The Daily Observer: 27th June 2020

😎THE DAILY OBSERVER-24: 27 June 2020 / 03:33 😎

Customary morning greetings began the day but the forward from Mohinder Pratap on Opinion was easily the message of the day.It conveyed in picture and word form that while it is kosher for one to hold an opinion, it is not so for an opinion to hold one. Do not let your opininions become your master, do not be judgmental. Shiv left after morning greetings and a prediction of a probable day of emotional outbursts and floods. Just picture the bus driver in his Fifti who takes out the DTC bus from the depot after wiping the windshield for the first trip of the day. That is Satbir. He has taken it upon himself to set the tone for the day with a greeting, some news and some jokes. Saxy was also very happy to see an item number as the day progressed. He kept posting jokes periodically. Politics and serious debate were studiously avoided. Sawant posted a message from the CDC of USA on how to be safe from Covid. Navnit contended himself by fwding pdfs of a couple of newspapers. Satish presented a neat summing-up of TDO. Luthra threw a political teaser, hoping to see a slugfest but  neither Mishra nor Murali took it on. Satbir proclaimed his maturity by posting an excellent video on the 18 signs of maturity and added that now he would be focusing on making others mature. Alan Clarke posted a useful video on how to keep the body parts healthy.The same had been posted earlier by Alfred. Rakesh Luthra stopped Sanjay Mishra in his tracks by replying - " you are right " in response to the latter's longish post on the Congress funding issue. 

Rajbir posted a video on the importance and respect due to a father.A false alarm regarding RKM's birthday did not snowball for once, showing the alertness of readers and also that they are going through all posts.There was an interesting bit of info in Uttam Sarkar's post about an FIR lodged against some Sikhs for getting into the Babri structure and performing Ram-naam havan in 1856..This lead to some discussion on the tenets of Sikhism. Rajbir explained the concept of Akal Purakh. No explosion followed.So one comes to the conclusion that it is not religion or politics per se that is to blame.To blame are rigid followers who are not ready to see another's perspective - otherwise all roads lead to Rome. Hitech Murali posted about the Last Post. Chandan posted a new Bidi cure for Covid. Arun Parasar made everyone's mouth water with the photo of a mutton dish along with the caption- mutton with a twist. Further details on this twist are still awaited but Satbir says it is a lemon twist. A Bihari's mind is never far from his homeland.Freed from political issues, Sanjay Mishra posted a photo of the paddy fields of Bihar. Pitamah posted a video clip with a profound message on right treatment. Like an expert homeopath, he coats his pills with sugar and administers them in small doses. There are no side-effects, so do watch. Sanjay Soi lightened the atmosphere with his joke on ACRs. Andrews offered useful tips on what to do if you find your backside on fire. Navnit posted a useful video on the role of savings. Pratap Ghosh posted some thought provoking videos while Pushpendra  had something to say about some veterans getting sold out on TV. Alfred added a message on" A soldier's dignity"- must-read for all.

Ganesh Athley posted a funny video on how Kejri won the race.Talk turned to investments with Hitech Murali's post on the subject. Nice to see Raja Kadam's post on Iyengar beer.Talk of the Iyengar and there he was in person. Murali who had been retrograde the whole day,  made his presence felt with a whole series of posts on his pet subject of which he is a master--finance.He was joined by Shiv, Umar, Naithani, Chandan and Luthra in a lively discussion on investements which carried on till late. Meanwhile, it is learnt that Sanjay Mishra is looking for a tutor in that subject, preferably from Bihar. SBT, who  had been keeping a close watch over the day's proceedings submitted the LO hour report and all went to sleep a little later.

Have a great weekend.

The Daily Observer: 26th June 2020

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A quicky down memory lane........ heavenly rumbling sound of the wheelbarrow, steaming hot tea or cocoa with a light snack . Better than the most lavish spread in a fivestar buffet any day.

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.