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The Bengali Association of NSW (BANS\X') celebrnted Rabindranath Tagore's 153"' birth anniversary (9 May 1861) recently at tl1e Pennant Hills Commun.icy Hall.

The renowned Acliti Gupta of Kolkata, d1e artist invited for tl1e occasion, folfilled the yea rnings of those gathered to listen to some authentic Rabindra Sangeec in the traditional sty.le.

Aditi has been exposed to Tagore's works since childhood.

Lltde did bee mother, wbo senr her to Daksginee, a noted R.'lbindra Sangeet instin1tein Kolkata, know that Adi ti would go such a long way in chis particular field. She performs regul arly on All India Raclio and on various Bengali TV channels. She has received many awards like the Dakshinee Puroshkar and Sunil Kumar Roy Smrici Pmoshkar. The songs she chose for the evening were mostly popular ones such as O-aa111ar desher 111aali (0 my native soil, I bow my head to you in deep obeisance); Bhalohashi, hhr1/obmhi (I love, I love), Sokhi aandhm ek.ela ghart' 111011711a11e na from Shapmochan (I fail to content my mind, 0 darling, iu this dark lonesome home) and the very wellknown P11ra110 sei diner katha bh11/bi ki re hai (How can you forget the good o ld clays, cleat} Aditi has a sound understancling of the chemistry of the lyrics and the nmes of RabincL:a Sangeec, and has the seasoned singer's uncanny ability to transmit feelings through her vo ice.

"I am truly indebted to my Guru, the renowned Shri Rano Guha Thakurara, who inspired me to immerse myself into the wtirld of Tago re's music," Acliti said later.

Acliti's word of advice to others interested in Rabindra Sangeec, was to engage with the arr form extensively and learn the various facets of it i n full detail, in order to bring out the best in themselves.

Eatlier in the evening d1ere was a .fine clisplay of talents from local artists, including very yo=g singers and dancers who stole the hearts o f the audience with their enthusiasm and performances I was particularly impressed b y Sanclip Bhattacharya and Barna.Li 's renclition of Kunti and Karna's exchange of dialogues iu Mahabharar.a. Apparently Tagore re- worked on o ld stories from the J'vlahabhomta and &om Buddhist lore so mat they resonate in modern times. The dialogues form a dran1acic encounter between a fostered son, Karna and h i s long- lost birthmod1er Kunri, set against tl1e backdrop of the preparations for the great war between the rivals, tl1e Pandavas and the Kauravas.

For Bengalis woddwide, R.'lbindranath Tagore remains a treasured icon who will continue to inspire every aspect of their lives for generations. My o ,vn personal e.xperience is d1ar reading and rereading Ta.gore often opens up new v istas A recent cliscovery for me has been d1e influence of !slam on the revered writer. Apparently his private library conrainecl many writings b y Rumi, Sadi, Zami and Hafiz. In fact, some allege that a few of his poems in the well - known Gitmyali contain traces of Islamic spiritualism and m ys ticism. Like it or nor, even Tagore's critics do not deny that Tago re was a figure larger than Ii fe, o n e that continues to influence millions even today. Uttam Mukherjee

AnsunSujoe, 13 (left), andSrirom Hothwor, 14, are named 2014co- champions of the National

It reqLtired a new prime rn.iniscer to shake up India's notoriously slothful 'babudorn' (colloquial for bureau cracy) and clean up its shabby o ffices and workplaces

The broom is ou t. The dust and cobwebs are being clea ned out and old files and broken furniture being disposed of. At most government buildings in the capital, every comer - many littered wi th used teacups and betel-leaf stains - are being thoroughly cleaned om in keeping w ith Prime :rvtinister Narendra Modi's directive t o maintain strict cleanliness and hygiene.

This even got reflected in the President's address to parliament as an expression of government policy.

Heaps of old files, dusty and broken furniture - which had been left lying untended co for years a nd even decadesare being thrown away This was the scene at Shastri Bhavan, that h o uses some of the most important ministries a n d offices of the Government of India.

Top offic ials of each ministry are dealing wi th the cleauliness drive, something chat they failed to do in routine coLtrse a ll these years "\Y/e are disposing off all die o ld and broken furniture, all the o ld files," a senior official cold TANS, declining to be named.

"We are inspecting the rooms, the corridors, and even the toilets to ensure everything is clean," th e official added proudly ln another difference, all o fficial s report on the d ot at 9 a .m., a far cry from the unusal unpuncruality of government bab11.r (cler ks).

"Earlier, officials would come as they wanted 11 a.m ., 11.30 a.m., nobody was there co bother. Now t he reporting rime is 9 a.m. and the hours are till 6 p.m. officially, 28 JUNE (1) 2014 but most seni or offici al s stay till 8 p.m." another o fficial added.

"O n Saturdays too most of6cials are expected co report for duty if there is work. \Xlhile earlier no oue would come o n Saturday, with tbe new gove rnm ent in place all senio r officials are coming for work on Saturdays too. They work tiU 6 p.m. mostly on Saturdays," an official said.

Earlier, in Shastri Bhavan among the deparcments that we re the cleanest, were the offices of the Corporate Affairs Nlinistr), th e External Affairs M:inistry and the Information and Brpadcasting ministry. The others mostly looked unkempt. Cracked and uneven floor tiles l.ined the dark and ding y co r ridors outside the offices of t h e top secretaries, the bathrooms srank, betel leaf and gutka stain s marked the outsid e o f tl1e men's bath.rooms, and there were cobweb s in the corners of every common lobby on each floor, which was treated like no one's department, and hence, no one 's responsibility

Now char is changing, and changing ar top spee d.

''The new government has em phasised on speed and cleanliness and quick disposal of files. So everything is moving fast. Eadier, no tlung m oved for months. No o n e seemed co wo r k, or wam co wo r k Now ministe rs take d ecisions on files in a jiffy," said another official.

1n a welco m e change, this JANS co rresponden t saw the clean ers sweeping the ar ea behind where the g uards sit on the ground floor o f Shastri Bhavan - char was a lways dusty and d irty bur escaped notice of the top bureaucracy

A senior official from the Prime Nlinisrer's Office is expec ted to and do an in spection of the cleanli ness drive unde r taken by the new government. The secretaries of every ministry have been insa·ucred to keep everythin g near and clean for the i n specciou.

" Our deparm1enr was cleaned two days ago, and heaps of files and o.ld furuiture was thrown away Each departme nt is doing it b y turns. It is good to have everything so clean ," said a woman official at Shastri Bhavan, declini ng to b e named BJP taunts Congress over reduced numbers,

The BJP has taunted the Congress m1er not being able co quali fy for Leader of Opposition status in the Lok Sabha due co its low strength and hailed the leadership of N arendra Modi during the debate on the motion of thanks o n the president's address.

Th e Congr ess retaliated by saying that the NDA government's agen da was a "copy" of its plans.

The BJP arrack was initiated in the Lo k Sabha b y Rajiv Pracap Rudy an d led i n the Rajya Sabha by Finance l\1Ii.nister Arnn Jaitley.

Ri.1d y, wbo in itiated the debate in the Lok Sabha, said cbe Congress had virtually been rednced t o the scams of a regional party and did not have t he numbers to automaticallr qualify for tl1e post of Leader of Opposition

''\Ve respect regional parties but never expected that a national parry would be reduced to a regional party," he said.

He said the Leader of Opposi tion is involved in various selection processes such as that o f Lokpal and CBI director and if the gove r nment needs ro consult the opposi tion, whom sh o uld it consult. " lt is a big crisis," he said.

He added the BJP-led government will take everyone along

" The prime mini ster is a man w idi a b ig heart. Bur if suggestio n s are of the nature in which the co1mtry has been run in tl1e last 65 years, we w ill not accept ir," be said

Leaders £ram AIADJ'.vlK, Biju Janata Dal and Tcinamoo l Congress spoke abo ut tbeir triumph in states ruled by t h eir pa.rties.

Rudy said the Congress , which had ruled die countr y for 55 years, now had 44 members in the L o k Sabha while di e BJ P which fielded less candidates than the Congress won 282 seats.

Rudy heaped praises on Modi in his speec h for scripting the BJP's 1mprecedemed victory in the election and described him as di e party's furure.

He said the best way to predict the future was to invent it. "BJP workers have invented Naren dra i'v[odi and that i s our futme".

Rudy, who spoke about t h e distance covered and the number of rallies addressed by :Modi during the e lection campaign, fac ed frequent interruptions from opposition m embers, particul arl y those from the Trinamool.

He said Gujarat gave die counter Mal1atrna Gandhi and Sardar Patel. "This time, it ha s g iven a development man"

In t h e debate in the Rajya Sab h a, Jaitley said the burden on the new govern ment would be higher as peopl e have huge expectations from ic.

Taking a jibe at the Congress,Jaitley said they started believing their own propaganda " They (Congre ss) were believing their own propaga nda If you h ave done 90 percent of what has to be done, we have co do very Ii ttle".

"(Th e) verdict agains r you (Congress) is not because people were angry about tl1e balancing 10 pe rcent wo r k, it is abou t the state you left the country in," Jaitley saicL

He also said there was nothing like cop yright o f ideas and Indian democracy was now evolving Leader o f Congress in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge said the government should put a time limit to the promises made in President Pranab Mukherjee's address o n 9 June

"You d o u't have time-b ound programmes I request tl1e government to tell wh at they can show a fter one year or 100 days as against what they will do in "lO years. The y are forgetting that the report card of ever y govern m ent comes after five years," he said.

He said rnany of tl1e schernes and promises made in tl1e president's address had already been introduced by t h e previous UPA government.

He said if tbe BJP could go co 282 from two seats (in 1984) , the Co n gress could again cross 400

Kharge's party colleague and Leader of Opposi tion in Rajya Sab h a Gbulam Nabi Azad said the parry was prepared to play t he ro le of a constructive oppos ition

"The speech is a copied document, bur you cou ld have hired someone wi th better command on English co chan ge the la nguage of the document," Azad said.

Meanwhile, officials said Lok Sab h a Speaker Sumitra Mahajan wiU take a decision on gran ting Leader o f Opposition status co Kharge.

In the recent pasr, horror tales of rap e, sexual a ssault and molesracion have plagued the coLtn try. At such a time, women, who have been shaken co the core, "welcome" government proposals like "zero toletance" for violence against women, a mass campaign for saving the girl child and enabling her education, and a commitmenL providing 33 percent reservation to them in parliament and state l egislatures, albeit with skepticism.

Young women and activists, however, assert that all these promises will only make sense if they are implemented.

"They are the need of t h e hour:' said Ranjana Kumari, director, Centre for Social Research (CS R), a GO working for the empowerment of women and girls

"We tend co think that where laws are in place, there is less possibility of violence against wome n However, such is not the case. Almost 90 percent of women still feel unsafe in our country and we should have stringent laws and an implementing machinery in place ro reduce violence against women," she added.

The government has declared its "zero to lerance" of vi o lence against women, and said it was committed to providing 33 percent reservation to women in pa rliament and the state legislamres.

Addressing a joint sess ion of parliament, President Pranab Mukherjee said that the Narendra i\ilodi government will strengthen the criminal justice system to provide for effective implementation o f laws in tackling crimes against women.

Twenty-six-ye ar-old Pooja Raman, a lawyer, said that it is high- tio1e such promises see the light of day.

"It is about time promises become more than just assurances and l am convinced that the new government will fulfi Uirs promises. But, we as the public should also play a proactive role to hel ping them implement these programrnes," Raman to ld L\NS

However, N idhi Gupta, feels tbar unless there is greater understandiJ1g of social mindsets "which is the root cause of such atrocities agai nsL women," none of this can be seen as anything more than " lip service".

"lt is critical to change t he way peopl e tbin.k,'' the 27 -year-ol d Mumbai-based jou,nalist asserted.

The pres ident also said that the government is committed to Beti Bachao - lleti Padhao (Save the Girl Child, Teach the Girl Child), and will latmch a mass campaign fo r saving the girl child and enabling her education It will structure a comprehens ive scheme, incorporating best practices from stares in d1is regard"

Ruch ira Gupta, founder and president of NGO ApneAap Women Worldwide, says that it is a "good step", but added diat women parliamen tarians need to be educated to be fem ales not just biologically, but a lso po li tically, and address the issue of inequality between tbe sexes

"In the recent past, there have been \\'Omen leaders like Jvlamata Banerjee, Mayawati and J. Jayala lithaa, but they have nor done anything on rhe issue of rape. Ir is ro be seen what the nexr generation of women leaders do," Gupta tol d IANS

Gupta further questioned the purview of "zero ro lerance" and said: " I want to know if they (govern m ent) will also include things like stalking and marital rape".

Ranjana Kumar i, who hailed d1e comtnim1ent to ensu re 33 percent reservation for women, expressed the hope diat parliament wou ld soo n pass the muchdelayed bill on this The bill, which had been cleared by tbe Raj ya Sabha, lapsed a,~ the 15th Lok Sabha could not clear iL It will now have to be reintroduced.

Ranjana Kumari, who is also d1e chairperson of \'(lomenPowerConnect (\XTPC), a coalition of nearly 1,400 women's o rganisations and individuals, s uggested a few appoinm1ents which will strengthen women's agencies io India.

'These include a strong woman Lokpal, a \\'Oman commissioner in the human rights commission, a strong and fearless chairperson to head rhe National Commission for Women (NC\XI) to protect and ford1et the cause of women in India and also a permanent woman member in the Planning Comm ission to look after gender issues.

However, there are a few, like freela n ce writer Tanush ree Bhasin who fee l that such promi ses have been made in d1e past, and what matters is whether they are delivered.

" Sev eral governmems in the past have expressed their d esire to pass the women's reservation bill bur have failed to do so. It remains to be seen if this BJP government, which is committed ro an ideology of patriarchal Hindutva, does acmally translate its prom ises into action. For in essence, the Hiodutva ideology nm s against women's empowerment an d equality," Bhasin told IANS.

Agreed Nirya Sharma, a student, who said that it is "unfortunate" th.ar women face such heinous crimes.

"Violence against women is a matter of grave concern. The recent cases of rape in Uttar Pradesh reflect the condition of women in our country. O n the one h and, we say that women are al1ead of men in almost every field, on the orber you need programmes to safeguard d1eir integrity," Sharma, 18, said.

The signals from both India and the US are loud and clear - engagement in eve ry secror, and fast. Pushing back the slackness that had crept into the important strategic relationship over the last few years, the new Indian govern m ent signaled its keenness to "move fonvard as early as possible" ro boost ties w ith the U S.

The US too gave c lear signals before India's general elections, which gave a thumping mandate to the Nareodra Modiled BJP, that it is "very keen co move fo rward and get the relationship back on track," said sources.

As part of establishing contact, the US pointspetso o for South and Central Asia, Nisha Biswal, was in India and on Monday met sen io r Indian officials.

Biswal, who met Foreign Secretary Sujarha Singh, and other senior officials, including joint secretaries V ikram Doraiswami and Ajay B isaria, conveyed d1at the "US is extremely keen to engage with d1e new government of lndia, and will be guided by tbe pace and direction the new government takes All doors are o pen to engage, and whatever areas that India is willing co move on they are okay with," the source added.

Bodi Prime i\ifj ni srer Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj "made ir dear" that they want to move forward o n the relationship "as early as possible". Modi has also accepted an invite from U S President Barack Obama for a bilateral summit in Washington in September l\fodi has said in interviews during the election that indi vidual incidents should nor be allowed to clo u d bilateral re lationsreferring ro the v isa ban on him by the US in the aftermath of the 2002 Gujarat riots.

The boost ro bilate ral ties also holds promise for the India-US Defence Dialogue, that had been stalled for the past two ye ars, to be held again. India is also keen to restart the defence dialogue, especially now with a new government wid1 a new defence minister. The US, which will host t he dialogue, too bas a new team in defence i n place

India would be along wiili the US in d1e Trilateral w ith Japan on June 23-24 in ew Delhi.

Besides, Sllshma Swaraj would be m eeting her counterpart US Secretary of Stace Joh n Kerry in the US for the bilateral Strategic D ialogue. " The nein: three mombs would see pretty high pace of momentum in Tnd o -US ties," wel l informed sources said.

The Modi government has indicated that it wants ro push trade and economic partnership with the US and "get the energy back i n to the relationship".

The US is keen to increase bilateral trade from around $100 billion to $500 billion. However decisions on clearance of projects and capacity would have to wait rill the budget of the n ew government.

The Devyani Khobragade incident, which led to a stand- off in relations, i s being sorted our through "low key dialogues".

"Enough ink and blood has been sp il t on the issue. Bod, sides are finding ways to resolve the issues it threw up, and also d1at su ch incidenrs do no t recur, said one of the sources, not wishing to be identified because of the sensitivity of the issues.

Sushma Swaraj has made clear that the national policy o n foreign policy re.mainsonly the pace and style would be d ifferent.

On the civil nuclear deal, an o fficial said that US nuclear power co m pany Westinghouse has been given a formal letter of offer in December. The process to operatio nalise the deal L~ ''mov ing forward in small packages," the source said, adding that India's civil nuclear liability law "is still an issue".

Both sides are on the same page on Afghanistan as " no one wants ro see the remrn of extremism We want stability an d se ttled government Eve r yone is looking to invest in stability in Afghanistan".

Mamta Lalwani

This happened quite a while ago, back in L1dia, during my college days. J was in my furn ! year and ver y close co graduating so f decided to invite some college friends over for lunch to celebta[e my binhday. l'vfy sister-in-law offered to cook palak paneer and I thought I would whip up my famous pm1i pmi co serve as an appetiser

I felt quite good having opted for the easier of the two dishes to make. The "puris" were ready made, I onJy needed co prepare the pa11i so I came bad, earlier than usual from college and set about doing my smff. I cook ouc all the ingreclients, whizzed them through the b lender and pm them in a bowl. I got interrupted b y tbe door be ll and ran to let m y friends in.

Everyone wished me "Happy Birthday" and had brought presenrsl l got really flustered and excited. All thoughts of the p,mi pmi got shoved ro the background, as I started ripping ope n my presents.

I realised I bad promised them my famous p mi pu,i so l went to the kitchen co get it A l l I had to do was add the icy co ld water co the ground mixture in the bow l which 1 quickly clid, decorated ic w ith boondi; and ver y confident of my special.icy, served it without tasting it. One b y one all m y friends casted it and each one of them put their p lates down with a very weird express ion on their faces. The expression was an amalgam of confusion and pure clisgust! What on earth was going on? Wh y in the world were m y friends acting like I had fed them rat poisoa?

I quickly tasted it myself and wished I were dead!

My sister- in-law who was makingpalak pa11eer had ground the pcilak and some 11111salas in a s imil.ar bowl co 11:i.ine. I had accidentally served that with the go!gappas and she in tbe mean time had come into the kitchen aad pm my pani p11ri mixmre in rbe palak paneen The outcome was two really bizarre dishes! " Palak Puri" and "Pani Paneer"! Basically there was nothing to eat on m y birthday!

There were presents for sme but was I going to give an ything back to m y fr iends? No sir! I was going to starve my friends on my b irthday ! A pa rty they'd never forget. Surprise!

Sweet daughte r -in-law

Nuzhat Rasheed l was newly married and v ery eager to please m y in -laws In those clays there we.re huge expectations from daughters -inlaw, especially in the first couple of years of marriage. i\liy cl ear mot!1er bad caught me all tl1e tricks aad I had made her proud. I used my instincts when it came co adding in 111tJsalas. After a full day of laborious cooking i\'1y in-Jaws arrived very punctuall y and after tl1e pleasamries we re exch anged, clinner was served. A very strange eirpression came over their faces the moment they tasted the food. They all seemed to be exchanging glances and smil es that d idn't exactly say

I had onJy been married a few days and m y in-laws were coming over for tl1eir very first meal at our place, which meant they were going to taste my cooking for the very first time. I am a very good cook, conlidant of m y culinar y skill.s, but on tliis occasion was nervous nevertl1eless because it was my in-laws l had to impress.

I had decided to go the extra mile and prepare a huge feast. Since cooki ng came so naturally to me I never folJowed recipes.

1 was very pleased w ith the sumpruous spread.

"WOW" ! \Vhat were these snii les about? 'i\'lhat on earth was going on? I was so busy serving everyone I hadn't casted tl1e food yet. :Maybe it was time to do so.

1 quickly puc some food on my plate and into my mouth. \X!hy did everything taste like dessert? Oh my God! 1 had pm sugar in. the food instead of salt!

Ru Duff

I was cooking a chicken soup o n e night, along witl1 some fried chicken, as an appetiser before the mam course.

When the chicken was fried I realised there was some unused corn Aour lying around. I thought it would be a tenible waste to throw it away, so 1 decided co u se it in the soup The excess corn Aour in the soup completely destroyed it, rendering the main course inedible to all and sundry !

My husband tried to eat it on account of the fact that be was starving. However, it was an exercise in futility becau se it tasted like goo! My kids clidn't have ir either; they hated it. I thought, rhe hell with t h is, 1'11 eat it m yse lf, but spat it out as soon as I tri.ed it. So

1 dec id ed co just tluow it to the dog. The dog examined it fro m all side s and l ooked at me like I was crazy serving bim a clish like that! Even the clog d idn't eat m y cooking!

To salvage a little bit of corn flour, 1 had destroyed the famil y 's entire meal and wasted two chickens!

I was visiting my cousin in London an d decided co try m y culinary skills on hirn. He was a bachelor and a very bad cook so I had a great chance of looking really good in front of the really bad. l ran to the kitchen. The oil was burning hot and there was smoke everywh ere. I told my cousin to o pen the window and proceeded to put chilli powder in d1e oil

I decided to make aloo ki sabzi (curried potatoes). It was d1e simplest recipe and wouJd be easy, or so I d1ought!

The family cook back home had said to heat up the oil and put red chiU i powder in it before adding the potatoes. I put the o il in the pot to heat and settled in from of the TV to cm the potatoes and got completely absorbed in tbe television show that m y cousin and l were watching. After a while m y cousin said, "I sme U sometlung burning in the kitd1en" Oh dear! I bad completely forgotten about ilie project 1 had commenced!

As soon as I threw in the chilli, the oil Rared up in to Rames! I screamed .My cousin rush ed into the kitchen. He was horrified to see the Aames and grabbed tl1e burning pot and shoved it under d1e tap in the sink. As soon as the water hit the o il the Aames burst our of control an d }ut the ceiling! 1 screamed hysterically

My cous in , realising that the apartment was going co be on fire pretty soon, grabbed the Aaming pot and made a mad dash for d1e balcony Meanwhile I was sc ream.ing hystecicaUy and waving a ve ry sharp butcher's knife i n d1e air. My cousin saw the knife coming straight at him a nd to avoid being scabbed, he made a s harp turn rig h t into the g lass dinning table which moved wi t! lus weight and jammed into the gyprock wall, putting a big dent in i t!

He somehow managed to escape a U iliis drama and make it to ilie balcon y door. The fire a larm was deafening. There was banging on tl,e front door and seconds la ter the concierge burst into t he apa r 1ment. 1 just kept screaming unconrroliabl y throughout iliis fiasco. The fire was finally p ut out. The pot had to be lefr outs id e overnight for it to coo l down. My cousin was b leeding from having h it the glass cable's corner while trying to avoid being stabbed by m e. The landlord had to be informed about the big dear in the dioning room wall and the black kitch en ceiling, and of course my cousin had to pay for all the damage!

Oops! AJJ l was trying to do was m a ke aloo ki st1bzi.

Kumar

It was a beautiful cloudy day a nd my whole fanill y demanded breakfast in bed. The boys all had a day off from school and m y husband and I always SL'lttecl d1e cla y late anywa)~ so I decided to spoil everyone. They all wanted au English style b reakfast with th e works; eggs, baked beaus a nd roast Buc unlike ilie English, they wanted their eggs boiled. With at least two eggs per person it came to ten eggs in all so 1 dec ided ro boil the entire case Qf a d9ze n eggs way I read

As soon as I put t he eggs qn the phone rang.

I read recipes tne same · \ oet to · science f1ct1on. the end and I think.

Mrs Sharma's son was in love with aJ,ori and she was devastated, an d of course 9 o'clock in the morning was t he best rime to bring it up. I got completely engrossed in me sqap opera tha t was Nus Sharma, The Son and His Gori. Kind of W<e The Lion, Tbe IVitch, t111d The lf:1/ardrobe! Goss ip had a scrange way of g iving imm ense satisfaction to all participants Th e eggs were comp letely out of focus bf now and d1e screams for breakfast iliac came from up stairs were totally muffled. The only thing chat was crystal clear was th e gori dragon who was about ro enter Mrs Sharma's Li fe

The loud wail of the fire alarm made me jump our of my skin and brought the rest of t he reside nts of the house come iliunclering downstairs. THE EGGS!!! Oh Ill )' Goel! wlrs Sharma had to be stopped or the fire engines would be parking outside pretty soon! Tbe eggs no lo nger existed! They had boiled t hem selves to dead,; all the water was gone and die eggs were omv on the ceiling! Instead of breakfast in bed I h ad given my fanuly a special treat with breakfast on the ceil ing !

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