Burglaries - Chicanery - Onions . . .

Salam and Duaien ...

Budget has arrived ... (Presented by a 'Non-Representative' ... Merits of presentation or pre-poll rigging rigmarole aside, its pity that out of the 'chosen ones' no-one was capable enough to do the job) ...

Spirit has departed ...

We love, Dramas, Tragedies, Wheeling Dealing, Spiritual Healing (via short cuts), Fakes, Drakes (which are actually Crows) ... And ... The Worst thing is that we conveniently forget the past ... Persistently mourn and murder the present, always blaming others for the kill ... and have at our disposal 'The Sugar Coated Pills' for the future, (In our next run K2 will all be Gold ... Indus shall be Honey ... Vote us in Bunnies) ...

Strange that people who Rule 'Here' ... are ... Servants 'There' ...

Our 'Destiny Shapers' indulge in all acts for which they abhor others ... Bending the Rules ... Denting the Statutes ... Desecrating the Institutions ... Donkey (Horse is too respectable) Trading ... Laundering ... Squandering, Squeaking and Screaming etc etc ...

WE ARE NEVER DONE ... NEVER SATISFIED ... Looking for escapes ... landing in ditches ... getting up and DOING THE THINGS ALL OVER AGAIN ... And DO ultimately for what our initial response always is 'NO WAY' .

Let us enjoy the following folklore:-

There is a legend in Punjab, about a thief who broke into a farm and stole two hundred onions. Before he could make his escape, he was caught by the farmer and led before the judge.

The thief was sentenced to pay ten gold pieces.

He prayed that the fine was too high, so the judge offered him two alternatives ... To be whipped twenty times, or eat the two hundred onions.

The thief chose to eat the two hundred onions.

When he had eaten twenty-five, his eyes were already filled with tears, and his stomach was burning up like the fires of hell.

Since there were still 175 to go, and he knew he would never bear this punishment, he begged to be whipped.

The judge agreed. But when the whip tore into his back for the tenth time, he implored for the punishment to be stopped, for he could not stand the pain.