard a sound. Again, they agreed that this must be one deep hole and maybe they should throw something even bigger into it.

One man spotted a rail-road tie nearby. They picked up the tie, grunting and groaning, and lugged it to the hole. They tossed it in. No sound. All of a sudden, a goat came flying out of the woods, running like the wind, and flew past the men and jumped straight into the hole. The men were amazed.

About that time, an old hayseed farmer came out of the woods and asked the men if they had seen a goat. One man told the farmer of the incredible incident they had just witnessed…they had just seen this goat fly out of the woods and run and leap into the big hole. The man asked the farmer if this could have been his goat.

The old farmer said “naw, that can’t be my goat…he was chained to a railroad tie.”   

source:::: joke a day .com

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Message For the Day…” You must have Self confidence as the Foundation…”

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Look at a beautiful building. How is it strong? It has walls, which gives it support. But how do the walls get the support? There is a foundation beneath it. The walls are able to stand strong because the foundation is solid. What is the use of the walls and foundation without a roof? You can live in a place, only when there is a roof. So too, to lead a happy life and accomplish Self-Realization, you must have Self-confidence as the foundation, Self-satisfaction as the walls and Self-sacrifice as your roof. So first and foremost, develop Self-confidence. Where there is faith, there is love. Where there is love, there is peace. Where there is peace, there is truth. Where there is truth, there is bliss. Where there is bliss, there is God. And where there is God, there is everything. Never forget this principle and develop Self-confidence.   

Sathya Sai Baba

Message For the Day…”Believe Whatever you are doing , You are doing Out of Love for God …”

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Some people ask, “If we spend all the time praying to God, then who will do our jobs? How can we run our family?” I will show you a very easy way – do your job, thinking that the job also belongs to God. Do not keep your mind on it thinking it is ‘my job’. Think that all the actions that you do, you are doing it for God. Offer everything at His Feet. Believe and tell yourself, “Whatever I am doing, I am doing it out of love for God”. Then, you need not give up anything. Face the examinations and do your work in a spirit of total devotion and dedication. When you do all your work as God’s work, then you will get the right reward. Never think, “This is my work and that is God’s work”; such mindset will deprive you of the right rewards. Realize that everything is God’s work.

Sathya Sai Baba

 

“அத்தை லெட்டர் போட்டிருக்காங்க …” !!!

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திருமணமான புதியதில் பெண்கள்

1. கணவர் கூப்பிடாத போதே…என்னங்க கூப்பிட்டீங்களா? இதோ வரேன்.
2. எங்கம்மாவைப் பார்க்கணும் போல இருக்கு. வாங்க இரண்டு நாள்
அம்மா வீட்டிற்கு போய் விட்டு வரலாம்
3. உங்களுக்கு பிடிக்காத முட்டைகோஸ் எனக்கும் வேண்டாம்.
இனிமேல் செய்ய மாட்டேன்.
4. எனக்கு புடைவையை நீங்கதான் செலக்ட் செய்யணும்.
5. அத்தை லெட்டர் போட்டு இருக்காங்க.
6 .உங்க ஹேர்ஸ்டைல் ரொம்ப நல்லா இருக்கு.
7. நீங்க சிரிக்கும் போது பல் வரிசையாக அழகா இருக்கு.
8. உங்க வீட்டுல எல்லோரும் கலகலப்பான டைப். நல்லா பேசுறாங்க.
9. ஓகே. நான் சினிமாவிற்கு ரெடி.போகலாம் பா.

சிறிது ஆண்டுகள் கழித்து

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1.நான் வேலையா இருக்கேன். அலறாதீங்க.பக்கத்தில்
வந்து சொல்லிட்டு போனா என்ன?
2. நானும் குழந்தைகளும் போறோம்.10 நாள்கள் கழித்து வந்தால்
போதும் புரியுதா??
3. எனக்கு கோஸ் பொரியல்.உங்களுக்கு ஒன்றும் பண்ணவில்லை.
ஊறுகாய் போதும்ல?
4. இது ஒரு கலர்னு எப்படிதான் இந்த சேலையை எடுத்தீங்களோ.
5. ம்ம்ம்.உங்க அம்மாகிட்ட இருந்து தான் லெட்டர்.
6. எவ்வளவு நேரம் தான் தலையை வாருவீங்களோ. நல்லாதான்
இருக்கு.
7. எது சொன்னாலும் சிரிச்சே மழுப்புவீங்களே!
8. உங்க வீட்டு மனிதர்களிடம் வாய் கொடுத்து ஜெயிக்க
முடியுமா?
9. கிரைண்டர் போடுற அன்றைக்கு தான் சினிமாவுக்குக்
கூப்பிடுவீங்க. நீங்க போங்க.

பல ஆண்டுகள் கழித்து
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1. காதில் வாங்குவதே இல்லை.
2. போறவளுக்கு வர்ற வழி தெரியும்.யாரும் வர வேண்டாம்
3. இன்னைக்கு கோஸ் மட்டும் தான். பிடிச்சா தின்னுங்க.
இல்லாட்டி போங்க.
4. ஒரு 5000 ரூபாய் மட்டும் வெட்டுங்க.புடைவையெல்லாம் நான்
பார்த்துக்கிறேன்.
5. உங்களை பெத்த இம்சை மகராசி தான் லெட்டர்.
6. போதும்.போதும் வாரி வாரி தலை சொட்டை ஆனது தான்
மிச்சம்.
7. எப்ப பார்த்தாலும் என்ன ஈ…? வாயை மூடுங்க. கொசு போய்ட
போது.
8. உங்க பரம்பரையே ஓட்டை வாய்தானோ?
9. சினிமாவும் வேண்டாம். டிராமாவும் வேண்ட்டாம். என்
பொழைப்பே சினிமா எடுக்கிறாப்புல இருக்கு   

 

source::::::::::: input from a friend of mine

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