Mind Game...

I have been off my blog or off blogging or missing-in-action from Bloggersville for about 4/5 days now. Not exactly voluntary... been a little 'busy', so to speak. Plus power cuts... big time! So, its a joint effort (or maybe a joint venture) between my 'busy' phase and the KEB (Karnataka Electricity Board). Bad, bad... KEB. No donuts for you! (Grrrrrrr). Nearly 10 hours of power outage on a sunday... and that too unscheduled... ?!! Not done. (Double grrrrrrr).

But, now, I'm back! *a big grin*

I have a few tags... in my "to do" list, and Shilpa has 'advised' me not to keep them pending and to finish them ASAP. She says... we got to live up to our 'reputation' of being the "Tag Queens". Yup, Shilpa! Point taken! Therefore, I'm taking her 'advise'... and completing one of them, right away. The rest will follow... soon, though! I have been tagged by Dhiman for the Mind Game. More often than not, yours truly initiates a Tag and tag other folks aka FBs. But, this time I was tagged and it's quite a wonderful feeling, I must admit!! "Its different"... to borrow the tagline of 'Maggi Hot n Sweet Tomato Ketchup'... !!! BTW, I absolutely loved the honour of being a "Tag Queen", which I share with Shilpa. Thank you Dhiman for the honour!! May your "Tag Dasa" continue for a long time... unabated. *wink! wink!*

Ummm... My name begins with the alphabet 'R'... and I already know (even before I have begun to do it)... this tag isn't going to be an easy one. Nevertheless, let me get cracking on it...

Tag Rules: It's harder than it looks! (Mind It). Copy to your own note, erase my answers, enter yours, and tag your friends. Use the first letter of your name to answer each of the following questions. They have to be real... nothing made up! (nahi to police pakedegi Savdhan... !!!) If the person before you had the same first initial, you must use different answers. You cannot use any word twice and you can't use your name for the boy/girl name question. Have Fun!!

1. What is your name: Roshmi.
2. A four Letter Word: Road (to success, to good health, to happiness, to friendship, to humour, to life, to eternity... !!)
3. A boy's Name: Rishikesh.
4. A girl's Name: Rohini.
5. An occupation: Rock Star! Wow! Sounds exciting, na... ?!!
6. A colour: Red.
7. Something you wear: Raincoat... when it rains, that is! Sadly, the truant monsoons have spoilt all the fun :(
8. A food: Roast Chicken! Finger-licking and lip-smacking good. Yumm!!
9. Something found in the bathroom: Rod (to keep the towel, silly!!!)
10. A place: Rome, would love to explore this place... so steeped in history and mythology!! Absolutely mesmerizing!
11. A reason for being late: Road condition (traffic jam, road hazzards, e.g., perennial repair/maintenance work on the road... it guarantees/generates employment no doubt; bad roads... filled with potholes, a cow/bull/buffalo suddenly deciding to plonk itself in the middle of the road... while chewing the cud; waterlogged roads... after some intermittent showers. Numerous reasons... you see!)
12. Something you shout: Really! (Not very often, though...)
13. A movie title: "Roar" (starring the mother-daughter pair of Tippi Hedren and Melanie Griffith along with a gang of hitherto unknown lions, tigers, leopards, cheetahs, cougars and jaguars as their co-stars. Melanie later commented: "Lions are a really tough act to play with. Not because they are dangerous, but because they are so funny. They upstage you every time. If you are in a shot with a lion you just know everyone is looking at the cat instead of you.") Hilarious!
14. Something you drink: Red Bull.
15. A musical group: Rhythm (??)... is there one such group... ?!! Errr, no clue! :( Or maybe all R&B groups... ! :)
16. An animal: Rodent!! Very hard working and diligent... they are, and have in both jaws a single pair of incisors with a chisel-shaped edge. Can chew anything to pulp within minutes!!
17. A Street name: Raja Rammohan Roy Road in Bangal-ore/Bengal-uru.
18. A type of car: Rolls-Royce... Classic! (The mascot or the hood ornament on Rolls-Royce cars: "The Spirit of Ecstasy" also called "Emily", "Silver Lady" or "Flying Lady".)
19. A song title: "Rahe Na Rahen Hum, Mehka Karenge Banke Kali Banke Saada Baag-e Wafaa Mein..."
20. A verb: Rob (in true Robin Hood style!)

Ahh! Finally... I'm done! :)

And I'd Tag: Sid 'Ravan' Kabe, IndianPundit, Pawan, The Butterfly Diaries aka Ashwin Baindur, Subhayan, Sumit, Ved, Miss M, Miss Kido, Miss Choco, Reema, whysoserioustoday, AnjuGandhi, Deepa, theishu, wandering soul, Prateek Shah, Tangerine, Tiger, Blogxter, Sobhit, Abagale, Amit414 and Paritosh. Plus... everyone who would like to do it... please suit yourself!! :)

PS: I'm not tagging Kaddu (she's already been tagged by Dhiman. I would have loved to see her 'reaction' on discovering this... having to do another tag, that is, though!) Not tagging again... all those who have already been tagged by Dhiman and Shilpa.

Before I end this post... let me share a few jokes with you... to brighten up your day. Here goes:

1. A family of mice were surprised by a big cat. Father Mouse jumped and said, "Bow-wow!" The cat ran away.

- "What was that, Father?" asked Baby Mouse.

- "Well, son, that's why it's important to learn a second language."

2. Sammy: My parents are sending me to camp.

Tammy: Why? Do you need a vacation?

Sammy: No. They do!

3. Patient: Doctor, my wife thinks I'm crazy because I like sausages.

Psychiatrist: Nonsense! I like sausages too.

Patient: Good, you should come and see my collection. I've got hundreds of them.

4. Indian Prime Minister: We are sending Indians to the moon next year!

US President: Wow! How many?

Indian Prime Minister: 7 OBC, 5 SC, 8 ST, 3 handicapped, 2 sports persons, 3 terrorist affected, 3 Kashmiri migrants, 2 MPs and 1 astronaut.

5. One friend was talking with another friend about his cousin who recently passed away.

- "By the time cousin Jack died he had a transplanted heart, a plastic hip joint, a plastic leg and a plastic arm."

- "Where did they bury him?'"

- "Duh - they didn't bury him, he was recycled!"

6. Teacher: What is the chemical formula of Water?

Student: H2MgClHNO3P6(OH)SnTHg

Teacher: What is that?

Student: This is municipal corporation water...

7. Customer: Waiter, waiter! There's a mosquito in my soup.

Waiter: Don't worry Sir, mosquitoes have very small appetites!

8. Little Johnny had finished his summer vacation and gone back to school. Two days later his teacher phoned his mother to tell her that he was misbehaving.

- "Wait a minute," she said. "I had Johnny with me for three months and I never called you once when he misbehaved."

9. A woman goes to a police station.

Woman: My husband went to the market yesterday to bring potatoes. He has not returned home yet.

Inspector: Why don't you cook something else then?

10. Teacher: If you multiplied 50 by 8 and then divided by 4, what would you get?

Student: The wrong answer.

11. Anjali was having a tough day and had stretched herself out on the couch to do a bit of well-deserved complaining and self-pitying.

She moaned to her mom and brother, "Nobody loves me. The whole world hates me."

Her brother, busy with a computer game, said: "That's not true, Anjali. Some people don't even know you."

12. There was a young man who, in his youth, professed his desire to become a great writer. When asked to define 'great' he said, "I want to write stuff that the whole world will read, stuff that people will react to on a truly emotional level, stuff that will make them scream, cry, howl in pain and anger!"

He now works for a software firm, writing error messages.

Happy Independence Day! Jai Hind!! :)

Note: Jokes, Courtesy: http://www.bangaloremirror.com

Photograph:

An 'unusual' depiction of the alphabet 'R'. Picture, Courtesy: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bibliodyssey/3610882757/sizes/o/

The ABC Tag...!

I have been tagged again... by Shilpa. She wants me to complete this... in 2 days. Quite an interesting tag, I must say. Its the 'ABC Tag'. You get to know the ABC of ME!

Now the rules:

• Link the person who tagged you.
• Post the rules on your blog.
• Share the ABCs of you.
• Tag 3 people at the end of your post by linking to their blogs.
• Let the 3 tagged people know that they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their website.
• Do not tag the same person repeatedly but try to tag different people, so that there is a big network of bloggers doing this tag!

So, here's the ABC of ME...

A – Available/Single? None (I do not endorse the other form of 'MBA' – 'Married But Available'... you see! :D)
B – Best friend? Mahesh.
C – Cake or Pie? Cake.
D – Drink of choice? Darjeeling Tea/Filter Coffee (Sorry, couldn't decide which one I like better).
E – Essential item you use every day? Oxygen ;)
F – Favorite colour? All of them. It's beyond me... as to how folks can 'choose' their 'favourite' colour. Have they ever looked at flowers... ?? I ask you!
G – Gummy Bears Or Worms? None.
H – Hometown? The Silicon Valley of India/IT City/BT City/Garden City aka Bangal-ore/Bengal-uru (Even though trees and gardens are disappearing by the day... the city still retains them... in its pseudonym!)
I – Indulgence? I am a voracious reader... really...!!!
J – January or February? Both.
K – Kids & their names? Not applicable.
L – Life is incomplete without? My soulmate.
M – Marriage date? June 17!
N – Number of siblings? One.
O – Oranges or Apples? Oranges... in their juice form. Yummyyyy!
P – Phobias/Fears? Whats that... ??? I am 'fearless'...I'd be disappointed if you didn't know that already... !!! ;)
Q – Quote for today? I have 3 of them, actually... and I like all 3: "The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain."/"The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese."/"You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist."
R – Reason to smile? Do I need one?
S – Season? Spring.
T – Tag 3 People? Surely, will do!
U – Unknown fact about me? I have two left feet :)
V – Vegetable you don't like? Quite a few of them... if I have them in my food... you are sure to find a 'Great Wall of China' building up around my plate ;)
W – Worst habit? 'Procrastination'... sometimes. Mind you, its actually my 'busy phase' ;)
X – X-rays you've had? One day, when I was little... about 3 years old... I was jumping up and down on the bed... fell down and broke my collar bone (clavicle). I did not cry... did not let a peep out, infact. The broken collar bone was discovered after nearly 2 days. There... didn't I tell you... I am 'fearless'... ?!! :D
Y – Your favorite food? Too many, can't note down. If I try to... I'll get hungry! *a very sad face* You can have a glimpse of some of them, though: Krishnokolee র Kitchen and Kitchen flavours.
Z – Zodiac sign? I am a Libran - I balance!

I Tag... in Alphabetical Order: Dhiman, Kaddu and Sumit. Guys and the fair lady... please get cracking!

Note: I have a few 'tags' pending already... from Shilpa and Subhayan. Will complete them... soon. I promise!

Also, the 'breaking news' is that... the Alexa Traffic Rank for my blog is currently at 222,437 *Clap! Clap! Clap!*

Photograph:

1. Alphabets A-Z in 'light writing' (Courtesy: http://www.davidairey.com/alphabet-photo-art-gallery/)

2. Alphabets A, B and C (Courtesy: http://akidsheart.com/threer/lvl1/abc.htm)

More tags... One down, 2 more to go!

Just in case you were wondering about the picture here, let me tell you... it is a 'toast'. Yes, a 'toast'... you read it right! It's also the best toast... I have ever seen in my entire life... and it came courtesy: Shilpa. She says... it is a toast... to us, and for those like us... Fellow Bloggers, Friends from the Blogosphere aka FBs (christened by Shilpa, herself). And the best part is... she has added me to her list of FBs. Thanks a bunch, Shilpa... it feels wonderful!

... And only last week, actually on the 4th of July to be precise... Subhayan awarded me the "Wramblerz Award"... in the "In-cyclo-pedic Blogger" category. The citation reads: For churning out great content in all of her posts ... I must confess, your blog is a web-resource tool (from Julius Caeser Bryan Adams to quotes from n number of great men...) Congrats and Well Done!!!

The past few days, several of us including yours truly... have been busy with the "Indiblogger of the Month May 2009" contest (Original Humour category) and as a result some (important... ahem! ahem!) things/tasks have piled up. Tags for example... for me at least. I have three of them pending. Two from Subhayan and one from Shilpa, and I have got to get cracking on them quickly. So, here's the first one...

This is from Subhayan. The first is the 15 Books Tag... which I'm already done with (as part of Shilpa's previous tag). You can read it: here. Therefore, the one I got to do now... is a Q&A type. But, before I forget... let me share a really cool link with you. I came across Rank Widget, a tool to check your blog's Google PageRank, Alexa Traffic Rank, Technorati Blog Rank and Yahoo Search InLinks... and then show/display them on your Blog. A great tool for website/blog promotion! Squirrel Boy... please note: I do not display the Alexa Traffic Rank or the monetary value of my blog with every post :) Okie, now for the tag:

Q: When you looked at yourself in the mirror today, what was the first thing you thought?

A: Only looked... was giving my quite substantial (cough, cough) gray cells a bit of "well deserved" rest *wink! wink!* C'mon, after all I am not the Queen with the magic mirror... found in "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs." Note: This being the age of "political correctness", e.g., a "blind" person being referred to as "visually challenged" or "visually impaired" instead... should the name of this story book be altered to: "Snow White and the Seven Vertically Challenged"... ???

Q: How much cash do you have in your wallet right now?

A: Rs. 500/

Q: What's a word that rhymes with DOOR?

A: Roar, more, shore, ashore, core, wore, tore, snore, pour, pore, sore, bore, boar, oar, soar, fore, four...

Q: What is your favorite ring tone on your phone?

A: The Gayatri Mantra.

Q: Who is the 4th person on your missed call list on your cell phone?

A: A friend.

Q: What are you wearing right now?

A: My smile.

Q: Do you label yourself?

A: No way. Labels are for clothes and products. I am neither!

Q: Name the brand of the shoes you currently own?

A: Reebok.

Q: Bright or Dark Room?

A: Sometimes bright, but never dark... (I'm no photographer, you see *wink* *wink*) Prefer to have a blue light on (zero watt). Feels quite dreamy! But then... whenever there is the (unannounced) appearance of this modern phenomenon called "unscheduled power cuts"... it does get dark, for a few hours, though :( This is actually a joint effort between the truant monsoons and the forever engaged in "maintenance work" KEB (Karnataka Electricity Board)

Q: What do you think about the person who took this survey before you?

A: Someone who simply loves tags!

Q: What does your watch look like?

A: It's a Titan Fast Track one, with a black band.

Q: What were you doing at midnight last night?

A: zzzzzzzzzzz

Q: What did your last text message you received on your cell say?

A: The bill amount :)

Q: What's a word that you say a lot?

A: Please.

Q: Who told you he/she loved you last? (Please exclude spouse, family, children)

A: Are pets allowed... ?!! :D

Q: Last furry thing you touched?

A: My doggies... Squeashy and Ginger.

Q: Favorite age you have been so far?

A: All of them!

Q: What was the last thing you said to someone?

A: See you soon.

Q: The last song you listened to?

A: Was listening to "Words" by Boyzone... a little while back. Now listening to "Naa, jiya laage naa"... from the movie "Anand". An amazing song... Lata's voice mesmerises. Simply magical!

Q: Where did you live in 1987?

A: On terra firma. c/o Planet Earth aka Dharti Mata!

Q: Are you jealous of anyone?

A: NO!

Q: Is anyone jealous of you?

A: Can't say.

Q: Name three things that you have on you at all times?

A: My wits, my smile and my cell phone!

Q: What's your favorite town/city?

A: Bangal-ore/Bengal-uru :)

Q: When was the last time you wrote a letter to someone on paper and mailed it?

A: To a friend, nearly a decade back...

Q: Can you change the oil on a car?

A: Nope.. have never tried. And don't want to either! Aside: I do not believe in oiling/greasing my own palms ;)

Q: Your first love/big crush: what is the last thing you heard about him/her?

A: Thats my hubby!

Q: Does anything hurt on your body right now?

A: My eyes... guess I am in front of the computer more often than I should... !!!

Q: What is your current desktop picture?

A: Lord Krishna in all his splendor... revealing his "Vishwaroop" to Arjun, while also answering his queries, i.e., while revealing the Bhagavad Gita. It is a scene from the Mahabharata. You can find it on my blog sidebar too.

Q: Have you been burnt by love?

A: NO! NO! NO!

... And I tag: Kaddu, Rajdeep, Ved, Kokonad, Sumit, Dhiman, Tangerine, Deepa, WebSnacker, Vamshi, Subhayan, puresunshine aka Virtual Crossroads, Shilpa, Mukund, pawan, abhijeet, SiD, wandering soul aka Neelima, Books and Comics, Rafiq Raja aka ÇómícólógÝ, Comic World , Shankar, Miss Kido, Reema, Vipul Grover, Choco, Rahi, Shanu, Crocodile's Tales, Rana Sinha, Jamaica My Way aka Jamaica, Sandy, Random Thoughts of a Demented Mind, ACKnowledge, Welcome to the world of Devil, সোনার তরী, History and Mythology, Rice ladoo, Vik's angles, Rhett, My Memoirs of Mesmerizing Memories, Simply Ridiculous, Prateek Shah and thoughtsandviews. Hurry up!!! What are you waiting for..?? Just do it!

Photograph:

A picture of a 'toast'. Courtesy: Shilpa.

I have been tagged. Now its your turn... !!!

I have been tagged! The first from SiD and the second from Shilpa. I will go in reverse chronological order... in my response, that is. Shilpa wants me to complete her tag in 15 minutes flat. Can't promise... what with all the unscheduled power cuts! But, will try nevertheless, with a prayer on my lips... and with my fingers typing away furiously... on the keyboard! And Oh! Before I forget... the Alexa Traffic Rank for my blog... has travelled northwards again... and is now at 236,032. Not bad... eh?!!

#1. Came across an interesting 15 Books Tag!

The rules are: "Don't take too long to think about it. Fifteen books you've read that will always stick with you. First fifteen you can recall in no more than 15 minutes. Tag up to 15 friends, including me because I'm interested in seeing what books my friends choose."

1. Tintin - Herge (I am a huge comics fan.)

2. Asterix - Goscinny and Uderzo (Reasons: same as above. I have to mention my other favourites here: Handa Bhonda, Bantul The Great and Nonte Phonte - all bengali comics. Plus Calvin and Hobbes and Tinkle. May be they should get an "Honourable Mention"... what?!!)

3. Book of Humour - Ruskin Bond (Delightful! You can read my views on this book: here.)

4. Malgudi Days - R.K. Narayan (Classic... and was part of my growing up years. I can never outgrow this book, ever! My thoughts on this book are: here.)

5. Sanchaita - "Kabiguru" Rabindranath Tagore (This is a veritable treasure trove of this great poet laureate's poems/songs. Tagore is my favourite poet... need I say more?!!)

6. Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier (Classic and haunting.)

7. Gone with the Wind - Margaret Mitchell (A classic and simply un-putdownable.)

8. Love Story - Erich Segal (For its love story... with the memorable line: "Love means never having to say you're sorry". The very first Sentence of which began like this: "What can you say about a twenty-five-year-old girl who died? That she was beautiful and brilliant. That she loved Mozart and Bach. The Beatles. And me." Read my thoughts on this timeless love story: here.)

9. The Guns of Navarone - Alistair MacLean (Thrilling!)

10. The Count of Monte Cristo and

11. The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas (Classic stories, thrilling and adventurous... riveting tales of romantic rivalries, struggles for power, legendary friendships, betrayals, revenge, daring escapes, buried treasure, clever disguises, and solemn promises... the latter set in 17th century France.)

12. A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens (This novel/historical fiction occupies a central place in the canon of Charles Dickens' works, and is set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The opening line being: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair... " and the final sentence: "It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known." Profound.)

13. The Complete Works of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (The greatest detective...)

14. Feluda/Byomkesh Bakshi/Kiriti Roy/Indranath Rudra - Satyajit Ray/Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay/Nihar Ranjan Gupta/Adrish Bardhan (Iconic, gripping and delightful. I can't, for the life of me, rate them in any particular order.)

15. Julius Caesar - William Shakespeare (History, drama and a literary classic all rolled into this one novel, a masterpiece by Shakespeare. An examination of the relationship between political power and personal conscience, it is a veritable master class for aspiring politicians. Caesar was one of history's greatest generals and a key ruler of the Roman empire... on second thoughts, he was probably the greatest general in Rome's history, and among the most successful of all time. Caesar's life and death is dramatized in this William Shakespeare play/tragedy, "Julius Caesar", with Caesar's famous death/last line: "Et tu, Brute? Then fall Caesar!" Caesar is thought to have been assassinated on March 15th, a date known in the Roman calendar as "the Ides of March". The month of March is still considered to be pretty intriguing, and references to "the Ides of March" are still in vogue. Another riveting read!)

Note: I have not mentioned any of our great epics in the above list. Simply because they are way beyond any kind of ratings. They are all too great, too timeless, too profound, epic works... I am not upto 'rating' them.

#2. 5 things I love about myself. This one from SiD. Okie dokie, here goes...

1. I love our terrace garden (You too can read about it, right here: Green Thumb)

2. I love to read and I absolutely love comics (Tintin, Asterix, Handa Bhonda, Bantul The Great, Nonte Phonte, Tinkle, Calvin and Hobbes, Dilbert, Dennis The Menace, Archies...)

3. I love visiting craft exhibitions and am passionate about handicrafts.

4. I just love the rain!! The sweet sound of rain falling on parched land, on window sills... pitter-patter... pitter-patter; the smell of the rain-soaked soil, the magical feeling of breathing in the rich air of rain on soil... so relaxing, so fragrant. I just love the "after-the-rain" smell. The summer dust getting washed off and the freshly washed flowers and leaves. The amazing weather, the nip in the air, being able to enjoy a cup of tea or coffee... once again! Ohhhh! I could go on and on and on...

5. I love listening to "rabindra sangeet" - the "songs of Tagore". Lilting, lyrical and soothing... their fragrance lingers on and on and on... ! And on windy, cool and rainy evenings... sheer bliss!

Now... I am tagging: Kaddu, Rajdeep, Ved, Kokonad, Sumit, Dhiman, Tangerine, Deepa, WebSnacker, Vamshi, Subhayan, puresunshine aka Virtual Crossroads, Shilpa, Mukund, pawan, abhijeet, SiD, wandering soul aka Neelima, Books and Comics, Crocodile's Tales, Rana Sinha, Jamaica My Way aka Jamaica, Sandy, Random Thoughts of a Demented Mind, ACKnowledge, Welcome to the world of Devil, সোনার তরী, History and Mythology, Vik's angles, Rhett, My Memoirs of Mesmerizing Memories, Simply Ridiculous, Prateek Shah and thoughtsandviews. To borrow Nike's tagline, Just do it!

P.S. Finally... I am done! Yippieeeee!!! After a few power outages and multiple power trippings in between... which generally made life miserable.

Note on Julius Caesar: Full name: Gaius Julius Caesar. Born July 12/13, 100/101/102 BC, Subura, Rome - died March 15, 44 BC, Curia of Pompey, Rome. Celebrated Roman general, statesman, and dictator.

Caesar's life and death is dramatized in William Shakespeare play/tragedy, "Julius Caesar", with Caesar's famous death/last line: "Et tu, Brute? Then fall Caesar!" In spite of its title, this is not the story of Julius Caesar; his corpse is just the island on which all the other characters fight. Nevertheless, it is an important role, he bestrode this world like a colossus. who bestrides the world. When Caesar tells Marc Antony he trusts only fat, well-fed-looking men, it seems like a shrewd campaigner passing on a useful observation to a promising up-and-comer.

There is the opportunistic Marc Antony's famous funeral speech with the immortal opening line: "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones; So let it be with Caesar." (The full speech can be read at: http://www.artofeurope.com/shakespeare/sha10.htm.) He plays on the word "honourable" a number of times. Watching the mob swayed from one direction to the other first by Brutus' speech and then by Marc Antony's is the best warning there is on the perils of democracy. Marc Anthony, unfaltering in his love for Caesar takes revenge for his murder.

"Julius Caesar" is peopled with such complex and subtle characters, we don't know whom to root for. There is no Iago or Richard III to step forward and tell us boldly, "I am a villain." Each of the characters acts for both high and low motivations alike. This is one of the Bard's most memorable plays, the greatest of all his historical tragedies. Undoubtedly.

Note: Some info courtesy: http://www.amazon.com

Photograph:

Rain drops falling on an outstretched palm. We all know the feeling... don't we... ?!!

(Picture courtesy: http://photobucket.com/images/Rain/)