The Daily Observer: 26th June 2020

THE DAILY OBSERVER 26 JUN 2020

Baba Rajeshwar Sirohi it was who set the ball rolling with his morning greetings .Umar added a story with the moral: if you don't give 100% in a relationship,you will keep doubting.That goes for all we do in life, when we take up something we should give it our 100% . Hangover of the previous day's spat seemed to be prevailing and there were many quotes of wisdom through the day.Alfred was back in action but Murali continued to be in retro mode till late at night. Satbir seems to have taken Gyandev's message to heart and kept up a flurry of news and jokes.Pandit Tripathiji's tathya on some own people who seem to be made of stone was appreciated by Sirohi. Alfred's photo of Manekshaw and Indra Gandhi seated across a table in 1971 drew an immediate " Dear Indra " from Sirohi. Gurvinder also remarked that she was idolised in those times but bad things followed. How soon everyone forgets ! 

Naithani posted an article saying why the Congress won't pose a threat to Modi in the next polls which is interesting, coming from the mouth of Sanjay Jha. Navnit posted a forward regarding the importance of the four tri-junctions on the India-China border.Both Umar and Sawant posted a marriage video where the groom's pajamas kept slipping down for some reason.Suresh Dikshit posted on the definition of Time and Saxy a fwd on how media houses are being bought out by enemies. Shiv forwarded a poem by US Gill, which calls for some deep thinking to comprehend. Not the kind of stuff to unleash on an unsuspecting public looking for some lighthearted chatter. Don't know what made Shiv do that instead of his usual presentation of a song. Sanjay Mishra came up with a video on the PM's statement and at last there was someone to pick up the cue.Navnit put forth his views on how damaging those conflicting statements were. Before that, Shiv posted a video on Pranayama that is worth taking a look at. A brief exchange between Navnit and Sanjay Mishra and Sawant switched the topic to the desperate search for a Covid remedy.AK Roychaudhri posted a very long fwd about how senior officers have let down the Army. With that, he felt he had completed the duty officer's task and went into hibernation - let's see for how long.More than half the day gone flitting from one topic to another.There followed what can only be described as Arty talk mainly between Shiv and Naithani regarding Milk round.Sawant mentioned Patanjali's Covid cure and Satish posted a Patanjali supporter's view of the Covonil controversy in flowery Hindi which is long but hilarious.

KJS and Pitamah summed up the Arty talk.Chiwda times spoke of the sealing of the TDO premises and best wishes and advice followed. To Taken Lalji, any think that is of a view not aligned to his own is a "chutiyappa ka video" .He followed up with a quote that was picked up and elaborated by Shiv.Dale Carnegie's book was mentioned but the gist of the quote was that there is no way you can win an argument with  a friend. you have to choose between winning the argument or losing the friend.Prabhat Jha posted a video re China and African safari.Murali came out of retrograde late in the night with a long post commenting on how mere reading of books cannot help.From what i can see, all hell broke loose after that. Only goes to prove the point that bookish learning is no substitute for wisdom.

We all have to learn to practice what we preach. Blame it on the stars and planets - the misunderstandings.

The Daily Observer: 25th June 2020

😎THE DAILY OBSERVER-22: 25 June 2020 / 03:00 😎

Jeevan chalne ka naam,chalte raho subah-ho-sham....

Closing ceremony of 24 Jun was performed by Alfred at around 0016 hrs this morning, after having gone into radio silence early in the day. He actually wanted to continue silence for a full 24 hrs but could not hold himself back any longer. He let pour his feelings and there was Ramu, all ears and ready with the healing touch. S Murali also made an appearance after hours of similar radio silence. Hitech Murali arrived with pearls of wisdom on how a wise man makes good use of torn pockets instead of whining about it. 

SBT wished Good Morning and Vidur joined in. Andrews managed to tuck all into bed at around 0130 hrs. So ended the 24th and began 25th. It was nice to see Nawnit and Mohinder gracing this site with their valuable inputs along with Sanjay Soi. Here's hoping they are seen and heard more often. There is now no doubt that we are all going through difficult times, one way or the other. If somebody like Satbir can get worked up, anyone can! His outburst early yesterday on the subject of political arguments holding sway on this site found support and his reaction became a little personal. Without going into details of the forgettable virtual scrap that ensued, the broad consensus was that there should be no gag order or limitation in this free space. But, as Alfred pointed out in his midnight sermon, there was an unusual silence that followed this discussion. Nippy was seen after quite some time and posted a humorous video on the looks of the Mandela statue put up in the US. This came after Shuboday- a news bulletin posted by Satbir. Sukhi posted a video and a joke. Suresh Dikshit updated on the latest antics of Grumpy. SBT stated that he was confused by the statements of the RM, VM and PM. Vidur noted that this was an important declaration worthy of discussion based on facts rather than individual biases.

S Murali and Sanjay Mishra seemed to be settling in for continuing the previous days arguments when Satbir made his impassioned plea for stopping it. A heated exchange which many along with Alfred tried to cool down without success followed. A display of luscious mangoes with the caption - "keep smiling" by SBT went unnoticed. So did an excellent one on Parsi humour in the Parliament by Alfred. Satbir also posted some good ones but the atmosphere was already sullied. Only way forward is to put all that down to Retrograde Mercury and move on.Time heals all.

Gyandev Maharaj has pointed out that it is up to each one of us to set the tone and tunev of messages on this site. If you want a change, be the change. Our Sant Namdev Poonavale also concurred. Brother Gurvinder has a simple formula- if u do not like a post, delete it. Joe Dhillon wondered if the rise in temperature in the Himalayas had an effect on group bonding. Nirbhye opined that he was not fond of seeing arguments all the time while Vish said he enjoyed seeing the fireworks as much as eye-candy. Shiv said it with songs and SBT also contributed a harmomica recital video. Mohinder Pratap dwelt long on the poser by Sanjay Mishra regarding refugees in Gujarat. This was well received and commended by Nirbhye,Navnit, Satish, Soi and Shiv among others. Gurvi reminded all that we were the same guys who had fought over chai and matthi and should continue in the same spirit. Katoch agreed. Chandan and Pushpender posted the same video by Khan, who seems the 'in thing' these days - a must-watch, this guy is too good! Nawnit posted a video on Noor from Iran. Tekan posted comments on posts that had taken his fancy. Shiv won an award for his singing performance - hearty congrats to him. Saxy posted plenty of jokes. Joe posted on the lowering popularity of a career in the Army and reasons thereof. And so the night went on till Alfred appeared at midnight! 

Have a pleasant Thursday, all and  happy messaging

The Chiwda Times: 25th June 2020

😎THE OBSERVER (M-7): 25 June 2020 / 12:38😎

CHIWDA TIMES - COVID

Yes, you got it right - Covid. For twenty-two days the topic was deliberately given a miss in these columns. Enough about it is going around 24x7 on TV, print, social and other media. From the time it first made its appearance in China, one could sense the dreaded infection  steadily getting nearer and nearer. Initially, everyone made fun of the Chinese, then the Italians, Spaniards, Americans, Britishers and so forth. There were jokes galore about the eating habits of the Chinese, particularly the bat recipes.Then came the national lock-down and the creepy, thorny, horrible, scary Covid symbol made its appearance all over. There was no escaping it - hoardings,stickers, newspapers and all kinds of TV channels were full of it. A constant reminder of the lurking danger! 

Now started the almost minute by minute updates on the latest numbers of active cases, fatalities, recoveries and so forth. After watching with a kind of detached ,distant amusement how the figures were rising in one state and city after the other, came the realization that Tamil Nadu and Chennai were now among the leaders on that chart . I could not but help muse that by sheer law of averages, it was sure to arrive at our doorstep soon. To cut a long story short, it has. Well, not exactly - but when the next door neighbor in our first-floor home has been found to be positive two days ago, I think I can safely claim to be the first in this group of ours who has this privilege. Yesterday morning , our whole block was segregated and sanitized and lifts sealed. We are in quarantine - home delivery of all essentials, no moving out. Just now, my wife announced that a survey team from the local Panchayat office will be coming to check our temperature etc. Personally speaking, I have so far considered myself to be relatively safe as I have not stepped out of the door since my last visit to the  doctor more than six months ago. No visitors, and my wife has been taking all precautions with bare minimum movement outside the house. And now we await this team conducting a door-to-door survey of the entire gated society containing blocks A to R. 

At times I have the feeling that it is these very "highly trained" surveyors who ensure full and proper spread of the virus. Looking for protective equipment to tackle this encounter. Unfortunately I got rid of my FSMO some time back. God save us! As Murali said a day or two ago, let this be placed on record for posterity .

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