Cleopatra (Meaning: Glory of the father) was the last ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty, ruled Egypt from 51 BC – 30 BC. She is celebrated for her beauty and love affairs with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. Cleopatra was born in 69 BC – 68 BC. When her father Ptolemy XII died in 51 BC, […]
Tag: beauty
I AM RIGHT!
She was my North She was my South She was my East and was my West! She was my working week She was the joy of work She was my Sunday rest and was my holiday best! She was my noon warmth She was my midnight beauty She was my sweet talk and […]
Tripuraneni Gopichand
The following is a passage translated from a famous Telugu Novel “ASAMARDHUNI JEEVA YATRA” written by Tripuraneni Gopichand (1910-1962). He is celebrated for this work. This was his second novel. He won the Sahitya Akademi award in 1963 for his last novel “Pandita Parameswara Sastri Veelunaama”. “He hated to see attractive women prettily dressed. He […]
Two Sisters
I came across this great event in history while reading the ‘Sunday Gentleman’ of celebrated writer Irving Wallace. Hence, I decided to pen down few lines about this greatest business. A new business opened at the Dearborn Street on 1 st February, 1900. Within a few years it became world famous – the Everleigh Club—a […]
What is life after age 40?
At 55, I am qualified to inform about going downhill after the 40th year. You get into life with the presumption that you will never get out. The beauty and handsome you thought were hot during school / college days, have all transformed into wildebeests. In mid-40’s, one begins to experience all aches, pains and […]
Second hand Jawani!
Beauty is the opposite of Ugly! The question what is beautiful or what is ugly is more of a subjective perception than objective character. In other words, and as Plato said – beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder. What might look beautiful to you may not look beautiful to others. Some people might […]
