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Bougainvillea & Alia

White & pink Bougainvillea, 6 May 2022, Delhi

Yesterday, while passing by the white Bougainvillea bushes on the roadside on my way home from work, I spotted something quite unusual. A few white petals now had some light pink hues. How can white bougainvillea suddenly turn pink? I wondered about that.

A funny thought then came to my mind. It made me smile. You will also smile when you know why. Don’t these Bougainvilleas resemble Alia Bhatt, the famous Bollywood heroine, on her wedding day? White dress, blushes, smiles, dimples, and all that stuff. Well, that’s quite uncanny, isn’t it? Look at this pic of Alia below and you will understand what I mean. It shows everything in this universe has a connection somewhere…Like sunlight, love also spreads its joy everywhere…

Bollywood Actors Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor on their wedding day, 13 April 2022, at Mumbai

Foggy love…A poem

Lovers in fog

Everyday Google sends me some of my old pics as “memories.” A poem began brewing in my mind when I saw this one. Here it is now..


It’s foggy everywhere.
There’s fear and fog in my mind too.
Dad said,
“Don’t roam around.
Bad men are out everywhere.”
Is this right?
Is this wrong?
I don’t know.
Soon this will end.
Come on now.
Kiss me.
Something I’ll remember forever.

Love thy gifts

Rejected Pakistani Mangoes

On 13 June 2021, the social media and the newspapers screamed, “No takers for Pakistan’s mango diplomacy; USA, China return consignments.”

The consignments in question were 20 kg-packets of Chaunsa mangoes sent to 32 countries. These countries included the USA, Canada, China, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.

When I first read this headline, I thought it had something to with Pakistan’s support for homegrown terrorism. But no, that wasn’t the case.

After reading further, I learned it was because of their new Covid-19 rules. Well, that’s something that you can’t crib about. No matter how much you try, Covid keeps outsmarting us and kills us indiscriminately.

But I did feel bad about it, even though I am not a Pakistani. All they needed to have done is keep those mangoes in a big container of water with cooking soda dissolved in it for some time. That would have killed all the viruses.

In our Indian culture, we consider food sacred and believe that if we treat food with disrespect, Goddess Annapurna will inflict severe punishment on us. Who will want to take that risk? No one, I am sure.

A gift is a gift. Something you must receive with humility. The act of giving a gift is an expression of love and should be accepted, if not reciprocated. That’s the way God likes it and anything that goes against His wishes boomerangs and hits us badly with full force.

When you give a gift to someone, you do it without any expectations whatsoever. It is upto the recipient to decide how they’re going to use it. Sell it, trash it, exchange it, keep it, hide it, pass it on, or whatever; that’s as per the new owner’s wishes.

But when that person reciprocates and treats you with respect, you feel good.

Just imagine if every gift got the appreciation it deserved, wouldn’t this world be such a wonderful place?

So next time, when you receive a gift, especially if it’s eatable, I strongly recommend that you accept it and take all the necessary precautions.

Gifting, a Godly act

Remember to let the giver know how much you appreciate it.