Was sipping tea in the back seat of my car when my driver suddenly braked, throwing scalding hot tea from my glass all over me, "Sorry sir," he said as he looked in the rear view mirror. I rubbed the hot steamy liquid of my stained shirt, and grimaced with pain as I felt my skin already beginning to burn. "What happened?" I asked angrily.

"Driver in front braked sir," he said.

"But I saw the traffic stopping in front of him, didn't you?"

"I was just watching car in front sir!"

T’was a fancy restaurant we went to, the waiter not only had a stiff upper lip, but same surgeon had turned his nose up in the air too. “What will you have sir?” he smirked.

 “Wine!” I said

 “Which one?”

 “Red!”

 “Which red one sir?”

‘..DNA of all Indians are same, irrespective of religion..’ RSS Chief, Mohan Bhagat.

How easy it is for us to voice words such as, ‘All Indians are my brothers and sisters!’ and then quietly turn away from some person worshiping in a way different from us!

But when a national leader, held in great reverence by a majority of the country, speaks his mind clearly and loudly and says, “We are all from the same DNA!” it makes an impact!

By Sarpreet Kaur

Geographical transition – A whole new world

It was December and instead of shivering in the hazy fog of Punjab, I was sweating in the sparkling sun of Andaman. That beautiful Andaman where curvy roads caress the wise and subtle mountains like a sari draped on women’s navel. In no time a swooshing sound makes you look on the other side of the road and you will be welcomed by an expanse of the blue sea playing with a yawning sun amidst the orange-red evening hue. The mind is boggled and wonders, whether to appreciate the dense green mountains where birds sang in a symphony or to be amazed by the lullaby waves, played on the shore. This is the world of exhilarating contrasts. This is Andaman.

My daughter’s dog Noah has been left at my home for a few hours as she and my son-in-law have gone out for lunch. I watch him as he paces all over my home, looks through the window anxiously and watching him, I know his thoughts, “Will they come back for me?”

He’s still a pup, and soon will learn that they will always come back for him, but till that day arrives, he will remain a ‘worrier’!