“The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.”
Will Rogers
William Penn Adair Rogers (Will Rogers (1879-1935) was an American comedian, humorist and actor.
Ignorance
My whole career can be summed up with ‘Ignorance is bliss.’ When you do not know better, you do not really worry about failing.
Jeff Foxworthy (American comedian, television and radio personality and author.
Humor is the great thing
Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritations and resentments slip away and a sunny spirit takes their place. -
Mark Twain ( US humorist and novelist).
For everything you have to love you have to pay some price
But surely for everything you have to love you have to pay some price.
- Agatha Christie
”Be aware of the past, even if you may not agree with it”
“Unless you have continuity with the past, you can’t easily be adjusted with the present. The acquaintance with the past is a must. You may not agree with it. You can disagree with it, but be aware of it.”
Anant Pai ( Uncle Pai) – Founder of Amar Chitra Katha
Success of a woman is proportional to her looks, connections and lineage ?
“Today (in India) the success of a woman is directly proportional to her looks, connections and lineage. Women who fit into any of these categories go miles, while those without these attributes have miles to go before they reach anywhere”.
From a column “A day for ( the right kind of )women” in OPEN ( 14th March 2011) by Haima Deshpande
plagiarism and research
“Copy from one, it’s plagiarism; copy from two, it’s research.”
- Wilson Mizner, American playwright
‘Aruna will live because of hospital staff’s love’
Aruna Shanbaug has been in persistent vegetative state in KEM Hospital for the last 37 years, depending entirely on her former colleagues in the nursing department. Not surprisingly, the apex court had devoted over two pages in its 100-plus page verdict to the dedication and care the KEM’s nurses provided to her.
Sunita Aralikar: Buried as a baby, she fights for girls
Sunita Aralikar was almost killed by her illiterate father when she was a 16-day-old baby. Sunita now fights against female infanticide, dowry, eve-teasing and other such evils.
Giving kids a bath and feeding them is a woman’s job ?
A six-country gender equality survey has found that 86% of Indian men believe that changing diapers, giving kids a bath and feeding them, is a woman’s job.
Roughly 80% Indian men say they should have the final word about decisions in the house.
Read more about this interesting observations in Times of India
