THE DAILY OBSERVER-46 PART-2

😎THE DAILY OBSERVER-46😎

19 July 2020

                    PART - 2
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At around 2215 hrs., Vish came up with the idea (obviously after a lot of introspection) that it was Ok for Arun to share the "Mast Ram chapter " of his life. In the bargain, he ( unwittingly?) added an episode of his own.At this; Venki recalled fond memories.Oberoi thanked Arun profusely for listening to Mohinder.MS Sidhu posted an article about Gen Zoravar Singh.Arun thanked Vish for his encouragement and expressed faith in the batchmates sense of propriety in dealing with issues of a confidential nature.SBT endorsed this view while Alfred suggested caution quoting examples from experience. PK Sharma posted a dance video.Ian's view was that it was just a yarn which all should enjoy and posted "River of Babylon."Mohunder Pratap clarified that his exoressed views were his personal ones etb. Luthra probably nailed it in his pre-midnight post where he put down the uneasiness we all are probably  having to a feeling of guilt for having treated women as sex-objects in our youth. Personally speaking, i am reminded of a recent incident involving a Karan Johar interview on TV of youngsters Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul where they unwittingly /innocently(?) bragged about their sexploits . They were promptly disowned by the whole team and faced much flak as a result. What was kosher locker-room talk amongst team-mates was seen as something entirely different in the public eye and there was outrage. We do not sit in judgement over our Coursemates' exploits or write-ups  and are well aware that all are now grown up and wise ( ref Ganesh Athley's post on wisdom vs Intelligence ) . Let wisdom prevail while Lal Desh and Neel Desh occupy defences on the banks of the River of Babylon. Dhurandar Bhatavadekar has so far maintained a stoic silence where Pitamah would have pronounced a ruling in a flash. Swami Muraliananda is so far unavailable for comments. Who was the guy asking for a Mahabharata? Looking forward to more views on the subject today.
Chill and enjoy your Sunday, abhi  toh trailer hi nikla hai ! Picture bakki hai.

THE DAILY OBSERVER-46 PART-1

😎THE DAILY OBSERVER-46😎

19 July 2020     PART - 1

S Murali started Saturday at 0530 hrs with humour - a fwd in which Einstein admired Chaplin's art - his
acting in silent movies where the world understood him despite his silence. To which Chaplin replied that Einstein's glory in science was much greater because the world admired him though few followed his words.USG quoted that  "the role of the writer is not to say what all can say but to say what all are unable to say ." Arun Parasar had been waiting very patiently in the wings after having obtained sanction for his next project - "The Gokak Gladiators". He saw this as the perfect cue for his venture and dished out Episode- 1 of" Sexual Exploits And Adventures of Young Officers " in the evening. Rakesh Luthra who was about to come up with the last episode of his marriage saga was understandably dismayed. Disposing of the initial formalities, Arun got straight to the point and told the tale, thus pioneering a whole new genre of write-ups in these columns! While writing about his own unique wedding, Arun was batting somewhat like the little master in a Test Match of yore-- all classic drives and so forth after a cautious start. But this time round, he seems to have slipped into the T-20 format. Here's hoping he does not take too many cigarette breaks, the crowd waits anxiously. Oberoi's proposal " let everyone chill since we are all above sixty now" was accepted in principle by Vidur when asked. Satish greeted with flowers and Nirbhye posted colourful pictures of his wife and Danny in a park near his home. According to Umar's post quoting the Thyrocare guy, there is good news on the Covid front - something to do with results of antibody tests. Venki posted an old but nice article - Of Babus and Balls.Wise man Ganesh posted about the difference between intelligence and wisdom.
Arvind Singh posted photos of ASC YOs in which Khare and Gautam Dutta Roy were spotted along with Behl and SBT amongst others. Is it time to get Bahl also back into the fold ? Suresh Dikshit says God always has something for you. USG posted" Mother - Your Strength, "an exhortation to not give up under any circumstances as you have been
carefully nurtured by a loving mom.
 He added the original soundtrack from Talash to good effect.PK Sharma and Uttam Sarkar posted jokes while Ian posted an article from the Guardian talking of Pak developing tactical Nuclear wpns.Amarjeet retorted that the Pakis wud end up blowing themselves.Good to see him in action.Venky,Shiv and AK Roy were the first few to applaud Arun's
latest venture & SBT offered to post a tale from Bareilly along similar lines . Gurvi was thrilled and said  that this was the Mastram ka tadka that would take us out of Covid. Luthra sounded a dissenting note, feeling uncomfortable and Alfred seconded. But Saxi, Mishra and Vijay ruled out all objections.Luthra
relented after some persuasion from Shiv; who saw no harm in recounting the follies of youth. Vish quoted a German general on different types of offrs and posted classic excerpts from Westerns. Mohinder Pratap tended to agree with Luthra and advised caution while posting very personal details that might be misused outside the forum. It was Immediately seconded  by Umar while Mishra lauded Shiv's view.Pratap Ghosh agreed with Mohinder and so did Satish,in a veiled manner,suggesting an alternate topic .Ajay Deb agreed with Mohinder and went on to post some Eric Clapton music and a humourous article - "38 C". Saxi posted some interesting facts on Urdu shaayari. Prabhat Jha said "old
excerpts are too hot to handle " and endorsed Mohinder's views.At 2137 hrs Arun seemed to bow to the then
popular sentiment and agreed to divert to some other topic.Venki thought it was the right moment for a cowboy sex-joke. Mandip posted a video of the Def Min getting a taste  of the Sikhs' Jaikara.Gurvi felt Arun could continue his narrative without naming anyone as everything was " kalpanic " after all.He surprisingly desisted saying anything aboutx veg or non-veg.Venki posted on earthquake safety