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"Nobody puts Baby in a Corner"

>Twinkle toes... That's the name you get called for being a male dancer. Patrick Swayze was that and a lot more. His moves in the all time favorite "Dirty Dancing" got you wishing you could Mambo like/with him. His sensitive portrayal in "Ghost" made you wish for more of him. No-one can ever forget the scene where he walks up to the table where the Houseman's are seated and says "Nobody puts Baby in a Corner". The proof of that can be found in the new Broadway musical, where the entire crowd is on their feet in anticipation of that one line... The crowd yells, stamps their feet and smiles indulgently, remembering and re-living the magic created on screen... P.S. Rest in peace: Patrick Swayze - Swayze died with family at his side on September 14, 2009, at age 57, twenty months after being diagnosed with Cancer and being given just weeks to live...

Lekin, but, magar, pakshe...

Yay!... Have cleared my mandatory Certification... Yippeee! Wait a minute! Am I not getting too happy about this? There are billions of people around the world who are suffering from a million different ailments, and I have the gall to celebrate passing a stupid exam! How dare I! Yeah, we hear quite a few of these, don't we? The classic one being "Finish your food. There are a number of children in India who go for days without it". It's the technique we call emotional blackmail. The quintessential old mom in Hindi movies telling her son "Bete, tumhare khushi mein hi meri khushi hain, tum jo chaho kar sakte ho. Lekin,...". There it is! Lekin, but, magar, pakshe... These are the turning points, the phrases which condemn you. They take you from what you really want to do to what you're forced to do. Of course, most of us, most of the time, have no choice but to listen to so called "reason". But then, the time comes when we do need to make our cho...