I Love You

I read this somewhere. I thought I would share this with you. 

In a relationship seminar for women, the leader asked “who loves her husband”. Almost all the participants raised their hands. The leader then asked the participants to send an SMS message to their husbands with the text “I love you, darling”.

Some of the replies they got: 

1. Who are you? 

2. Mother my children, are you ill? 

3. I love you 

4. What you did do to the car? 

5. What do you want? 

6. ??? 

7. Be direct, how much do you need? 

8. Do I dream? 

9. If you do not tell me to whom you wanted to send this, I will kill you! 

10. I told you to stop drinking 

11. Regardless of what you want, the answer is no!

Self-Immolation

A supporter of Donlad Trump set himself on fire across the courthouse where Donald Trump is on trial. 

Actually, the practice of self-immolation was started in India many centuries ago thru sati. This was a practice in which a widow sacrifices herself by sitting atop her deceased husband's funeral pyre. This practice was stopped by Lord William Bentinck in 1829. He was the first Governor General of British-ruled India. 

In modern history, the first self-immolation was conducted by Thich Quang Duc during the Vietnam War. The Vietnamese monk set himself on fire in Saigon in 1963 in protest of the persecution of Buddhists by the South Vietnamese government. A few others in USA self-immolated as a means protest during the Vietnam War. 

Many Tibetans set themselves on fire in protest of Chinese rule in Tibet. 

Self-immolation was not just to protest war. During the 1960s several people in Tamil Nadu self-immolated in protest of the implementation of Hindi as a national language. 

Some psychologists call self-immolation is a form of suicide and due to mental illness. 

Do these people achieve their goal by doing self-immolation. I know, at least in one instant, they did not. And here are the details. 

Vaiko was an upcoming leader in the DMK party. Karunanidhi thought Vaiko may become a competition for his son Stalin. So Vaiko was thrown out of the DMK party. He formed his own new party called MDMK. Many people who followed Vaiko came out of DMK and joined Vaiko’s new party. 5 followers of Vaiko who could not bear him being thrown out of DMK self-immolated and died. 

Vaiko kept the photos of these 5 guys in the living room of his home. But what is happening today! The same Vaiko begged Stalin for a single seat for his son during the recent Lok Sabha election. Those 5 guys would be spinning in their graves.

In Search of Food

Decided to go to Davis, California, today. Wrong decision. 

Today, Sunday, is Easter Sunday. Religious holiday. Freeways were flooded with cars and traffic jam. Davis is 77 miles (124 km) from my home. Usually, it takes about one hour and 7 minutes. Today, it took more than 2 hours. 

There were 2 of us visiting a student in Davis. University of California is located there. It is a typical university town. That means 95% of the population is connected with the University. Students, Professors, Staff, etc. 

We were looking for a restaurant to eat lunch. Never try to eat out lunch on a religious holiday. Easter Sunday, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas. Most of the restaurants will be closed, except of course fast-food joints like McDonald’s, Taco Bell. It also depends upon the franchisees. 

Mexican restaurant was the unanimous choice of all 3 of us. The local host said he knows a very good restaurant and we drove there. It was closed due to Easter Sunday. He said he knows another restaurant. This time I told him to call and enquire if they are open. He called and said they are open. We drove there. They are open but only for “take-out” and no sit-down lunch. 

There was a momos restaurant that was open nearby. But I vetoed it because I don’t like momos. 

We walked aimlessly for 15 minutes. Then I saw an Indian restaurant. I said we can go there. The other 2 guys were reluctant because they are not fond of Indian cuisine. The host even said he never heard of this restaurant.  I said at least we should try this restaurant. 

It was a all you can eat buffet. I usually avoid Buffet in Indian restaurants. They would advertise 14 items. At least 8 of them are different pickles, salad, raita, and papad. It was a pleasant surprise in this Indian restaurant. Buffett consisted of the following: 

Onion Pakoda, White Rice, Veggie Briyani, Chicken Briyani, 6 veggie dishes, 6 chicken dishes, naan, and gulab jamun. 

We came out satisfied. Went in expecting a 2 but came out with a 7.