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पनाह / Shelter

Kaushal Kishore

आंसुओं की एक बड़ी गंदी आदत है
कि वे कुछ भी छुपाते नहीं किसी से,
इसीलिए पनाह नही मिलती
उन्हें आंखों में भी…

💧💧💧💧

Tears have a very bad habit
of hiding nothing from anyone,
that’s why they don’t find shelter
even in the eyes…

–Kaushal Kishore

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Retro Music 63 — beetleypete

Back to 1934. Seriously retro, and what for me was the golden age of Jazz. This version of a well-known song is from the Roy Fox Band, accompanied by some energetic tap-dancing ladies. Vocals are kept to a minumum, probably because the English accents don’t sound that good on a very American song. Okay, here […]

Retro Music 63 — beetleypete

Historical Photos On Video — beetleypete

This short video (just over five minutes long) contains a real mixture of historical photos, the earliest ones taken in the 1890s. It covers a variety of subjects, from the Depression Era, to WW2 and later. I have not seen any of them previously.

Historical Photos On Video — beetleypete

The real generosity|سخاوت واقعی — A Voice from Iran

181st story First published: Mar.04.2021 Sara was a waitress in a restaurant. It has been a little while since her washing machine was broken, and she was saving money to buy a new one. She was a single mother and had to work very hard to be able to cover their living costs. One of […]

The real generosity|سخاوت واقعی — A Voice from Iran

#LanguageLearning for A More Empathetic and Colorful World? — Context, Critical Thinking, Continuous Learning: Project Do Better

This page had colors, which is good, but I bit off a bit more than I could chew at the time with my  Greek, not there yet.  Unfortunately I have had to stop my study of modern Greek, and have all but given up on the earlier idea I had of reading the Septugaint, given […]

#LanguageLearning for A More Empathetic and Colorful World? — Context, Critical Thinking, Continuous Learning: Project Do Better

♫ Here, There And Everywhere ♫ (Redux) — Filosofa’s Word

Tonight, I went in search of a Beatles tune I hadn’t played for a few years anyway, and this is the ONLY one on my list that met the criteria!  Gonna have to go in search of some that I haven’t played, but for tonight I am tired, frustrated, and ready to go meet my […]

♫ Here, There And Everywhere ♫ (Redux) — Filosofa’s Word

The Circus Came To Town — Filosofa’s Word

Folks, there are over 18 months, precisely 565 days left until election day 2024 and already I am SICK AND TIRED of it.  Already, every day there are surveys, polls, projections, not to mention campaign promises and threats, even from those outliers who are about as likely as me to even be their party’s nominee! […]

The Circus Came To Town — Filosofa’s Word

Time – Silent Songs of Sonsnow

“Time is always moving on; nothing can stop it. We can’t change the past, but we can learn from it to shape the future. Stress on ‘us’ and ‘them’ is a source of conflict. We neglect basic human qualities of kindness and compassion. Let’s work together to create a happier future.”

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama

Source: Time – Silent Songs of Sonsnow

Will and Its Execution

Kaushal Kishore

I was told about this riddle long ago. You might have also heard or read somewhere, sometime, but yesterday I was reading a will of my colleague’s father which reminded me of this story.

A man had 19 camels. One day he died, but he had made a will which was read after his death. It said,

“After I die, half of my camels be given to my son, a fourth to my daughter, and a fifth to my servant.”

Half of 19 camels meant that one camel had to be cut into two pieces, then that camel would die. And then a quarter of the remaining 18 camels meant four and a half, again a problem.

The relatives and well-wishers were confused and worried about how to distribute the camels. A Good Samaritan was passing by on his camel. When he saw the crowd in heated discussion, he got…

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