My Mother. I have a Mother. She is a nice Mother. Thank God, God made Mother. My Mother is old, beautiful, gentle, not on any social media sites nor has any inclination to succumb to Zuckerberg's "big data" collection exercise. She rarely attends real life exhibitions, virtual ones are out of the question! We both like monologues. Hence, we just walk up to each other or make a call in case we're miles apart to let the other know that we love and miss each other, wish happiest of birthdays, anniversaries, Diwali, New Year, Gudi Padva, Baisakhi, discuss my shadowy, personal, clandestine and miscellaneous world affairs, pay compliments to each other and express appreciation for having tolerated each other for close to 40 years! My Mother doesn't believe in shopping online, too. Like me, she is very outdated and old school, and hence we go to the nearby store (s) to make purchases. It truly is an Amazon experience! I think I love my Mother very much. Atleast, virtually?  #SabVirtualHaiYaarPyaarBhiYaarBhi #GetPersonalLetsMate #YahaanSeLetaWahaanBigData #SocialNeedYa #IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer

News on top: India, 6th wealthiest country with total wealth of about 8,000-billion dollars. Nice. News below: Woman delivers baby on the Hospital floor. Vice as nice. Jaane Do. I really like the young crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. He is a bold young man who undertook a massive exercise in "demonetization" and "massive crackdown on black money" in style, when he placed billionaires in his country under detention at the majestic Ritz Carlton (perhaps he read about Mallya running away? haha!), negotiated a settlement worth 100-billion-dollars with billionaires, and those who refused to cough up their illegally hoarded wealth are most likely to serve prison time. Amazing, of course, and while there maybe more background to the story, isn't it an exercise worth customizing and emulating in a country where a mere 1% people own the Nation's 73% wealth? After all, forcing common people to stand in unending and serpentine bank queues to surrender their "black money" on the premise of depositing 15-lakh-rupees in their bank accounts is like expecting the pakoda industry to generate employment for "600-crore Indians" at a daily wage of "200-rupees-per day"! Haha! #NotPerformingAssetsKitneHaiSamba #CrackSmackBlack #BestPracticesFromTheMiddleEast #TelLeneGayaPakoda #AisePaiseNahinMilte