SORT OF LANDMINE EXPLOSION ON INDIAN CULTURE

THE INVENT OF INTERNET AND INTERNET BASED PRODUCTS AND PROGRAMMES  HAVE NO DOUBT BOUGHT IMMENSE BENEFITS TO IT'S USERS IN INDIA.

BUT THROUGH IT , A ONSLAUGHT  ON INDIAN CULTURE ,HABITS AND FASHION HAS ALSO BEGUN COURTESY ,THE SO CALLED SOCIAL MEDIA SITES LIKE FACEBOOK,YOU TUBE AND OTHERS.

IT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT HERE IS, THESE ALL SOCIAL MEDIA SITES ARE BY- PRODUCTS OF  USA ORIGINATED GOOGLE OR IT'S ADVERSARIES  IT'S A COMMON THAT ALL INTERNET RELATED SITES COMPLIMENT EACH OTHER.

THE PROBLEM WITH THESE SOCIAL MEDIA SITES IS THAT THESE HAVE BEEN FLOODED WITH X-RATED AUDIO VIDEO IMPRESSIONS THE FACEBOOK HAS A  JUNK LOAD OF X-RATED TEXTS AS WELL.

INDIAN LAWS ARE NOT WORKING.AND INDIAN LAW PEOPLE PRETEND TO LOOK ELSE WERE.OTHERWISE,WHY ACTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN AGAINST ALL RESPONSIBLE FOR EXHIBITION OF THE OBSCENE MATERIALS ON SOCIAL MEDIA,FILMS,MAGAZINES ETC.

IT'S TRUE THAT OBSCENITY LIES IN THE STATE OF MIND OF A PERSON.


BUT,MIND IS ALWAYS,REPEAT ALWAYS LAND-MINED THROUGH EXHIBITION OF THESE AVAILABLE MATERIALS.TEXT,AUDIO,VIDEO.............................................LIST IS ENDLESS

TO ARREST UPWARD TREND OF ATROCITIES   ON WOMEN THE USE OF INTERNET AND ITS SOCIAL MEDIA HAS TO BE REGULATED AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE.


TO PREVENT  AN ACCIDENT ON A ROAD , OR ON A HIGHWAY , OR  ON  A  EXPRESS WAY , WE ERECT SPEED BREAKERS  AND  SIDE ROADS  TO PREVENT  HEAD ON ACCIDENTS.IN ADDITION,BOTH HAND AND LEG BRAKES ARE PROVIDED IN MANY VEHICLES.


WITH SOCIAL MEDIA TOO, WE NEED TO ERECT SPEED BREAKERS.IMMEDIATELY.


EITHER WE DO THIS OR WE MUST BE READY TO FACE A NEVER ENDING EPISODES OF INCIDENTS AGAINST WOMEN.PITY.IT'S LAW MAKERS TO ACT !

RANI SHASHANK MANJARI DEVI OF RAMGARH ESTATE

IN THE BRITISH RAJ ERA ALMOST ALL THE ROYAL KINGDOMS WERE AT THE MERCY OF BRITISH ADMINSTRATION.THOSE SUPPORTED THE RAJ CONTINUED TO BE KINGS BUT THOSE DID'NT HAD TO SUFFER.

ONE SUCH ROYAL FAMILY WAS OF RAJA ARJUN SINGH OF PORAHAT.

HE WAS PROCLAIMED REBELLION AND HIS ESTATE WAS CONFISCATED  IN 1858. ARJUN SINGH'S FATHER IN LAW,THE KING OF MAYURBHANJ ESTATE WAS PERSUADED OR RATHER THREATENED TO HAVE GET ARJUN SINGH SURRENDERED OR FACE CONSEQUENCES. SO, ARJUN SINGH SURRENDERED AT RANCHI ON 15.02.1859 BEFORE THE COMMISIONER OF CHOTAANAGPUR.

ARJUN SINGH WAS SENT TO BANARAS JAIL WHERE HE DIED IN 1890. AFTER HIS DEATH,THE PORAHAT KINGDOM WAS RESTORED  VIDE AN INDENTURE DATED 10.10.1895 TO HIS SON RAJA NARPAT SINGH .

RAJA NARPAT SINGH HAD NO SONS.GOT DIS-ILLUSIONED IN HIS LATER LIFE AND LEFT HIS KINGDOM AND WENT TO PURI WHERE HE DIED IN 1934

 HE HAD 3 DAUGHTERS AND OUT OF WHICH FIRST WAS RANI SHASHANK MANJARI DEVI.

SHE WAS MARRIED IN THE RAMGARH ROYAL FAMILY TO MAHARA LAXMI NARAYAN SINGH. ALLTHOUGH ,HER FATHER'S FAMILY WAS IN SHAMBLES AT PORAHAT KINGDOM,SHE MAINTAINED DIGNITY AND FAME OF HER KINGDOM.

SHE WAS ELECTED MEMBER OF 3RD LOKSABHA FROM PALAAMU ON TICKET OF SWATANTRA PARTY.

HER SECOND SON BASANT NARAYAN SINGH WAS 4 TIMES MEMBER OF LOKSABHA FROM HAJARIBAGH.

HER FIRST SON KAMAKHYA NARAYAN SINGH WAS THE MAHARAJA OF RAMGARH ESTATE TILL HIS DEATH IN 1970.KAMAKHYA NARAYAN SINGH'S SON INDER JITENDRA NARAYAN SINGH WAS ELECTED TO BIHAR VIDHAN SABHA ,TWICE.


IT FEELS NICE WHEN WE SEE OR COME TO KNOW ABOUT THE PRESENT STATUS OF ROYAL FAMILIES LIKE THIS

 BECAUSE MANY OF THE KINS OF ROYAL FAMILIES IN INDIA ARE SEEN TOILING IN SUN TO MAKE TWO ENDS MEET IN THEIR LIFE.
IN FACT,WE HAVE SEEN MEMBERS OF BRANCHES OF ROYAL FAMILIES GETTING INVOLVED IN ALL SHORTS OF ACTIVITIES WHICH ARE TERMED  ILLEGAL AND HARD TO DIGEST.

YES,AFTER THE ABOLISHMENT OF ZAMINDARI SYSTEM IN FIFTYS THEY LOST THEIR SOURCE OF INCOME,POWER AND FAITH.BUT FOR THIS , THEY ARE THEMSELVES RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BLAME.

PAHLEY AAP OR PAHLEY MAI

IT FEEL'S VERY AWKWARD  TO STATE SOMETHING IN CONSEQUENTIAL RESPONSE TO SOMETHING.

THIS IS IN CONSEQUENTIAL RESPONSE OF PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS TO THE NATION THIS YEAR,2014.

THE HON'BLE  PRESIDENT DEVIATE FROM THE NORMAL PRACTICE WHICH ARE FOLLOWED BY THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OR PM.AND HE SPOKE LIKE A POLITICIAN AND NOT LIKE ONE WHO OCCUPIED A AUGUST OFFICE.

THE FACT THAT HE CHOOSE THIS MOMENT TO INFORM THE COUNTRYMEN THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT MEANT 4 CHARITY IS NOTHING BUT NONSENSE

.........a word borrowed from congress vice president RAHUL GANDHI.

THESE LINES WERE DIRECTLY AIMED AT THE AAP GOVERNMENT IN STATE OF  DELHI WHICH HAS COME TO POWER ON THE ISSUE OF DECREASING TARIFFS OF ELECTRICITY AND WATER TAX.HE DESCRIBED THESE MEASURES AS PROMISES OF AND 4 POPULISM.

IF THESE ARE POPULIST MEASURES,WHO WILL QUESTION OR REMIND ABOUT POPULIST MEASURES TAKEN AND EXECUTED BY THE CONGRESS GOVT SINCE 1947.IN FACT ,OR, CAN SAY THAT THE CONGRESS HAS REMAINED IN POWER ,ONLY DUE TO THESE KIND OF POPULIST MEASURES IMPLEMENTED BY IT
 AT THE COST OF OTHERS.

IT SEEMS THAT THE PRESIDENT AND THE GOVT HAVE SERIOUS. OBJECTION REGARDING THE FUNCTIONING OF ARBIND KEJRIWAL'S GOVT.

WHILE CRITICISING, AAM AADMI PARTY, WITHOUT NAMING IT,PRESIDENT FORGOT THAT THE COUNTRY HAS ITSELF GOT INDEPENDENCE FROM BRITISH THROUGH THESE TYPES OF PROTESTS ONLY.

IF ONE  THOUGHT THAT ,AAP PARTY WOULD WORK AS PER COPYBOOK GUIDELINE HE MUST BE A FOOL.ONE MUST NOT  FORGOT THAT THIS PARTY IS A PRODUCT OF STREET MOVEMENT  AND IT WOULD NOT STICK OR ADHERE TO ESTABLISHED NORMS.

IN FACT,IT WOULD LIKE TO ESTABLISH NEW NORMS OF GOVERNANCE 4 WHICH IT HAS COME TO POWER.

THE PRESIDENT LIKE THE UPA GOVT. IS FEARFUL THAT IF THIS PARTY IMPLEMENTS EVEN 25% OF ITS MANIFESTO THAN IT COULD BE QUITE A PROBLEM 4 BOTH THE NATIONAL PARTIES.

BUT 4 THIS, IS'NT THE CONGRESS RESPONSIBLE ?

PRESIDENT SAYS THE GOVT IS NOT A CHARITY SHOP AND THE PRIME MINISTER HAS EARLIER SAID THAT RUPEES DO NOT GROW ON TREES. BY THESE MESSAGES WHAT MESSAGE DO THEY FEEL DELIVERING TO THE NATION.

ENTIRE NATION KNOWS WHO IS MAKING MONEY . HOW IS MONEY
MADE,KEPT,CONCEALED OR BLACK MARKETTED AND THEY ARE NOW READY TO THROW THEM OUT .

NOBODY CAN HOODWINK THEM ,WHOEVER THEY MAY BE.

THE PEOPLE OF THIS NATION HAS MADE UP HER MIND AND EVEN THESE TWO PERSON KNOW THIS.

PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY THOUGHT THAT THE PRESIDENT WOULD,INSTEAD,WELCOME THIS NEW ENTRANT IN POLITICS,HELP IT AND GUIDE IT RATHER, 4 IT'S AIM TO ERADICATE CORRUPTION
PUNISH THE CORRUPT GOVT PEOPLE   and so on ................

BUT ,HOW,HOW CAN ONE EXPECT ANY ONE TO CUT THE BRANCH OF TREE ON WHICH HE HIMSELF IS SITTING.

NO ONE IS THERE,EXCEPT ONE,WHO IS IN MYTHOLOGY !

KABIRA KHARA BAJAR MEY  ...............:)   .............:)

BENGAL'S HOT POTATO

THE STORY IS THAT BENGAL IS THE BIGGEST OR ONE OF THE BIGGEST PRODUCER OF POTATO IN OUR COUNTRY.

BUT THERE SEEMS TO BE A MISCONCEPTION THAT IT CAN BE RULED LIKE A COUNTRY.THE FACT IS EVEN IF THE GOVERNMENT IN THE COUNTRY IS OF FEDERAL NATURE,SOMETIMES,GOVT. OF DIFFERENT STATES TREAT THEIR  PARTY'S RULED STATE AS A COUNTRY,THROUGH,REGULATIONS AND OTHER ACTIONS TO SUIT THEIR PERSONAL TASTES ONLY.

THE RECENT ABNORMAL RISE IN RATES OF THIS ......POTATO IN THE COUNTRY AS WELL AS IN BENGAL(    BIGGEST   PRODUCER OF POTATO    )  ,BOUGHT A SHARP REACTION IN THE GOVT.

IT TOOK A STEP TO BAN MOVEMENT OF THIS POTATO TO OTHER STATES.TECHNICALLY,IT DID NOT PREVENTED MOVEMENT OF THIS VEGETABLE.BUT IT PUT SEVERAL CONDITIONS 4 A CONSIGNOR TO TAKE BEFORE ACTUAL SHIPMENT.

CAN ONE IMAGINE,IT PUT A REQUIREMENT OF A WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM STATE HEAD QUARTERS  7 DAY IN ADVANCE.OTHER WISE,ANY SHIPMENT BE SEIZED AND SOLD AT GOVT.CONTROLLED RATES, WITHOUT ANY FURTHER REMEDIES  TO THEM .

CAN ANY ONE,A COMMON MAN,GET A  FILE MOVED FROM A TABLE OF A GOVT OFFICER  TO ANOTHER TABLE WITHIN 7 DAYS ,EVEN IF THE REQUIRED TABLE IN SAME BLDG OR SAME FLOOR.ONLY THOSE WHO CAN PAY BY CORRUPT MEANS OR HAVE LINK UP FROM THE TOP TO BOTTOM CAN ACHIEVE THIS HERCULEAN WORK IN MODERN DAYS.

THE RESULT WAS SELF EXPLANATORY BUT THE GOVT. FAILED TO UNDERSTAND.THE PRICE OF POTATO  REMAINED MORE OR LESS THE SAME BUT THE QUALITY OF IT VANISHED FROM THE LOCAL MARKETS IN BENGAL.IT'S ANOTHER THING THAT THE RATES OF POTATO GRADUALLY TOOK A DOWNTREND.BUT AT WHAT COST ?

A TIT FOR TAT COULD HAVE RESULTED IF OTHER STATES ADJOINING BENGAL DID THE SAME 4 MOVEMENT OF CERTAIN MATERIALS.

WHAT WILL ONE DO,IF JHARKHAND BAN OR REGULATE SUPPLIES OF IRON ORE AND RELATED MATERIALS FROM THEIR TERRITORY.

THERE WAS A THREAT OF REGULATION OF SUPPLIES FROM ORISSA BUT BENGAL GOVT.RELENTED TO IT'S REQUEST AND A REGULATED SUPPLY SYSTEM WAS ENFORCED.BUT WHAT OF NORTH EAST AND ASSAM ?

THESE STATES WERE LEFT TO FEND THEMSELVES AND THE MINISTERS THERE JUST FAILED TO  EVEN LODGE A DISSENT.

REGULATION OF POTATO MOVEMENT WHICH  GOVT. RESORTED TO ,WAS NOTHING BUT A POPULIST KNEE JERK ACTIONS AND EVEN THERE IT FAILED TO GET THE DESIRED RESULTS.

WHAT IT SHOULD HAVE DONE ,WAS TO ,REGULATE A CERTAIN MAXIMUM QUANTITY OF POTATO 4 SHIPMENT TO ALL HER ADJOINING STATES ON A SINGLE DATE WITHOUT ANY RESTRICTIONS.

ANY EXCESS OF THAT STIPULATED QUANTITY SHOULD HAVE BEEN STOPPED.

THAT COULD HAVE BOUGHT DESIRED RESULTS FOR THE GOVT.

THERE IS SOMETHING VERY WRONG IN DECIDING SUCH GUIDELINES FOR TRADE BETWEEN STATES NEIGHBORING EACH OTHER.

AND WE WISH TO EXPORT GOODS TO ALL OVER THE WORLD !!!

T /''' 3.....TARUN TEHALKA TEJPAL

THE WORDS TRIPLE T SOUNDS LIKE AN ALTERNATE TO AN ANOTHER TRIPLE WORDED IDIOM BECAUSE IT SIGNIFIES  THE TAINTED ,FALLEN FROM GRACE,ACE JOUNALIST TARUN TEJPAL OF TEHALKA. THE   T/'''3.

THE RECENT HAPPENINGS AT THE SO CALLED  ''THINKFEST'' IN GOA HAS TURNED THE LIFE OF MANY PEOPLES ,UPSIDE DOWN.THAT THE MORAL CONDUCT OF THE PERSON BEHIND THIS ENGAGEMENT IS UNDER THE SCANNER,HAS COME UP AS A WIDE BLOW TO MANY JOURNALISTS WHO KNOW THIS MAN OR HAVE WORKED WITH HIM IN ASSOCIATION.

PERSONAL VIEWS ON THESE ENGAGEMENTS, WHERE THERE IS ROOM 4 OVERNIGHT STAY IN HOTELS,IS THAT,THESE ENGAGEMENTS ARE, MORE OR LESS ARRANGED TO FACILITATE MANY THINGS WHICH IS HARD TO EVEN DESCRIBE. ONE DOES'NT RESIST TO GENERALISE THESE ENGAGEMENTS.BUT,AFTER THIS INCIDENT,QUESTIONS ARE BOUND TO CREEP UP.AND MANY.

THAT,A JOURNALIST OF ALL INDIA STATUS, CHOOSE TO DO, REPEATEDLY,THINGS DESCRIBED TO BE, HARASSMENT ,TO HIS OWN ASSISTANT/EMPLOYEE /SENIOR JOURNALIST,THAT TOO,HIS DAUGHTER'S FRIEND,............IS  LIKE TO CUT THE BRANCH OF A TREE ON WHICH YOU ARE ,YOURSELF SITTING.


THAT,AFTER FIRST ADMITTING THE ACT AND DESCRIBING IT A  HUGE MISJUDGEMENT OF SITUATION UNDER INFLUENCE OF LIQUOR ,THAN,DENYING THE WHOLE EPISODE IS ONLY PLAIN EXCUSE.AND EVEN A LAY MAN WILL NOT BELIEVE IT.LEAVE ALONE THE LAW.

AND THIS MAN,WHO,TALKED ABOUT AND GAVE LECTURES ON MORALITIES.WHY DID HE FORGOT THAT SHE IS HER FRIEND'S DAUGHTER ALONG WITH HIS OWN DAUGHTER'S FRIEND.HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN AS A PROTECTOR BUT HE.............!


THE SWIFT ACTION OF GOA POLICE HAS TO BE COMPLIMENTED.BECAUSE,WITHOUT ACTIVITIES AND 100% SUPPORT FROM GOA POLICE,THE GIRL COULD NOT HAVE COME OUT TO TESTIFY.JUST BECAUSE GOA POLICE TOOK ACTION ON ITSELF,WE ARE SEEING OUTCOME OF A OFFENCE COMMITTED.


LET'S SEE THAT THE HARSHEST PUNISHMENT IS GIVEN AND AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE WHICH MAY ACT AS A DETERRENT OF REPEAT OF SUCH INCIDENTS.IT IS HARD TO SAY THAT SUCH CASES WILL NOT BE REPEATED ,BUT AT LEAST,EMPLOYERS SHALL HAVE FEAR .


WHAT EVER THE PROSECUTION OR THE ACCUSED SAY NOW , LIKE CONSENT OF THE VICTIM OR HER LIFE STYLE ETC,  IS NOTHING BUT CHARACTER ASSISNATION OF THE POOR GIRL.AND THIS WILL GO AGAINST THE  T/3,EVEN IF THE DEFENCE  PROLONG THE JUDGEMENT.

VERY DARK DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN,FOR THE COUNTRY,ITS PEOPLE AND ESPECIALLY HER FEMALE CITIZENS.

IN THE END WOULD LIKE TO QUOTE A OLD HINDI SONG OF MY CHILDHOOD,WHICH I STILL REMEMBER,LIKE AND AWE.....................      ================================


nirbal sey ladai ,balwaan ki,,nirbal sey ladai,balwaan ki
yeh kahani hai, diye ki, aur, toofan ki ........


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ACCOUNTABILITY OF A PUBLIC FIGURE

IN TODAY'S TIME IT SEEMS THAT ACCOUNTABILITY OF A PUBLIC FIGURE HAS ERODED TO LOWEST LEVEL.PUBLIC FIGURES,SUCH AS ,GOVT.MINISTERS,OFFICIALS,MEMBER OF PARLIAMENTS  ETC  HAVE SCANT RESPECT FOR  LAW.


IT TOOK 17 YEARS TO PRONOUNCE  A M.P    '' LALU YADAV ''  GUILTY FOR CORRUPTION CHARGES. IT WAS ALSO STRANGE THAT ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO NULLIFY EFFECTS OF THIS LEGAL JUDGEMENT IN WAKE OF RECENT SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENT ON ISSUE OF CONVICTED M.P AND MLA''S.


ANOTHER CASE,TAINTED BCCI CHIEF IS HELL BENT TO REGAIN HIS SEAT OF POWER,BY HOOK OR BY CROOK.HIS REPUTATION ,EVEN IF IT WAS CLEAN,WAS SUFFICIENT TO BE THROWN INTO DUSTBIN AFTER THE IPL SCAM IN WHICH HIS SON IN LAW WAS ARRESTED.

WHY THE INDIA CEMENT OWNER IS DESPERATE TO TAKE UP THE CHAIR OF BCCI INSTEAD OF MINDING HIS OWN BUSINESS...........CEMENT,IS ANYONE'S GUESS.WHAT SUM HE MAY EARN AS A WINDFALL DURING HIS TENURE AT BCCI. COULD BE 100000% MORE THAN HIS LIFETIME EARNINGS AT ........INDIA CEMENTS.


ON SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION,SUPREME COURT MORE OR LESS SUCCUMB TO HIS PRESSURES.IT ALLOWED HIM TO RETAIN HIS JOB INSPITE OF RESERVATIONS AGAINST HIM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.THE RESULT OF THIS SLP WAS .............YET ANOTHER PROBE PANEL OF 3 PERSONS, WHO WILL BE PAID 1 LAKH RUPEES DAILY 4 EVERY WORKING DAY, BESIDES BOARDING/LODGING AND TRAVEL ALLOWANCES .THE TENURE IS FIXED AT 4 MONTHS. I.E......3*30*4* 1 LAKH = 360 LAKHS +

IT IS CRYSTAL CLEAR,WHAT PUBLIC CAN EXPECT FOR.

YOU CAN SHIRK ACCOUNTABILITY IF YOU CAN MANAGE ALL IF'S AND BUT'S COMING ON YOUR WAY OR CREATING OBSTACLES.


FOR A COMMON MAN,DO A SIMPLE MISTAKE AND LANGUISH DAYS,MONTHS AND YEARS IN JAIL PLUS SOCIAL APARTHEID.

LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT... PART A

                                                                 FOREWORD



THERE'S A TEMPTATION TO PENN DOWN SOMETHING WHICH MAY BE UPDATED REGULARLY TO BECOME A BOOK OR SO.

SO THIS IS THAT !!


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IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN MY DREAM THAT WOKE ME,ALTHOUGH, I COULD NOT RECALL IT CLEARLY.THE THUNDER HAD STRUCK AT MY HEART WHICH  WAS STILL BEATING HARD AND FAST.

WAS IT A WARNING? I FELT NO FEAR.INSTEAD,TO MY SURPRISE,I SEEMED TO FEEL A LIGHTNESS,A DELIGHT.THE EXCITEMENT WAS NOT IN THE AIR,BUT IN MYSELF,AND IN THE SWEET REMNANTS OF MY DREAM.

IT WAS THEN THAT I SENSED SOMEONE'S EYES ON ME.THEY WERE INSISTENT,WANTING ME TO TURN IN THEIR DIRECTION.I ALMOST FELT THEIR CARESS AND WAS FILLED WITH WEAKNESS.I WAS HELD BY THOSE EYES.JET BLACK,LONGING BUT LONELY ....ALIGHTED WITH A FIRE OF THEIR OWN.THAT WAS THE THUNDER THAT HAS AROUSED ME IN THE DARKNESS OF FLICKERING DARKNESS.


UNSETTLED BY INTENSE STARE,THOSE EYES LOWERED THEMSELVES IN MODESTY.IT WAS ENOUGH TO CAUSE MY HEART TO ACHE.I FELT THAT  I HAD KNEW THIS PERSON ALL MY LIFE AND YET I KNEW NOTHING.AGAIN, I TOOK UP A CONFRONTATION.THEY WERE,WIDE,UNFLINCHING EYES,ALLOWING ME TO SEE THE FABRIC OF IT'S FEELINGS.

I WISH THEN,TO BEND,AND TOUCH  THEM BUT I DID NOT.HOW COULD I ? THEN THOSE EYES WERE SECONDED BY A MISCHIEVOUS SMILE.I WAS STRUCK.THE WORLD CEASED HER EXISTENCE.


AND THEN, C TOLD ME  THAT...... I SEE AND NOTICE VERY LITTLE BEYOND U. COULD THERE BE OTHER OTHER TIMES WHEN WE WILL NOT HAVE ENDURE AND GAZING EACH OTHER BUT TO KNOW EACH OTHER .

THAT WAS ....THE START OF LOVE.AN INSTANT ONE.


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