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How i Spent My Birthday...

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The Cockroach at the Restaurant

This post was written by my dear friend, Mr. Satyajeet Das , who happens to be a part time professor and author when he is not contemplating such awesome stuff. I have borrowed it from his Facebook page so that it can be shared with more people. It's a heart wrenching story about a cockroach who went to his favorite diner for lunch, but found himself amongst cruel people who mistreated him and ripped him of his dignity. Even his old friend, the waiter, deserted him for more opportune friends. So here goes... For my PDP students: While I was in a Restaurant, suddenly a cockroach flew from somewhere and sat on a lady standing a little away from me. She started screaming out of fear. With panic stricken face and trembling voice, she started jumping, with both her hands desperately trying to get rid of the cockroach. Her reaction was contagious, as everyone in her group got cranky to what was happening. The lady finally managed to push the cockroach to another lady in the grou

Pandora's Box, or May Peace Be Upon You

In Greek mythology, there was once a woman called Pandora. In fact, as the story goes, she was the first woman to be created by the Gods. Pandora was given a jar by Zeus and told that she should not open it under any circumstances. The jar, unknown to Pandora, contained all the evils of this world – plagues, diseases, hatred, anger, jealousy, lust, arrogance, and so on - and also at the bottom was hope, the antidote to all those evils. Now there are few temptations worth giving into guiltily that give more pleasure than farting on a leather sofa and perhaps, female curiosity. Well, Pandora too couldn’t help but give in to the temptation and opened the box to see what was inside. Thereupon, out flew all the evils. Pandora, seeing them flying out, panicked and closed the lid back. Hope, being heavier (duh!) was at the bottom and was hence the last in line to get out. When Pandora closed the lid back, she trapped hope inside and only a little bit of it could fly out. Unbeknownst