John, how dare you make me open Dictionary.com while I am reading your article? plz. be kind to "typical" engineers who took more math, physics,programming and lab courses than literature and english. anyway, I enjoyed all of it that I could understand. keep it coming bro

"The highest reward for a man's toil is not what he gets for it but what he becomes by it" Tina turner and her "golden eye" used to be my favorite in time immemorial. Later on, Gwen Steffani and her "don't speak" took the vacant seat in my heart. A tug of war between Madonna and Britney had to decide the second place...but JLO and her big a-- took over and eventually won the battle for some reason. I am in "no woman's land" right now. Good one Anurag...made me nostalgic!

John, Your wit knows no bounds; Steven Tyler as the epitome of "malfunction of human nature" elicited a yelp like I haven't heard emanate from my mouth for a while now :-) I still like Jagger and the other "Gold standard" in mangled coiffure and androgynous appeal, David Bowie (I relish my imagination's conjuring of the comments your mother would have made vis-a-vis Bowie) :-) As always, another outstanding contibution from you to the annals of literature on Sajha. Cheers,

New vocabularies to learn. :) Perhaps it is a dysfunctional brain as a consequence of exhaustion or failure to understand the vocabularies, made me read twice and I still need to do more. Nonetheless, a superub illustration of creative writing.

Arghhh....superb I meant.

आज पुन: अनुरागजीको अनगिन्ति शाब्दिक वर्षाले केहि समय शब्द अनुसन्धानमा लगायो, केहि समय सेलिब्रिटि खोजमा, केहि समय फ्रायडको गन्थनमा।! माफ पाउँ मेरो अलि शिथिल अङ्ग्रेजीमा, तर गजब छ! पुरानो पङ्खा हुँ म :)

hehe Galt hence no "Pink" in your mother's colorful depiction of music and singers huh? A lthough I must add that Mick's lips are often in want of closing - venus flytrap!! :)

JG, keep on writing. enjoyed it

Great anecdote Galt.... Especially like the build-up to the last killer punch-line... " I knew Karnika admired Tracy Chapman. "

John Galt, I can't understand half of what you write, but it always feels good to read your postings. Very enjoyable. Thanks for the post.

Yup, good one. Enjoyed it. But not as much as your other creations. Now, there are valid criticisms. Your usage of big words do tend to make you look like pompous wannabe literateur, pardon the expression. Simplicity, even in language, is beauty. But I don't mind. Actually, I like it when you use, should I say... more sophisticated words. Sure I have to double click it and get the definition off dictionary.com, but then that's great because I increase my vocabulary as added bonus. So, yeah man, rock on!!

Mercury, How is life?? spent gambling in Vegas all summer???? Tesla, My apologies, I simply went overboard, I was reading this book by an Indian writer named Manil Suri, and tried to imitate him. By the way, I am an engineer too. Hunk, Wallowing in the company of such divas for a moment is so blissful itself, I would not mind being the celibate for the rest of my life. Nepalii, Dear friend, it is always an honor to read your replies, but Bowie's physical configuration was not as apalling (according to my mother's version) as Steven Tyler or Mick Jagger. She would have considered him a little more attractive. Flippy, I had to learn those words myself, please refer to my reply to tesla, I was simply imitating. बिरखे ज्यू, माफ पाउँ अल्मल्याएँ, तर मात्र भाषिक सुद्ध्ता र स्व्छ्न्दता लाई ध्यान राखेर लेखेको हुँ. I respect languages in all forms be it Nepali, English, Hindi or Persian. Typing stories in devnagari is out of scope when it comes to finishing it in a limited time span, hence I write in English. Samakhusi, Save that question until we meet, we both need to be updated. Skeletons in the closets spring back to life if I completely bare my identity here. Moreover, I was never a student who deserved to be remembered. This story was just an attempt for an creative writing, it is esoteric to a very small extent, I bet you will understand it if read again. Dear friend Suna, Yes, Tyler was simply black and white, he was not the kind who she "did not wanna miss a thing" about. As far as the botanical carnivore goes, Jagger must have kissed many lips more than flies, or should I ask was the term Fly simply a metaphor? Yacc, Truthfully speaking, when Chapman sang "Fast car", my parents thought she was a guy. Thanks for visiting. Nepalisahila, Apologies, I did not want to be a mister cool and hard to understand, it was just an effort and imitaion that went awry. Thanks for visiting. Riten, Thanks for reading and caring to reply. I fully agree with you, and like you said, this anecdote might have depicted myself as a pseudo-pulitzer prize winning (thanks to some dear friends at sajha) Mr. Cool which I humbly regret now. But like I said earlier, it was just an effort and moreover an imitation. I completely respect your criticism and hence find myself not worthy enough to argue it. Thanks for reading. I am honored.