Bollywood Actor Saif Ali Khan Attacked by Burglars

In a shocking incident, some burglar entered Saif Ali Khan's residence in Mumbai and stabbed him with a knife several times in the early hours of Thursday, January 16, 2025, during the burglary attempt.

Saif Ali was admitted to the Lilavati hospital and is reported to be out of danger at present after undergoing an operation to remove the knife from his back at a spot close to his spine.

It is unclear how the burglar reached the 12th floor of the apartment without being noticed by the security guards. Police are in search of the man who fled immediately after the attack.

Here is a link to the full details of the attack.

Indian Women Cricket Team Scripted History at Rajkot on Mattu Pongal Day 2025

Hats off to Smriti Mandhana and Pratika Rawal !!! 

Our Women's Cricket Team has made our country proud by scripting a new world record of the highest score in ODI Cricket history surpassing their own records and that of the Men's Cricket Team records.

It was the third ODI match against Ireland at Rajkot on 15th January 2025, a festive season. Our team set a record score of 435 for 5 wickets against Ireland's score of 131 all out. Thus, our team clinched the series by 3-0 wins.

A quick century by Smriti Mandhana scoring 135 in 80 balls and another century by Pratika Rawal (154 in 129 balls) contributed to this huge score of 435/5, drawing applause from all sides.  

Here is a list of our Indian teams (both men and women) surpassing 400 runs in previous ODIs:

Indian Women 435/5 vs Ireland on 15th January 2025 at Rajkot

Indian Men 418/5 vs West Indies on 8th Dec. 2011 at Indore (Virendra Sehwag 219 runs)

Indian Men 414/7 vs Srilanka on 15th Dec. 2009 at Rajkot

Indian Men 413/5 vs Bermuda on 19th March 2007 at Port of Spain

India Men 410/4 vs Netherlands on 12 November 2023 at Bengaluru

For details, here is a link.

Barack Obama With Trump at Jimmy Carter's Funeral

During former President Jimmy Carter's funeral ceremony in Washington on Thursday, 09/01/2025, ex-President Barack Obama was spotted sitting with President-elect Donald Trump. This incident became sensational news and created suspicions among their fans.

Obama was seen laughing heartily at something uttered by Trump. Some lip-readers tried to decipher the conversation between them. I read that article, and it was amusing to go through those revelations shared by the lip reader. However, I may not agree with those points.

I see it only as decent conduct maintained while attending funeral ceremonies. At those places, there is no friend or foe. Each guest is simply a human being shedding all their egos.

I am sharing that news with you so that you may like to read what the lip readers predicted.

Here is the link to that article.

Hara Hachi Bu - A Japanese Phrase for Mindful Eating

 While reading some articles online, I came across this wonderful Japanese Phrase "Hara Hachi Bu".

This phrase translates to "Belly 80% Full" - a practice of consuming food until your stomach is 80% full. It is a technique that promotes mindful eating. Here are significant tips for consciously enjoying your meals.

• Eat slowly so that your brain can receive signals from your stomach as to the fullness of your belly.
• Eat smaller portions or morsels of food for a better chewing experience.
• Recognize the flavors and tastes while eating.
• Try to estimate the quantum and levels of your hunger.
• Refrain from distractions while eating. Do not watch TV or use phones.
• Stop eating as soon as you feel enough or satisfied.

O Laugh, Laughers

I was reading an article on Medium that discussed how to digest Modern Literary Works and grasp their context and theme.

While reading that article, I came across this strange, humorous poem by a Russian Poet, Velimir Khlebnikov, which kept me laughing at each line. 

"Incantation By Laughter" _

O, laugh, laughers!
O, laugh out, laughers!
You who laugh with laughs, you who laugh it up laughishly
O, laugh out laugheringly
O, belaughable laughterhood — the laughter of laughering laughers!
O, unlaugh it outlaughingly, belaughering laughists!
Laughily, laughily,
Uplaugh, enlaugh, laughlings, laughlings
Laughlets, laughlets.
O, laugh, laughers!
O, laugh out, laughers!

If you are interested in the above-mentioned Medium article, here is the link to it.

A Song on Spotify - "Danger Zone"

I was reading a post by a Spotify listener who listened to the song "Danger Zone" some 17,000 times during the year 2024 and shared his Spotify Wrapup for the year.

I wanted to know what was the speciality about this song as I haven't listened to it till today. So, I browsed online and found this post which provided the lyrics of it. 

The song is about the process of piloting an aircraft into the skies, as high as possible. I loved the message that it provides. "Until you do not put your best efforts into something, you can't achieve your progress. Unless you try, you will remain grounded."

For all music lovers, here is a link to the verses of the song.

When Art Becomes A Victim, Rotten Banana Becomes Viral

This is a shocking reality. What?

A decomposing Banana sold for 6.2 million Dollars in the name of Art!

You hear it right. It happened in Italy recently. The Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan taped a banana to a wall and sold it as a masterpiece of Art in an auction at Sotheby's, New York on 20/11/2024. And, it was bought by the Crypto Currency founder Justin Sun who later ate it during a press conference in Hong Kong on 29/11/2024.

What could be more disgraceful than this? A real artist spends his whole life drawing and painting artistry and could hardly earn some thousand dollars during his lifespan. Is this not a blow on their backs?

I am very sorry.

Here is the link to the article that reveals this shocking news. (It was a shocking news for me, a true son of an artist. May be not for others.)

Do Not Ignore Mother Tongues

I was reading an article today on HubPages that enumerated Hindi Names for 20 professional occupations. He provided the English Names with their corresponding Hindi Names. I was amusing myself while going through it. He had some more articles that dealt with Flower Names, Fruits, Metals, etc.

Do you know that a postman is called "daakiya" in Hindi. I think that most people might have forgot their touch with mother tongues. It is the same case with Telugu and other languages also. Indians are turning western as more and more people put their children in English medium schools that do not teach Indian languages.

Here is the link to the above-mentioned article.

Indian Constitution Day

Hi, Friends. It is Constitution Day today. 

The Constitution of India is a fundamental law that was adopted by the constituent assembly on 26 November 1949. It came into effect on 26 January 1950 when India became a Republic.

This Constitution establishes the fundamental rights and responsibilities of the citizens and is the basic foundation on which all other laws of government are based. It defines the powers, duties, and structure of the government.

B.R. Ambedkar was "The Father of the Constitution" of India.

The constitution was drafted by 389 members of the Constituent Assembly (partly elected and partly nominated by erstwhile princely states) who worked for 141 days to bring out the draft report.

So, let us value our Constitution and celebrate this occasion with pride.

For a piece of comprehensive information, you may like to read this article on Wikipedia at this link

 

Unpotty Training

I came across this new phrase while browsing/reading an article.

There was a sentence: "She Un-Potty trained my daughter while I was away". So, I browsed for the meaning of it and found that it was the toilet training imparted to babies.

I was fascinated by the answer that I received from AI.

Here is the answer I received for my question: 

"The average age to start toilet training is between 2 and 3 years old, and most children are fully trained by age 4. Some developmental readiness signs for potty training include:

• Being able to get to the toilet on their own
• Being able to sit down on the toilet
• Being able to pull their pants up and down
• Being able to communicate when they need to go"