T he Sarayu carried more tears than water. Ayodhya was a sad kingdom. Dasaratha was a good king. He upheld dharma – justice and morality – as best as he could. The citizens were apparently happy. Then, one day, it all changed. One person is enough to change the destiny of a whole kingdom. Who was that one person? Some say it was Kaikeyi, one of the three official wives of Dasaratha. Some others say it was Manthara, Kaikeyi’s chief maid. Manthara was a hunchback. She was the caretaker of Kaikeyi right from the latter’s childhood; foster mother, so to say, because Kaikeyi had no mother. The absence of maternal influence can distort a girl child’s personality. With a foster mother like Manthara, the distortion can be really bad. Manthara was cunning, selfish, and morally ambiguous. A severe physical deformity can make one worse than all that. Manthara was as devious and manipulative as a woman could be in a men’s world. Add to that all the jealousy and ambition that insecure peo...
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LOL :P bwahahaha.....
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Lovely to see you here after a pretty long time, Deepak.
Deletehaha yes sir.
Deleteitr has been a pretty long time and glad to catch few post of yours back :D
..and the answer is NEGATIVE I presume?
ReplyDeleteAnswer is yours, Santhosh.
DeleteHa ha ha. Work of an innovative mind [smile]
ReplyDeleteI'm smiling happily, sir.
DeleteHahahaha..That is really Funny.. :-)
ReplyDeleteIndeed, it is. Have you ever noticed we do such funny things in life as altering the truth with the help of words?
Deletehahaha .. this one is really a work of real humorous sense !
ReplyDeleteMischievous humour.
Deletequite humorous...
ReplyDeleteThere's a subtle philosophy behind the humour. I hinted at it one of my responses.
Delete:D good one!!
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DeleteThat's a shit on those who alter truth with words as you hinted at in one of your comments. because only after reading the comments my tube light came to life.
ReplyDeleteYeah, wings, I understand. I'm a quite an imp when it comes to mischief. Later I decided to give that hint in the comment.
Deletea perfect graffiti and a taboo
ReplyDeletelook wiser by your hair even if you loose your Alma matter
Thanks for combining my two posts into one comment.
DeleteThat was really funny :)
ReplyDeleteHow funny can life get to be?
DeleteVery good one.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Rajesh.
DeleteSome other binaries:
ReplyDeleteDisabled v. differently abled
Short v. Height-challenged.
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We pretend to be better civilised because our language is apparently acquiring some sophistication!
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