Much Ado About Something

Do kids really get what I am saying? Why be nasty? Is using bad language all that great? What does it say about me if I let the grey hair show? Am I being unreasonable in wanting transparency in all business dealings? Is monogamy a myth? Does it really work – this concept of open marriage? Is gold a good investment? What are the pros and cons of motherhood? Why cannot men spend more time at home? Do face packs really work? Is laughter the best medicine? Is homeopathy the only solution for hair fall? What is the problem with eating red meat? Why the third degree? Do abortionists really believe in abortion? Is green tea better or does red tea also work? Are all vegetarians meat haters? Do all meat lovers loathe vegetarians? What meat is the best? Are heels good for the arch of the feet? How to get rid of dandruff? What is the reason for bad breath? Why do some skins look good and some don’t? Does being slim buy you brownie points in general? What is looking good about, really? Is ther...

In the context of grammar and all that it has to offer, there are a number of us who snigger at someone just because the person’s sentence construction does not meet the cut. Believe me I face flak by many who perceive my phrasing to be verbose. Can blame it on the potholes of my ever so dusty construct of verbs, adjectives, phrasing, simple past, past imperfect, present continuous and so on and so forth! But I try and do all that I can with a never say never attitude. Some may say that I speak better than I write or the other way round and some wonder why I bore them with this long-windiness. Anyway, in time I hope I can join upper end club of the grammatically correct! I now move along to the context of Indianized idioms that are so part and parcel of our heritage. The merry mix of angrez infused with desi tones can make the high end club feel a trifle nauseated. As for me, I am pretty proud of some of the terminologies and guffaw at them heartily. The construction of ‘we are lik...