Monthly Archives: November 2013

How Much Of A Human Being Are You?

Posted on November 30, 2013 by Ramana Rajgopaul

“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, … Continue reading →

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Daydreams.

Posted on November 29, 2013 by Ramana Rajgopaul

I hope that you enjoy reading this post on the weekly Friday Loose Bloggers Consortium where six of us write on the same topic. Today’s topic has been chosen by Conrad The Old Fossil. The five other bloggers who write … Continue reading →

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Student Loans.

Posted on November 28, 2013 by Ramana Rajgopaul

There is a news item that more than £ 5 Bn student loans have become bad due to the lender’s inability to locate the students who availed of the loans, finished their education and have simply vanished! Nick and I … Continue reading →

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Names.

Posted on November 28, 2013 by Ramana Rajgopaul

My daughter in law Manjiree’s mother had been out of Pune and was returning by train on Monday morning. On Sunday night Ranjan asked her in my presence as to what arrangements had been made to receive her at the … Continue reading →

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Expectations In Matrimony III.

Posted on November 27, 2013 by Ramana Rajgopaul

I have got some feedback to my post, which I hesitate to share here and am still waiting for more to come and I shall decide about sharing those or not in due course. In the meanwhile, a well wisher … Continue reading →

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Ten Speed Bike.

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Ramana Rajgopaul

Life is like a ten-speed bike. Most of us have gears we never use. ~ Charles Schulz, Let me explain why I dug up that quote. There is a bit of painting work going on in my home and I … Continue reading →

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The Umbrella Man.

Posted on November 24, 2013 by Ramana Rajgopaul

What a story! Thank you Anita for sending this my way.

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Four Old Friends.

Posted on November 23, 2013 by Ramana Rajgopaul

I saw a very entertaining film yesterday,  I went to see it because it had four good actors – Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman and Kevin Kline. It is about the peccadilloes of four childhood friends, now seventy … Continue reading →

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My Favourite Book.

Posted on November 22, 2013 by Ramana Rajgopaul

I hope that you enjoy reading this post on the weekly Friday Loose Bloggers Consortium where seven of us write on the same topic. Today’s topic has been chosen by Shackman. The six other bloggers who write regularly are, in … Continue reading →

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Expectations In Matrimony II.

Posted on November 21, 2013 by Ramana Rajgopaul

To continue from where I left off, I now come to the thrust of the post. On Monday, The Times Of India carried an article which was quite interesting. I was chuckling to myself relating this story to that of … Continue reading →

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