Today 4th July ...is the Anniversary of my Near Death Experience aka Riggggorrrrrr LMAO

it is by far the Exact Replica of scenes from The Exorcist and the entire gamut and bevy of Horrrrorrrrrr Movies LMAO
when my ante natal class was being shown the labour rooms in the hospital-where i was born-and the place where i was planning to deliver my First Born ....
we women noticed a ward boy walk into the labour room ...which had one lady crying in pain on a delivery bed and 3 delivery beds in all in that one room ...
And Yikesss we went ....imagine having a child with two more people in the room and their husbands too being in the Room
Yikes ....Creepy as Hell and WTF raised to the Power Infinity
no matter who says what ....
Normal Deliveries are Dehumanising as F
one has to lie there with Pain and EVERYONE walks in to look at one's ...Always Covered Parts
Aaaeeelaaa Sic as F
i switched off from wanting to Deliver
Message got sent to and Accepted by my Unborn
Who Promptly Went into
Do Not Allow Water Bag to Burst Mode
more WOE to me
30thJune 2001 arrived with Trepidation and Went
1st, 2nd July too went and i started to Panic
my maiden surname is Panicker ...
Ergo ...was Born with Panic DNA LMAO
so late on 2nd July...my friend from ante natal class decided she is going in for induced Birth... as her baby too was in Lockdown mode
so i too called my doc and got admitted on 3rd night
4th morning ...19years ago ...on this day ...at the break of dawn i was given an enema and told to be NBM ...nil by mouth
Imagine ....saline and some medicine via a Drip and No Food for a Much Pregnant lady .....
kya hoga ....what will happen
by 3.30pm that day i was Hungry as Hell and Tired of the Dammmn Pain and Cold as Hell in the Luxury Labour room
....why-thanks to the Air Conditioning ...LMAO LMAO LMAO
why Luxury Labour Room-zero Ward Boys can enter ..Literal LMAO LMAO LMAO :P :P :P
downside to Luxury Labour room ....freaking cold as hell ...i definitely had hypothyroidism by then i guess
the Only test my doctor missed when i got a rash all over my body in the 8th month like German measles
he and the Golwilkar Lab people too were worried
the rash went away ...but both the doctor and the lab ....made me repeat the Ts T3 and T4 twice 8 months later as Both Believed that i could not be hyperthyroidic-i was and got a free lab test LOL LOL LOL
so back to 3.30pm on 4th July 2001 ....my body got Wild at the cold and lack of food ...and it decided to float an 83Kg moi and my baby
Freak Show ensued ...i thought ....Fing Asssssmese and their Black Magic and Hate for poooor old me ....this is assamese black magic
Idiot Moi-it was Science ...when some people's body temp Dips ...they get Rigor
a Simple Truth we DENY ...ergo we think we can Levitate due to Ghouls and Evil Spirits ;) ;)
ergo ...i got the FRIGHT of my life ....3rd time during my pregnancy ...i was on the Verge of Death
and All i could think of was ....Silly Ghost theme based movies i Watched Eons ago LMAO LMAO LMAO
the Matron got the Fright of her life ....she Held my Body down and sent the dafto i married to get nurses and blankets
and then the Warmth of the Blankets helped the Exorcism aka Rigor subside and i was all good and still in one piece on the narrow delivery table LMAO
and then they gave me one small plate of vegetarian food ....i wanted to eat the Universe ....i was sooooooo Hungry and Everyone was eating food .... except moi and my baby ....he-in vitro kicked me Max on 4th July
But ...he Refused to Want to come out either
when his heart beats started falling by 7pm on 5th July 2001 ...the Doctor Gave Up and ordered an Emergency C-Section ...
and i am Soooooooooooooooooooooooo For C-sections
my second child is a Planned C-Section and both my second baby and i were Peacefull and i Loved that entire fuss free and Beautifull experience of Birthing .....
some folks will say that i am a Whatever
so Whatever
but i Love C-Section Deliveries
Keeps it Humane and Peacefull
City bred and born
LOL LOL LOL

one Class Action Suit against governments going to war would be Class a Act

there is such a close nexus between Bollywood and Politics …..it is scary ….how they Sell War to the masses ….a way to sell Nationalism first it was Uri the Surgical Strike ...now it is Tejas made by Ronnie Screwvala-the most suave liar I have met ... starring Miss Ranaut-the biggest voice against Bollywood ….
all these people have one big mai baap aka Godfather...
if anyone in India has read the minute by minute report about Pulwama ….they can see ….the tragic way those soldiers died ...they were sitting ducks and there was no enemy there
it was like a 9/11 thing
propaganda has so many levels …. and we are all being played Royally
for all we know ...all 3 heads of state have planned this … again they are also Taking Orders from String Pullers
the World needs a Distraction ….. and who Better than the Most Populace nations of this world to put on
Fire Works
ohh did some people die …. will infrastructure be demolished ..awww so bad
hmmm reconstruction is big business
Iraq rings a bell
first don't accept the plea and apology and the willingness to pull out of Kuwait by Iraq
then flatten everything in Iraq
and then ...collaborate to Reconstruct
and bestest part ...few months back … Iran and America were fighting with each other …..by Bombing Iraq
Ludicrous
see war for what it is … taking trained men to the Slaughter …. civilian lives and infrastructure destroyed
actually one Class Action Suit against governments going to war would be a Class Act
people from the Industry should get together and sue govts for loss of revenue due to Bad Governance
hmmmm if doctors get sued for deaths and builders get sued for infrastructure collapsing
why do we not Sue Govts for lack of peace and stability
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we gave them power in the hope of good governance right
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what I see... the govt's use of the armed forces as ….a moron's attitude to Insurance ... have an insurance policy.. have paid premium ...better have a stay in the hospital with at least a fracture to have some sense of paisa vasool aka money's worth
we spend millions on the armed forces …. so let us use them and then get some good publicity in the bargain
the American govt... be it... Democrat or Republican does this ...goes and deploys it's forces all over the world and what a fine mess it is
but for those in power circles
win win for everyone

Vegetables have Birthmarks ….new Perspective of Life ..LOL

of late I do not give my kids chores as they help out their grandparents everyday …..today I told my elder child to wash capsicums and potatoes for me …..I reiterated that he should wash the vegetables very well ….as he can sometimes finish chores very fast and can be Quite the Raymond like Mr Raymond in Everybody Loves Raymond ….when it comes to chores ….
today I checked one capsicum and told him to wash it again to take off the black dot of dirt on the capsicum …..my son listened to me and then after trying to wash it off and failing....
he shows me the capsicum and says with élan ''mama this is the capsicum's Birth Mark''
and I said Wow ….that is by far the Best Excuse I have heard from you in the kitchen ….
to which he insisted that he had done a thorough job and the black dot was not dirt ...and I said ok ….but I had a good laugh ...
however KIDs and their POV is Highly Amusing on some days ….
Vegetables have Birthmarks ….new Perspective of Life ..LOL

Lockdowns ....if a push comes to a shove ....laaton ke bhoot and baat na maane ...ergo Draconian is the way to impose Rules

31st May and cloud cover and relief thanks to cooler climes …..people have been going bonkers about air conditioning and servicing them and loads of kaw kaw kaw ….people from outside Pune have no clue how cold it gets after one heavy shower ..spl by the second week of the monsoons ….Pune goes back to being a hill station and we need to wear light woollens to be comfortable and warm ….
even during peak summers ….there is a cool breeze blowing every night in my city ….hmmmm
even though the IMD predicted a delay in the monsoons by 4 days in Kerala ...ergo Logically we should have been expecting the monsoons by the 10th of June 2020 at the earliest ….
31st May 2020 and complete cloud cover and an Assured promise of rains ….the skies are suggesting with Reassuring Sound Effects too ….howwwzatttt
Promise of Monsoons ….On Point !!!!
summer practically gave a guest appearance this year …. we hardly endured being in the sun ….luckily privileged we are... we did not brave the harsh sunshine this year ….nor did one of us have to walk for days on end in scorching sunshine with no footwear...and very little or nothing to eat ...
the sad part is some young folk have no clue just how dangerous this virus is …. it can give one debilitating conditions which require a long duration of rest and care
why tempt Luck by opening up apartment complexes to service people coming from cordoned off and extremely risky areas...
we in India have got so used to getting work done by house help ….that many folk just can not manage basic chores ….
in my apartment complex ... one person's lapse could result in problems for 18 families …..4 families have septuagenarians and octogenarians ….4 families have toddlers ….. 3 families have people with severe immunity compromised situations ….
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any one family being lax about any one issue and they falling ill means this whole complex gets locked down …..
and those who need medication even now due to their immunity compromised medical condition will be that much closer to the Brink
few chores around the house vis a vis a child who can not hear or talk ...or a cancer survivor being pushed to the brink
reeks of zero skin in the game
I do not have a problem ….I will only think of my Rights and close my eyes to my Responsibilities and Duties
being selfish is one aspect, being mean is another and being frivolous and flippant is where many of us are ...
with so many cases on the rise in this city and this state ….
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Bbeing Draconian is the only lingua franca aka lingo people seem to understand
give the camel an inch it wants an elm …..that is our problem...…
since the lockdown started ...people celebrated Gudi Padva, Vishu and Eid ….
zero guests …
we followed lockdown rules….
one young family wanted to be different and called guests....
and that is when I wonder If IT engineers lose out and have a few screws missing thanks to their job profile or is it a style statement to prove that they function differently
instead of thinking and functioning as one unit ...some apartment complexes have taken managing committees to court over … a small matter like not allowing house help to enter the premises...
what people forget is that the managing committee work ...is voluntary free work ...
so now with partial lifting of the lockdown ….. nonsense has escalated ….and as always ….
If there is problem ….even a micro problem ...Factions get formed in nano seconds ….and Everything gets Compounded ….
awww nice- said like how the character Onslow says it in the sitcom 'Keeping Up Appearances' ….coz life in India is a Parody and Melodramatic Versions of ...Keeping Up Appearances and the Duesenberry Effect...aka the relative income hypothesis aka Keeping Up with the Joneses.... hmmmm
till one is hale and hearty ….the virus is something ….other people get ….
oh hello …. we will be hale and hearty ….If we practice Caution and Pipe down and be Practical about.... keeping contact to the minimum ….
if a push comes to a shove ...is an expression which has a country cousin in Hindi ….laaton ke bhoot baaton se na maane....
ergo here in India we love to be shoved/kicked in the --- and then we agree to stop disagreeing ….na
that is why ….I hope the govt continues with the strict Lockdown till the numbers come down …..and the curve reaches a plateau which is Maintained ….
just because Pune is located on a plateau ...we should not Hallucinate that ...everything is always hunky dory here and throw caution to the winds
the virus is here as of now and it will not Vapourize just because... some have acquired cat DNA and think that turning a Nelson's eye means ….it is someone else's headache and problem ...
some people do not understand what relaxed norms mean and what being a tad altruistic and seeing the bigger picture means
ergo ….the State Govt of Maharashtra ….Kindly stick to Draconian Rules 🙏

Dialogue viv a vis Warfare ....

in 27 years ...it will be 100 years since Independence ….. and I wonder if we will still be wasting time, energy and good money over a concept like Borders ….
I so hope we will have some form of Teleportation and even Passports will be Redundant ….by then ….the globe will be one village and Galaxy Hopping will be what leisure activity will be all about ……
to be Galaxy Hopping in 27 years time ...we should stop going bonkers about small stretches of land ….
such populace nations we have become but small tracts of land have resulted in Tensions which have been going on for Decades
so many have died ….. and are still dying
recently a Palestinian grandparent did not want any action taken against the Israelis responsible for wiping out his family …..he just did not want such a Horrendous tragedy to befall on anyone else ….
when deaths and land being ruined is taken as collateral damage ….
war and foolish escalation of tensions will remain a way to Waste precious economic resources
if dialogue can help solve ...escalation of tension at borders
why do governments not use dialogue First and then move troops around.....
under pre virus times …. movement of troops did not Pose a Threat to the Lives of those Troops
But Now ??????
the lives of those poor soldiers mean nothing ??????
they are being put in close proximity under cold conditions in such High Altitudes with the virus being a Real Danger
I am glad I do not understand the bigger picture of geo politics …. the reading between the lines itself is macabre:(

NRIs, Remittances,MEA, Nationalistic Fervour and Largescale Layoffs in the GGC nations and Banking ....

If we take a Non Resident Indian to be an Ant ….hardworking, peacefull and nose to the grindstone Perpetually ….the Govt of India and Ministry of External Affairs and the Ministry of Commerce and Trade do Benefit Hugely from such NRI Ants  ….Right

ergo we have the Pravasi Bharati Divas …. the day NRIs are lauded and Felicitated and made much of …. But the Million $ Question is ….what is the MEAs doing about the huge number of NRIs coming back ...thanks to the Large Scale Layoffs in the GCC nations ….these are the Worst off as far as NRIs go …. specially the poorer NRIs staying in the GCC nations skimp on buying mineral water and many come back with renal failure issues ….. many live in isolation and develop psychological issues ….some get into a debt trap and take to Suicide as a way out ...some get jailed ….

there are humanitarian organisations ...spl NGOs working to help such NRIs incarcerated due to financial problems …. however what help is the Ministry of External Affairs extending  to help the NRIs returning in hordes from the GCC nations …..

first of all the last drawn salary becomes the biggest Stumbling Block to such NRIs getting job opportunities in India ….the minute a potential employer hears that XYZ was the last drawn salary per month ….they prejudge that such a person will be less inclined to be Driven and Motivated at low levels of salary in the Indian scenario …. so instead of using a person’s experience and learning thanks to working in a foreign setting …..organisations Reject such applicants …..

the second factor that goes against such NRIs is their age ….if in their late 40s ….they are Rejected …. if in a Senior Position professionally ...they get rejected ….it is easier for the returning NRI to get a job if they were in middle management level …..even if the returning NRI agrees to work at a low level of income ….their work ethics and productivity gets doubted and the question of ….what will be an NRIs productivity and motivation to work at low levels of income becomes the reason for rejection ….

many NRIs end up without a source of income and since they did not belong to any industry in India ….they have Zero Clout or Unions working for them ….

My Question to the Ministry of External Affairs is that ...when such people were helping with the Balancing of Trade via Remittances ….they are welcomed and treated well …..But the minute such Assets become a Liability ….they are shunned by one and all ….no Ministry or Industry wants to be associated or linked with such ex-Ants aka NRIs ….

the Twist in the Tale happens when such folk have bank loans going on with Foreign banks operating from GCC soil …..and here is my Plea to the MEA to look into this matter Seriously …. the loans are given to NRIs by foreign banks at Simple Interest according to Islamic Banking Principles ….however the minute the NRIs touch the Indian soil the ROI levied by the said Foreign Bank ….HSBC in my case becomes levied at Compound Interest Rate which is a Violation of Islamic Banking Principles …

Ergo I Kindly Request the MEA to look into this matter and give help to NRIs returning home due to widespread layoffs in the GCC nations ….on one hand the Indian Economy is still Struggling and there are no jobs for Indians ….leave alone NRIs ….on top of that ...due to Exchange Rate going against the Indian NRIs ….the amount to be paid back gets doubled practically …..

Plus the constant harassment from Recovery Agents employed by foreign banks like HSBC ...going to the extent of not replying to emails and sending agents to knock on our doors and emotionally harassing ex NRIs …. this is Legally Not Right as Foreign Banks operating in GCC can Not send Recovery Agents to NRI’s residences ...it becomes a Police Case IF I choose to register a case against such agents ….the agent also informed us about payment for such police case in case we choose to Register a police case against such RAs like Bilkis …. the people working for this Recovery Agent do not read or understand mails written to them and keep reiterating the same thing over and over again ….

another aspect is that the Severance amount coming to such returning NRIs goes directly to banks and so instead of coming back with some seed money to start a small Start Up ….these laid off NRIs come home empty handed ….

the NRIs returning from the Gulf are being caught between the Devil and the Deep Sea ….and this needs a solution …. the Only Ministry that can help such NRIs--willing and able to work ...is the MEAs …. some help with job opportunities and legal aid to deal with Truant banks such as HSBC ...is my Humble Request   

If Push comes to a Shove ….I will initiate a Class Action Litigation against banks and the industry ….then do not say you were not informed !!!!

my kids thoughts about Moholaya

Sheeja Panicker

19 September 2017 ·

Yesterday my kids father told them that tonight and all of tomorrow we will have to eat veg food as it is Moholaya ..a time when all those who have passed away... visit earth...
My Imports from Mars are happy that Michael Jackson will be visiting.....
I dared not LOL.... However....kids are sooo funny.... you tell them A ....they think of MJ .... never know what connections live wires make ....
They were Heartbroken the day Michael Jackson passed away....as till then they never had seen the person behind the voice on the CD in the car...a few weeks back I heard them discuss how tragic MJ's life was ... and how manipulative media can be...
Sometimes listening to kids talk is interesting...in Pune... the balconies of my house faced the play area of the housing complex adjacent to my building and evenings and holidays....I would get to hear...All kinds of Isms from little children....it made for interesting tea and coffee breaks ....