Funny Lines: 2023

Saturday, December 2, 2023

I'll Never Tire Repeating: On All Important Maaters, Don't Jump To Conclusions!

I'll Never Tire Repeating: On All Important Maaters, Don't Jump To Conclusions!

No! I Won't Tire Repeating That. Must calmly consider pros and cons. Consider alternative ideas. Refer to any available information on the subject and take time to decide. Right?

Books by Drs Ms Jagjit & John Daniel: Doctor At Home (EastWest Books): Tips on Health And Fitness For The Whole Family. Dreams of One Country (Amazon Kindle): The campaign of a young woman, Priya Jha, unites youth and powers India's ascent to join world's leading nations! Click here to preview Dreams of One Country: https://www.amazon.com/Dreams-One-Country-World-class-Modernization/dp/152098944X/ref=mp_s_a_1_fkmrnull_3?keywords=dreams+of+one+country+jagjit&qid=1554134768 &s=gateway&sr=8-3-fkmrnull

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Saturday, October 28, 2023

To Plan Or Do Anything Important, Don't Rush: Use Head First

To Plan Or Do Anything Important, Don't Rush: Use Head First

Not hands. Not unplanned action! Yes! The reasoning is obvious! In other words, we shouldn't rush into action on important matters. It's far better to check out possible alternative solutions. Consider the options logically. Choose the best. And proceed. Yes. That's how we can save time and do things right! And, yes, we can thus also learn to develop innovative ideas!

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Friday, October 20, 2023

1950s: School Kid On Bombay Metro Cinema's Stage During Movie 'Kim'

The movie based on Rudyard Kipling's novel Kim was released at Metro, Dhobi Talao, Bombay, in the early 1950s. Starring Errol Flynn, it was about an orphaned English boy played by Dean Stockwell who is caught up in a spy intrigue in Kashmir during British rule. To attract school children Metro arranged a painting or writing competition. I took part in it. As a result I got a free ticket and had to go up on the Metro stage during the show's interval. I was expected to make a humorous speech. The subject I chose was: If I Was The Food Minister. I think India's Food Minister then was Shri Jagjivan Ram. I doubt the speech I wrote and learnt by heart entertained or amused anyone. But as a kid I enjoyed the opportunity to go up on the Metro stage and, of course, the free movie ticket.

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Sunday, September 24, 2023

Memories....And Regrets Not Staying In Touch With Dr: Nancy Brash, Our Head Of Medicine, C.M.C.

Memories....And Regrets Not Staying In Touch With Dr. Nancy Brash, Our Head Of Medicine , C.M.C.

An excellent teacher and physician, Dr. Nancy Brash was Head of Medicine at C.M.C., Ludhiana, the medical college I went to. Her father was a renowned Anatomist in U.K. His book guided our anatomy dissections in college. Dr. Nancy Brash was kind and considerate, a wonderful lady Occasionally, I and a student colleague would drop in at her quarters when she was free. After she made a coffee for us, we would take on roles in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and read out the dialogues for our roles. I was usually Marc Antony. It was fun! But my great regret is that after leaving medical college I could have had the happiness of continuing to stay in touch easily with her by email. On retiring, I suppose, Dr. Brash would've gone back to U.K. and Scotland.

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We May Be Late Learning Some Of Life's Lessons, But Surely....

We May Be Late Learning Some Of Life's Lessons: But Surely...

Share them...so they can benefit others.

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Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Memory Times: 1940s :Joining J. N. Petit Library In Bombay When I Was Eight

Memory Times: 1940s :Joining J. N. Petit Library In Bombay When I Was Eight

I must...must...visit my old haunts in Bombay again!

In the 1940s, when I was eight years old, my father enrolled me as a member of the J.N. Petit Library of which he was a member. The library was located on Hornby Road in the Fort area of Bombay, close to Flora Fountain, the virtual heart of the city. Much later, before moving with my family to Bangalore, I paid a one-time fee to become a Life Member of the library. I still get the library's annual report by post.

The Petit Library building is in a Neo-Gothic style. It's beautiful, with ornate windows of coloured glass panes, including some pictures of the library's founding family. On the first floor are stacked the books we can take out for reading.

But the very first books my father showed were not meant to be lent out. They were ornately illustrated copy of one of the early translations of the Arabian Nights.

In his memory when my beloved father passed away, I asked them to give me his membership ledger number.

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Monday, August 21, 2023

Seen Town Called Madras in Oregon, U.S.A.; But Not Delhi, Near New York

I've been to Madras (Chennai) in India many times. So, too, Delhi in north India. And I visited Madras, a small town in the state of Oregon, U..S.A. once. There's a Delhi, New York, too butt I have not been there. And I heard there are more Delhis in U.S., even some villages, confirming of course that America was discovered by European explorerswho were trying to find a sea route to exotic India. Such venture would also confirm, in those old days, that ours was a globe-shaped earth.

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Thursday, August 10, 2023

Dancing Peacocks: Wow! A Show-Stopper!!

I have seen peacocks dancing when I was young. About three times in all. But it's unforgettable! A spectacular show in which they unfurl their multi-colored feathers for all non-paying admirers to see.

So, yes, we can't assume we humans are the only show-offs on Earth! Those peacocks prove it!

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Thursday, July 6, 2023

Freedom Struggle Days: Mind-Wandering In Old Bombay (1)

Freedom Struggle Days : Mind-Wandering In Old Bombay (1)

During my childhood and teen days I specialized in wandering around Bombay city. From watching Senior Division football at Cooperage in the heart of town to watching Lower Division games at St. Xavier's College Ground, Parel. I didn't buy any ticket there. Instead, I stood with other non-ticket-buying soccer fans...on the compound wall of a residential building nearby. In my under-teen days a great deal of sloganeering went on, a part of India's freedom struggle. Two of my favourite slogans: Ek Desh Hai Hum!' and 'Hum Sab Saath Hai!'

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Saturday, June 17, 2023

Among Our Follies Galore! Jumping To Conclusions!

Among Our Follies Galore! Jumping To Conclusions!

What I'm referring to is one of our common follies. Yes. Jumping To Conclusions. And, further, of course, acting on the basis of such jumped-to conclusions. With, at times, grave consequences!!.

Books by Drs Ms Jagjit & John Daniel: Doctor At Home (EastWest Books): Tips on Health & Fitness For The Family. Dreams of One Country (Amazon Kindle: For download or print copy): How the visionary campaign of a young woman, Priya Jha, unites youth to power India's ascent as a modern nation! Click here to preview Dreams of One Country: https://www.amazon.com/Dreams-One-Country-World-class-Modernization/dp/152098944X/ref=mp_s_a_1_fkmrnull_3?keywords=dreams+of+one+country+jagjit&qid=1554134768&s=gateway&sr=8-3-fkmrnull

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Sunday, May 28, 2023

More Steps To Ensure A Healthy Family

More Steps To Ensure A Healthy Family

As described in our book, Doctor At Home (by Ms. Jagjit and John Daniel), apart from aerobic exercise other key factors too contribute to fitness and good health in the family. These include a healthy diet that provides all the necessary carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins and other key body nutrients. For example, spinach is a good source of iron needed for good blood formation that prevents anaemia.. And, of course, healthy habits like avoiding any excess of those delicious fat-containing foods!

Click here to preview Dreams of One Country: https://www.amazon.com/Dreams-One-Country-World-class-Modernization/dp/152098944X/ref=mp_s_a_1_fkmrnull_3?keywords=dreams+of+one+country+jagjit&qid=1554134768&s=gateway&sr=8-3-fkmrnull ***

Sunday, May 21, 2023

Fantastic Role Of Viruses, Even In Human Evolution!

Fantastic Role Of Viruses, Even in Human Evolution!

Modern research is revealing vital scientific information on the amazing events and the contributors to those events in the long story of evolution on earth and in far far corners of the universe. Not just the ape: there were multiple inter mingling of varied species that contributed to creating homo sapiens. Such studies have revealed fantastic evolutionary twists and turns, like the role of viruses contributing to human genome development, even in developing the uterine placenta that nourishes the foetus.

Books by Drs Ms Jagjit & John Daniel: Doctor At Home (EastWest Books): Tips on Health And Fitness For The Whole Family. Dreams of One Country (Amazon Kindle): The campaign of a young woman, Priya Jha, unites youth and powers India's talent-led ascent to the world's leading nations! Click here to preview Dreams of One Country: https://www.amazon.com/Dreams-One-Country-World-class-Modernization/dp/152098944X/ref=mp_s_a_1_fkmrnull_3?keywords=dreams+of+one+country+jagjit&qid=1554134768 &s=gateway&sr=8-3-fkmrnull

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Monday, May 15, 2023

WAY TO BUILD A GREAT NATION: 'UNITED, WE RISE!'

Yes, indeed, it's hard to build a great nation, however talented a country's people are! Advances in science-technology do contribute to building developed nations, still it requires huge effort . Provoking pointless frenzies can make it much harder, and may even doom a country's future! Yes, even though the people are highly talented. Countries across the world that strove hard and built developed nations trusted an ideal: 'United, We Rise!'

Wednesday, March 22, 2023

NUMBER ONE FAMILY FITNESS PROMOTER...& ILLNESS PREVENTER!

NUMBER ONE FAMILY FITNESS PROMOTER...& ILLNESS PREVENTER! Regular Aerobic Exercise! Long-term! Absolutely!

Like running or fast walking. Moving the arms back and forth.. Breathing deeply and exhaling fully. So that's aerobic exercise. In parks, grounds or open spaces. Preferably, where you get fresh air. And for, say, five days a week. I'll write about other factors that add on to benefits of exercise in my next blog. *

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