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Per the Holy Bible : “And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.” And then the Lord God went on creating myriad things of nature and beheld that they they were rather good and He was truly satisfied.

In the scheme of His things He also created man and Lo! He felt man was rather alone without a mate. (I suppose it will be considered blasphemy if I were to suggest that the Lord God is rather alone too!)

So He created Eve.

And the couple was told not to have the apple of knowledge for they would surely die.

I think what the Lord God was trying to say in His matter-of-fact way, was that the apple would lead to them falling in love with each other. (Die was an euphemism for love, for when you are in love, your lonely self truly dies.)

For consider that once they have had the apple they realize the difference in their proportions and cover themselves.

I think this seed of hiding one’s true emotions vis-a-vis love started right at the top.

If the Lord God had simply said : “Let there be love”, we would be saved the turmoil of hiding our emotions on Vday.

And our moral guardians would have other worthwhile things to do.

Atal Behari Vajpayee was always tagged as the right man in the wrong party.
Posterity will judge him as a truly nice man with enough virtues to be charming.
However his name was a misnomer. Atal means steadfast, which he never was.
His constant vacillations on points of principle are legendary.
He stood for no principle as such but for the principle of compromise.
The truth is always a tight rope walk and being a BJP man, Atal Behari Vajpayee always gave it a wide berth.

The unsavoury episode being played around the Election Commission leaves a sour taste in the mouth.
The Election Commission has been the Pride of India.
That it is presently embroiled in petty politics is unfortunate.

Is it possible now to have free and fair elections, if the CEC’s impartiality is in doubt.
The CEC has to be like Ceasar’s wife. Period.

The present CEC has done a great disservice to the nation. In a way he has treated the fine office he holds with contempt.
His insinuation even if true, should not have come from his august office, but the political party which was at the receiving end.