Flash Post 30!
“Button, Star Movies aired a movie called Ted this morning and, had I known earlier, I would have sent you this post informing you about it. It’s very similar to our story…”
Flash Post 29!
“Button, this guy riding pillion and carrying that load of pani puri on his head must be very, very tense! Seeing this picture in the Mid-day, reminded me of a blame game people could play similar to musical chairs!
Flash Post 28!
“Button, I suddenly felt nostalgic about the first song I picked up from FM at the age of 17 or 18! I did it to sing the song to Dost who was dating me then. The song was called Paper Roses and sung by Marie Osmond. The lyrics of the song didn’t hold true for us but, somehow I just loved it and, it gave me a chance to flaunt my mediocre singing talent to him.”
Flash Post 26!
“Button, you do remember Rani, don’t you? I mean I shouldn’t even be asking you this question! How can you forget Rani?
Well, one evening when my younger daughter and I were out feeding our other stray friends, we spotted a fragile-looking dog slowly trudging uphill.”
Flash Post 27!
“Button, this is a selfie a crested black female macaque took after grabbing a camera from photographer, David Slater.”
Flash Post 25!
“Button, this bit of information would have stunned you, I’m guessing!
Do you know what happened at Chernobyl in Ukraine? Perhaps the worst nuclear disaster took place in the wee hours of the morning of April 26, 1986 and is supposed to remain radioactive for the next 20,000 years!”
December 22. “Button, I hope you don’t get bored of the little bits of news I keep dumping on you every now and then.
I mean I may find them interesting but you may not!”
December 21. “Have you heard our national anthem in Lataji’s voice? It’s mind-blowing.”
“No, I haven’t but I’ve heard the other version sung by Bhimsen Joshi, Pandit Jasraj and a lot of others but not this one.”
“My hair stands on edge every time I hear the song and I can’t help but sing along. They had stopped playing the anthem in cinema halls because people didn’t give it due respect but it is being played once again.”
December 20. “Button, another 11 days and this year will be history. Can you believe it?”
“I honestly can’t. Another 364 days are over—in the blink of an eyelid!”
“But a lot also happened—both good and bad like every other year. But the approaching Christmas season doesn’t seem exciting. Why do you think it is so?”
December 19. “I’m feeling on top of the world and, Button, it is a stupendous feeling. I feel that life is indeed beautiful.”
“But you have reason to feel that way all the time considering the kind of life you live…”