Dolly Parton died yesterday at the age of eighty, and I imagine heaven had a small problem receiving her.Name? asked the angel at the gate.Dolly Parton.Occupation?I sang a little.A little? asked the angel, look
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Your suitcase is overweight, said my wife as we prepared to leave the Poconos.Impossible, I said. I have hardly bought anything.She looked at the gifts, books, clothes and assorted objects that had mysteriously
Bandra, I told the auto driver.He looked at me suspiciously.Bandra? he repeated.Yes, Bandra.East or West?West.And with that, our highly complicated linguistic exchange was successfully completed. No interpreter
I wish you hadnt gone out last evening, said my wife.I looked at her with the innocent expression husbands have perfected over centuries.Yesterday evening? I asked, buying three valuable seconds.Yes, she said.
The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration has been inspecting restaurants across Mumbai and finding some frightening things.Dirty kitchens. Unsafe food. Improper storage. Questionable handling.Under the guid
Since we are holidaying as a family near Lake Naomi in the Poconos, where my daughter has a home in the pine woods, I became curious about its name.The lake was created in 1895 when members of the Miller family
There is a frightening moment in choral singing when the entire choir begins to lose pitch.Nobody notices it at first.The sopranos are singing confidently. The altos are following the sopranos. The tenors are f
A group of elderly rulers gathered in Delhi to study Artificial Intelligence. They entered the classroom with the confidence of men who had never allowed intelligence, artificial or otherwise, to interfere
Yes, said the businessman.So it is confirmed? I asked.Yes, he repeated.Absolutely certain?Of course.Can I depend on your word?He looked offended. What do you think I am?I did not answer. I waited three days and
An Air India aircraft dropped nearly three hundred feet during a flight from Phuket to Delhi, and the captain later reportedly tested positive for marijuana.The passengers were terrified. Several were injured.
Happy Independence Day! shouted my neighbour as he hoisted the national flag.Thank you, I said. Does that mean I am free?Of course! he replied proudly. This is a free country.So I may disagree with you?His smil
As I sit atop the Poconos Mountains, surrounded by tall trees, quiet paths and a little brook that seems to whisper rather than speak, I feel a peace that I wish I could pack into my suitcase.Perhaps I could fo
Within my daughters property in the Pocono Mountains flows a tiny brook.It is not one of those grand rivers that announces itself from a distance. It does not roar, crash against rocks, or demand that tourists
Has anyone seen my spectacles? I shouted.My wife looked up from her book, started strangely at me, then asked with a smile, Where do you think you left them?If I knew where I had left them, I said with co
Yesterday, the police chased me with a baton. Today, the government sent me a friendship request.The young student stared suspiciously at his phone.Should I accept it? he asked.Certainly, I said. Maybe tomorrow
How we love sitting at the Head Table!I decided to walk over and interview one.Hi! I said.Sit! ordered the Head Table. Make yourself comfortable. There is a waiter at the back who will bring you juice or anythi
As I watch my youngest grandchild slowly using her left hand more than her right, I wonder whether she is going to be left-handed.I watch her pick up a toy with her left hand, transfer a biscuit into it, and oc
Speak to the youth! said one old man to another.So, they found a radio, adjusted the microphone, cleared their throats and began speaking.Unfortunately, most of the youth listening were over fifty.Old man, whil
Papa, how do you know this news is true?My friend looked at his twelve-year-old son, then at the WhatsApp message he had just forwarded to his family group, school group, building group, prayer group and one be
A fifteen-year-old girl uses abusive language while speaking about the Prime Minister. Immediately, the machinery of power allegedly swings into action. Threats are made against her and her family, and soon the
