Category Archives: Nostalgia

OLD IS GOLD… Shayari….

Posted on September 21, 2020 by Jatinder Pal Singh Broca

OLD IS GOLD… Shayari…. My friend Dr Pooja wrote a lovey-dovey shayari a few days ago and requested me to help her in translating it for benefit of readers who did not understand Hindi. Gladly, I volunteered to translate it.The … Continue reading →

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World’s most expensive laptop

Posted on September 21, 2020 by Jatinder Pal Singh Broca

World’s most expensive laptop FE Oct 19 2014 SUMMARY…. The Luvaglio is completely covered in diamonds and platinum on both sides as well as the inside LAPTOPS ARE meant to be sturdy machines, capable of being carried around on flights, … Continue reading →

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Best urdu shers

Posted on September 20, 2020 by Jatinder Pal Singh Broca

Best urdu shers Shairy teri miraas to nahi “Basit” Ata Hua hai jo Tarz E Bayan kiska hai Abdul Basit ************************************ Kitab E dil se nikale huyee hain ye auraq Zara sabhal kar rakhna K kho na jaye kahiN Ghalib … Continue reading →

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Virat Kohli Pens Letter To 15-Year-Old Self

Posted on November 11, 2019 by Jatinder Pal Singh Broca

Virat Kohli Pens Letter To 15-Year-Old Self On 31st Birthday BY Virat Kohli 05 November 2019 Mumbai: India skipper Virat Kohli, on the occasion of his 31st birthday, has penned a letter to his 15-year-old self. The letter, which captures … Continue reading →

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Spoonerisms for the soul

Posted on November 11, 2019 by Jatinder Pal Singh Broca

Spoonerisms for the soul By Shashi Tharoor November 09, 2019 You may all be forgiven for missing this momentous occasion, since I did too, but July 22 was the 175th birth anniversary of the Oxford don and ordained minister Rev … Continue reading →

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Brunch

Posted on September 21, 2019 by Jatinder Pal Singh Broca

Brunch BRUNCH is a Sunday weekly magazine of the Hindustan Times. I love reading it. I recently came across a limerick. Here it goes: A verse writer was published by ‘Punch’, Wrote his work at his Breakfast and Lunch. Tuesdays … Continue reading →

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Lehman Lynched…RE-VISITED

Posted on November 29, 2018 by Jatinder Pal Singh Broca

Lehman Lynched…RE-VISITED We all have read about the fall of Lehman and takeover of Merryl by BOA. Here’s what I had written to Financial Express in SEPTEMBER 2008 : This refers to your editorial “Lehmanaging finance” (FE 16.09.08). What has … Continue reading →

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LIMERICK ON APRIL FOOL

Posted on November 20, 2018 by Jatinder Pal Singh Broca

LIMERICK ON APRIL FOOL By Speedysnail 14 Apr 2014 Limerick #3420 Ahhh, how we loved it at school When we’d find us some gullible tool, Then take him aside, Say “Yer shoes are untied!” And the moment he looked: “April fool!” COMPILED … Continue reading →

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My old experiments in Hinglish Limericks

Posted on October 12, 2018 by Jatinder Pal Singh Broca

My old experiments in Hinglish Limericks (Composed on 27/4/2009) Cat scam!! a lovely lass from dilli was so besotted with her billi she slept with it every raat but it vanished on a chhoti si baat, now the question–billi milli … Continue reading →

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DEATH OF AN ICONIC BRAND?

Posted on July 29, 2016 by Jatinder Pal Singh Broca

SAD BUT TRUE DEATH OF AN ICONIC BRAND? I felt very sad on reading this news item a few days ago. Whenever I used to go to Mumbai I used to enjoy the baked biscuits sweet smell wafting across the … Continue reading →

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