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KEETAROO Keetaroo is Hindi for Germs. Germs and bacteria, as we all have been taught in early school years are things to be vary of. Some of the germs / bacteria are good, such as lactobacillus which forms Yoghurt (Dahi). They also cause fermentation which makes wines. Quite a bunch of bacteria are present in our mouth, stomach and sundry organs which digest our food and help us to live in general good health. And everyone would tell you that Germinated grains are good in your breakfast. The Marketing world has latched on to this and made it the unique selling point of most things made by them. It also does not want any one to forget it. It  keeps on bombarding us day-in & day-out that these ketaroos are out to get us. “Use our products or else !” they keep on dinning into our ears vehemently on the TV, Radio and Press, spreading the keetaroo mania and brainwashing all future generations to come. Here are a few examples ….. Napkins for Toddlers : The advertisers are

TOMATO The breast beating;  the breaking news of tomato prices by the  MSM (Main Stream Media);  the tirade by the evening scotch drinkers with ice tinkling in their glasses and 'ice' dollops adorning their ears and necks;   against the current government  has now become an annual affair. It happens every year and the show put on as if it is a first time happening.           Tomato – the shiny red vegetable (or is it a fruit ?). Children and adults alike are fond of it, and a salad without it is unthinkable. Required for making most vegetable curries tastier. In all of north India , it is grown only in the cold / winter months, as the plant cannot stand the summer heat of the region. Availability till the 1980’s or so was only in the winters, i.e., from November to the start of summers of end March. As the summer heat started, the prices of tomatoes would crash as the fruit ripened fast. Housewives waiting for this time would purchase tomatoes in large quant

Visitors Excuses To You Normally human beings do not like to live in isolation. They socialize in several ways, at the workplace, at a public place such as at the doctors, or the grocers, or the park with neighbours, and so on. But persons of your liking and nature may not be at the workplace etc, so people visit each other socially. Children meet daily for games in the park, students meet for a round of masti at their ‘adda’, college, canteens or elsewhere and so on. It is the adults with their busy lives of jobs, self employment etc., who have to make efforts of going to meet others. We are talking about such persons here. Why they visit you, or do they visit you very often, or pay a perfunctory visit of few minutes just to keep up the pretences ?  The reasons can be several and need serious thought. Here are some causes on the subject, in first / second / third  person  - not given in any particular order … # “ Dahling, you live on the first floor and there is no l