CAMPAIGN TO CHAMPAGNE!

When people with political aspirations decide to take part in an election, they spend a lot of their time visiting villages, towns and cities in their attempt to woo the electorate. The few weeks/months they spend on the road zipping from one place to another, trying to garner support by interacting with people, is generally […]

SURROUNDED BY EYE-SERVANTS/EYE-SERVERS?

These rather old fashioned terms were frequently used in the past to refer to the domestic help who performed their duties only when the master’s eyes were on them. It was work done to impress the master; the eye-servant or eye-server did it for show! Although we have quite a few people in our country […]

HAVE YOU CAST YOUR BULLET?

With quite a few states having gone to the polls already, millions of people in our country must have walked enthusiastically or grudgingly in the hot sun to a nearby Government school to cast their bullet. Oops, I’m sorry, I mean ballot. But then, I’m not entirely wrong; for you see, although the words ballot […]

BEING IN THE ARMS OF MORPHEUS!

For the movie buffs among you, the image that immediately comes to mind when you hear the name Morpheus, is that of Laurence Fishburne – the actor who played the iconic role of Morpheus in the highly entertaining Matrix trilogy. Quite a few, especially those belonging to my gender, may balk at the idea of […]

A CANDID CANDIDATE?

The word candidate has several different meanings – someone who contests in an election is called a candidate. It is also frequently used to refer to a person appearing for an interview, taking an exam, etc. In the past, candidate had only one meaning – it meant someone dressed in white. The word comes from […]