Relishing the old memory ......

  Yesterday I was watching the photos of my college days.

I came across one photo where I was looking at something and all of my friends, somewhere else. 

I recalled the incident. 

It was our send off day in college !!!

As it was the last day, every girl had worn a saree. Me too.

We all have gathered for the group photo session.

I wear spectacles. 

Without them, it is difficult for me to see the things a few meters away. 

We all stood for the group photo. 

One of my friends asked me to remove the specs and then to pose for the photo.

I thought it as a good suggestion. 

I removed my specs and folded and held them in my hand. 

Now my condition is very bad. 

I could not see where is the photographer !!!

Every thing was blur for me without specs.

I heard some one asking us to smile !!!!

I was busy in locating the source of sound. 

I didn't come to know when the photo was taken   !!!!

Finally what happened was,

Everyone was looking at the photographer. 

I was seen looking at some other direction  !!! 

Why Vidura didn't take part in the Mahabharata war ??

  Vidura is the great devotee of God Vishnu. Pleased by his devotion, God Vishnu himself has given him a bow called Govardhan.

This bow was so much special that it is said that it is superior to all the bows existed on earth.

Vidura is always known to take the side of good.

When Mahabharata war is going to happen, Krishna was coming to meet Kouravas. 

Duryodhan had made every arrangement to make Krishna happy so that he can be on their side. 

But Krishna had known the evil intension of Duryodhan before itself and he directly went to Vidura 's house.

This made Duryodhan angry. He came near Vidura and accused him of favouring Pandavas. 

When this was happening, Krishna was present there. Krishna thought it as the right time to make Vidura to move out of war. 

Krishna said to Duryodhan that Vidura could be the asset to any party as he has the special bow Govardhan. 

But Duryodhan continued his false accusations on Vidura. Vidura was fed up with all these and he, himself broke his bow. 

Now Vidura is no longer an asset to anyone. 

Thus Krishna made Vidura to retract from the battle ground. 

Shrinkflation

  Nowadays did you buy a packet of Parle-G biscuits ?

One normal pack of Parle-G biscuits come for just 5 rupees.

It would be enough to quench the hunger. 

Just a year back,  the biscuits were available in the bigger size compared to the present size. 

But price is 5 rupees itself but quantity is less.

This is called Shrinkflation.

Shrinkflation is the process of reducing the size or quantity of the product while price of the product remains same.

Shrinkflation is widely used in food industry. 

Shrinkflation is not a fraud or illegal activity. 

It has become a common tactics to help producers to deal with their own inflation problems from suppliers. 

What is wrong with Surya ???

  Yesterday was the final one day International cricket match between India and Australia.

It was the series decider match.

Australia after winning the toss, batted first and set up the target of 270 runs for India. 

This match really made my heart beat to go weak  !!!

India were in the tight situation because they needed to score 66 runs from 60 balls !!!!

Hardik Pandya and Jadeja were playing.

As both of them are big hitters, target seemed achievable.

But as soon as Hardik and Jadeja got out, hopes got faded. 

But India was giving fight and Australian fielders did a good job by making Indian batsmen to struggle to score runs. 

India lost to Australia by 21 runs. 

What is wrong with Surya  ???

Surya was supposed to come in 4th position to bat. But he was demoted to 6th position.

In the first 2 matches he was out for a duck.

This shock treatment needed to be done.

If Surya could bat yesterday, India would have won the match. 

Kids are always kids !!!!

  This incident happened when my nephew Aniruddha was just 3 year old.

As a small kid, he loved to watch Hindi movie songs on TV and used to dance in front of TV  !!!

One day song of actress Alia Bhat was being played on TV. 

As usual,  Aniruddha was dancing to the beats. 

I pointed out at Alia Bhat and said, 

She is Alia Bhat.

I am Pallavi Bhat. 

We both are cousins !!!

Aniruddha stopped dancing and came near me,  looked at my face and asked, 

Are you serious  ??? 

I said yes.... 

He instantly believed me !!! 

But now he knows that there is no connection between us !!!! 

Tosses win matches

 Today's second one day International cricket match between India and Australia was the proof of above line.

Pitch was such that whichever team was going to win the toss it was ought to bowl first. 

Australia won the toss and chose to bowl first. 

No Indian batsmen could score beyond 40 runs. 2 top order batsmen were golden duck   !!!!

Some how India crossed 100 run mark and finished its innings for 118 runs.

The pitch who was troublesome for Indian batting suddenly changed its character. 

Australia chased the total without losing any wickets !!

If India would win the toss, same situation would be of Australian team. 

Anyway now 3 match series is levelled at 1 - 1. 

The series decider match is going to be interesting one. 

Now 3 match series is leve

Agar hai jadeja, toh tension ko bhul jaa !!!!

 Yesterday's first ODI match between India and Australia was a low score match of just 188 runs.

After winning the toss, India chose to bowl first.

Australia were going good at the beginning. I was worried that they were going to score big.

But suddenly their batting line started to collapse and finally they were just 188 all out !!!!

Indian's opening was horrible with 16 runs for 4 wickets !!!

I thought we are about to face a shameful loss not being able to score 100 runs also.

But after losing first 4 wickets, Rahul occupied the crease. He along with Hardik steadied the Indian chase. 

But it was Jadeja who shined with his all round performance !!! 

Jadeja was able to send Australian big hitters to pavilion with his bowling and also by scoring impressive unbeaten 45 runs with Hardik assured the win of India. 

Jadeja was the man of the match also. 

Neom City

  Neom city is a proposed smart city in Saudi Arabia.

It is a city which is undergoing construction on sea water s.  !!!!!

The total area of Neom city is 26,500 km square  . It is bigger than Israel !!!

The city includes floating industrial area , global yradt hubs , tourist resorts etc.

They are planning to do farming also in some part of the city  !!! They are planning to grow genetically engineered crops.

The industrial complex will be in Hexagonal shape called octagon .

Neom city is going to be the world's first no car city .

First rain of 2023

 Today early in the morning, we had a surprise visitor !!!

For the past 1 month, it is scorching sun in coastal Karnataka such that temperature was going beyond 38 degree Celsius.

I thought we are going to break the record of Thar decert also for having high temperature !!!

What worst is in coastal areas, humidity is more.

Hence, it sweats like hell . 

I am sitting under turning fan for the past one month. 

We have been issued warning of heat wave too.

Nowadays, because of global warming, we are not receiving good rain in rainy season. 

But today early in the morning, rain God has allowed us to have a breather  !!!

It rained  !!!

Though it is only drizzling, at least roads have got wet and now it is cool outside. 

Forgotten lines...

 In the previous blog article, I had written a blog article about Kapil Sharma Show.

I had forgotten to write this.

Kapil is not only the comedian but also a good human being.

In his upcoming film, he's playing the character of a delivery boy. 

When playing the character, he came to know the difficulties faced by them. 

We order eatables through online. We expect the food to be delivered   on time.

We don't think of the problems delivery boy maybe facing enroute to our house.

Kapil had ordered a cake through online. But when it was delivered, it was upside down. 

Delivery boy apologised for the inconvenience and said he will bring the new one. 

But Kapil did not agree. 

Who knows delivery boy may have to pay money for shape out cake and also it would be a bad remark on his career too.. 

Anyway however the cake is, it has to go to stomach only   !!!!!! 

Kapil sharma is promoting himself !!

 All these days, other movie makers are coming to Kapil Sharma Show to promote their movies.

But in yesterday's episode, Kapil himself promoted his movie. 

In this episode, Kapil Sharma was not the host but the guest.

His onscreen wife, his onscreen mother in law and every one were happy. 

So the show was hosted by Kapil 's college friend Raju.

It was clearly evident that Kapil is enjoying the spotlight given to a hero of the film. 

Show was full of funny characters. Kapil shared some of his experiences as a hero. 

But my attention was only on Gudiya. 

I was so much engrossed in watching and enjoying the show that I have totally forgotten what to write !!! 

Highest level of humiliation......

  Yesterday I was watching YouTube video by The Screen Patti.

The video is called Mahi bhai ki farmhouse. 

It is not the video starring original persons. 

Hardik Pandya (look a like) along with Yajuvendra Chahal ( duplicate) goes to Dhoni 's farmhouse.

There they meet 2 Pakistani cricketers.

They had come to Dhoni' s garage to fix the problematic bike.

After finishing the repair,  Dhoni offered them 2 bags filled with potatoes.

When giving the bag,  Dhoni tells Ek tumhare liye ( for inzamam ul haq)) aur Ek Pura desh ke  liye  !!!

I liked the sarcasm as we all know what is happening in Pakistan.

Bitter riality. 

That's not all !!!

After receiving the bags, both of them started to dig out the ground to go out of the farmhouse.

By watching them, Dhoni again said Ye LOC nahin hai   !!!

This is the punch  !!!!

I liked it very much.  Anyone can come to know the sarcastic humiliation. 

Hats off to screen play writer. 

Pakistan is paying price for what it has done. 

In the video ,  Pakistan got humiliated !!!! 

Reasons for Syria and Turkey earthquake

  Last month, there was a devastating earthquake in Syria and Turkey.

What caused the earthquake ??

The earth 's crust is made up of searate plates that nestle alongside with each other.

Turkey and Syria lie at the confluence of 3 such plates. They are 

1. Arabian plate

2. Anatolia plate 

3. Eurosia plate

The rubbing and moving of the above plates makes this region seismically active zone.

Friction of moving plates is responsible for the damages of the earthquake. 

Earthquakes are measured on the scale called moment magnitude scale. 

 

A tremor of the magnitude 2.5 or less can not be felt but can be detected by instruments. 

Earthquake upto 5 can be felt and cause minor damages like cracking of the walls of the house. 

The major earthquake like that of Turkey  which was of magnitude 7.8, causes major damages. 

Bheja fry question

  This question really needs good knowledge of English language.

Question  - - - -

A woman shoots her husband.  Then holds him under water for 5 minutes.

Next she hangs him.. 

Then both of them enjoy a lovely dinner.

How  is it possible ???

Answer  ---- 

When reading at the beginning , we can feel that the woman is very cruel  !!!

She is torturing her husband   !!

  But when we read the sentence at the end   , we heave a sigh of relief by knowing that the husband is not  dead.

Now what happened actually   ????

SHE HAS TAKEN THE PHOTO OF HER HUSBAND AND HAS DEVELOPED THE PHOTO IN THE DARK ROOM !!!!

New recipe said on Kapil Sharma Show

 Yesterday 4th March, starcast of film Tu jhooti main makkar had come to promote their movie on Kapil Sharma Show.

As the title of the movie itself states that the main actors are performing the role of liars, Kapil wanted to know from the audience whether they have lied ??

That time a chef working in England stood up to share his experience.

He got an order to prepare the koftas for the guests.

But he put gulab jamuns in the curry and presented as koftas  !!!!

By listening to what he has done,  I thought it is a good idea to prepare smooth koftas.

Later my favourite Gudiya Laundrywali has come.

Yesterday 's episode was holi special episode.

Gudiya said, 

She met a boy who applied red colour on her cheeks.

But she insisted him to apply on her forehead. 

Applying red colour powder on forehead does mean that you have got married to the person who has applied   !!!!

Gudiya is still unmarried !!! 

Quarrelling is of no use......

  A passenger was walking fast through the forest. It was getting 

 dark. He wanted to cross the forest and reach his house which is at

 the end of the forest as soon as possible.

That time a hungry lion saw him and started chasing him.

 Passenger became aware of this and he started running. 

As he was running, he lost the way. Now he is in  the middle of the

 forest.

 Now it has become dark and there is no light.

He decided to pass the night in the forest itself. For his safety, he

 climbed up the nearby tree and hid himself among the leaves of 

the tree. 

He felt safe and started to drowse. That time he heard the hissing

 sound. 

Now he  was awake and starts inspecting. He saw a python slowly

 nearing him. He was shocked. 

He thought of getting down the tree. He looked down from the tree.

 To his dlsmay, the lion which was chasing him, was under the tree. 

Now he is in a fix. He cannot get down the tree. Hungry lion is

 ready to eat him. He can not stay on the tree also, python is ready

 to swallow him. 

He just closed his eyes and started praying. 

That time, lion observed that python is nearing  the man to

 swallow him. Lion thought passenger is its prey. It will not allow

 anyone to have him. 

It started abusing the python that it has snatched away its prey.

 Python was infuriated by the words of lion. 

Python came down from the tree. Both lion and python started

 arguing with each other. 

Python tried to swallow lion and lion  tried to scratch python. Their

 fighting continued like this through out the night. 

Both of them were tired and they didn't have any strength to attack

 the  passenger. When it is morning, passenger got down the tree

 and without any fear, he started walking back to his house. 

Naseeruddin and the rented house

  Mulla Naseeruddin was living in a rented house.

The building was quite old. If a strong wind blows,  its rafters were making strange noise. 

Naseeruddin decided to talk to house owner about this. 

When the owner came to collect the rent,  Naseeruddin complained about the noise. 

Hearing that, owner replied don't think it as noise. They are the sound praising the almighty !!

Naseeruddin had enough of this. 

He said, now it is only the sound of offering prayers.

But what to do if the building decides to kneel down to almighty ??!!