Jewish Wedding In Bombay

Her mother shed a tear or two but wasn't really
crying. It was the thing to do, so she did it
enjoying every moment. The bride laughed when I
sympathized, and said don't be silly.

Her brothrs had a shoe of mine and made me pay
to get it back. The game delighted all the neighbours'
children, who never stopped staring at me, the reluctant
bridegroom of the day.

There was no dowry because they knew I was 'modern'
and claimed to be modern too. Her father asked me how
much jewellery I expected him to give away with his daughter.
When I said I did't know, he laughed it off.

There was no brass band outside the synagogue
but I remember a chanting procession or two, some rituals,
lots of skull-caps, felt hats, decorated shawls
and grape juice from a common glass for bride and
bridegroom.

I remember the breaking of the glass and the congregation
clapping which signified that we were well and truly married
according to the Mosaic Law.

Well that's about all. I don't think there was much
that struck me as solemn or beautiful. Mostly, we were
amused, and so were the others. Who knows how much belief
we had?

Even the most orthodox it was said ate beef because it
was cheaper, and some even risked their souls by
relishing pork.
The Sabbath was for betting and swearing and drinking.

Nothing extravagant, mind you, all in a low key
and very decently kept in check. My father used to say,
these orthodox chaps certainly know how to draw the line
in their own crude way. He himself had drifted into the liberal
creed but without much conviction, taking us all with him.
My mother was very proud of being 'progressive'.

Anyway as I was saying, there was that clapping and later
we went to the photographic studio of Lobo and Fernandes,
world-famous specialists in wedding portraits. Still later,
we lay on a floor-matress in the kitchen of my wife's
family apartment and though it was part midnight she
kept saying let's do it darling let's do it darling
so we did it.

More than ten years passed before she told me that
she remembered being very disappointed. Is that all
there is to it? She had wondered. Back from London
eighteen months earlier, I was horribly out of practice.

During our first serious marriage quarrel she said Why did
you take my virginity from me? I would gladly have
returned it, but not one of the books I had read
instructed me how. 

Nissim Ezekiel

The flee by John Donne

THE FLEA.
by John Donne

MARK but this flea, and mark in this,
How little that which thou deniest me is ;
It suck'd me first, and now sucks thee, 
And in this flea our two bloods mingled be.
Thou know'st that this cannot be said
A sin, nor shame, nor loss of maidenhead ;
    Yet this enjoys before it woo,
    And pamper'd swells with one blood made of two ;
    And this, alas ! is more than we would do.

O stay, three lives in one flea spare,
Where we almost, yea, more than married are.
This flea is you and I, and this
Our marriage bed, and marriage temple is.
Though parents grudge, and you, we're met,
And cloister'd in these living walls of jet.
    Though use make you apt to kill me,
    Let not to that self-murder added be,
    And sacrilege, three sins in killing three.

Cruel and sudden, hast thou since
Purpled thy nail in blood of innocence?
Wherein could this flea guilty be,
Except in that drop which it suck'd from thee?
Yet thou triumph'st, and say'st that thou
Find'st not thyself nor me the weaker now.
'Tis true ; then learn how false fears be ;
Just so much honour, when thou yield'st to me,
Will waste, as this flea's death took life from thee.

Funny Anagrams

       Enjoy funny anagrams with a list of examples that are sure to impress. “An anagram is a word, name or phrase formed by rearranging the letters of another, using each original letter only once”.

The best anagrams manage to link the new word, name or phrase to the original one in some way, such as when ‘listen’ becomes ‘silent’ or ‘Elvis’ becomes ‘lives’. Read on and check out the examples.

·         A gentleman            = Elegant man

·         Debit card                = Bad credit

·         Eleven plus two       = Twelve plus one

·         Hot water                 = Worth tea

·         Vacation time           = I am not active

·         Conversation            = Voices rant on

·         The eyes                  = They see

·         Schoolmaster           = The classroom

·         The country side      = No city dust here

·         The Detectives          = Detect thieves

·         Mummy                   = My mum

·         Dormitory                 = Dirty room

·         A decimal point        = I’m a dot in place

·         Clint Eastwood         = Old west action

·         Astronomers             = No more stars

11th HOUR DOUBTS

11^th HOUR DOUBTS

Tens and twenties hours elapsed

Eleventh hour has finally reached.

Highly hectic schedules

Keeps, all on their toes.

The hour, seems wizen faced

But, made everyone much dazed.

Not a query throughout the year

Now after the teacher with much care.

Ensuing exams loaded with doubts

Haggle! Even for a half, half marks,

My God! What seriousness.

Really puzzles novices.

Round the year did nothing

Now in want of everything!

Dears have not eleventh hour doubts,

They hardly bring your success.

Slow and steady always win the race,

May be true even in your case.

Dedicated to

all my students

TOP 10 FACTS ABOUT ENGLISH LANGUAGE

(10). The Oldest word in English Language is “Town”. You may have been thinking of more old word used in Old English which are now abandoned. but believe me this word is hell old than any other word in English.

(9). There are three era’s of English in which English as a language progressed differently and in different cultures. i.e

• The Old English

• The Middle aged English

• The Modern English

(8). There is a word “Ough” which can be written and pronounced in 9 different ways. Weird na? . Lets read this sentence below and then tell us isn’t that fact a true one.

“A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough;

after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed”

(7). Not Even in United States, English now has become the most spoken and official language of other countries too. There are millions of people around the globe who are English Speakers apart from being Native Americans. the fact goes like this that more than 250 million People in US only have English as their primary language.

(6). There have been many arguments regarding the fact that which is the longest sensible and meaningful word in English. But now Oxford Modern English has stated “pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis” to be the longest word which is 45 Characters long. And its plural is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis which is the longest plural word.

(5). A most common fact is that there is a sentence you can type again and again on QWERTY keyboard in order to master in typing. The sentence is

“The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.”

(4). In English some words only exist in the plural forms, and amazingly some dont end up getting s to be plural. Let’s check out. Glasses, binoculars, tongs, shears etc are used only as plural words. Pant is a single word and its plural is also pant not pants. :p

(3).The word ” Goodbye” came and derived from the word ” GodBye” used in Old English which used to meant that “God be with you”.

(2). The most interesting thing is that in Illinois, speaking the official English most people speak is a crime under their law. They are asked to speak “American” language. Amazed.

(1). And the last and the best thing about this language is that English has the most vocabulary and it contains more than 1 million terms which can be utilized but according to a survey , we only speak 6,000-8,000 of all these terms at the time. Thus we can conclude the vast approach and incredibility of the English Language and can easily analyze thus that why is English the most popular language on the planet we are living.

PALINDROMES

      A palindrome is a word that reads the same if it is turned back-to-front. So the names Bob, Eve, and Otto are all palindromes. So is the name of the pop group Abba.
Try to identify palindromic words from the following clues.
Example Part of the body
Answer Eye

1. Midday
2. A young dog
3. Flat
4. A word for addressing a lady
5. An Eskimo canoe
6. A system for detecting aircraft, ships, etc.
7. An action
8. Pieces of music for one person
9. Grass that grows on the seashore
10. In music, half a semibreve
11. Doctrine
12. Restorer
13. Answers
    
    
14. Midday - Noon
15. A young dog - Pup
16. Flat - Level
17. A word for addressing a lady - Madam
18. An Eskimo canoe - Kayak
19. A system for detecting aircraft, ships, etc. - Radar
20. An action - Deed
21. Pieces of music for one person - Solos
22. Grass that grows on the seashore - Marram
23. In music, half a semibreve - Minim
24. Doctrine - Tenet 
25. Restorer - Reviver