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“A Hundred Years” Probably the ‘blows’ part was taken literally from his oft-quoted speech regarding “the first few blows on the anvil of life which shaped human destiny….”; and ever since then, we have been at the receiving end of blows! “No Woman No Cry” Well, actually Woman is definitely more than a Man, as she has the “Man” within her; in other words, those of us who are not Mathematically challenged would sum up that Man is actually a sub-set of Woman. “Mosquito Menace”, Man proposes, and the mosquito disposes, and with disdain. Like a kamikaze, he just approaches his target; he even warns the victim of his intent with his gentle humming that here I am, ‘catch me if you can’! “Casus Belli” This motherly affection which is centred on the stomach, is a universal phenomenon across the length and breadth of the country and knows no caste, religion, region, culture or language barriers. Whether we have a Uniform Civil Code or not, we have a Uniform Feeding Code for Mother India. “Ripped Jeans” Somewhere down the line, these tatters became a fashion statement; the beggars in India can now have their own line of prêt a porter (ready to wear) and can proudly boast of their high-end attire while serenading on their daily promenades on the streets’ walking the ramp’ rather than ‘street walking’. “Tool Kits” Hack saws and chisels are languishing in the carpenter’s bag as even ‘hacking’ these days is associated with these cyber warriors, gradually chiselling away at their domain. In fact, the domain has already been usurped by the good-for-nothing DNS, which at one time was supposed to be the job of the tool kit of an ENT surgeon’s scalpel. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Brig Suyash is a serving Army officer with an outstanding career spanning more than three decades. A recipient of the Vishisht Seva Medal for distinguished service, he is widely travelled, which includes a stint in West Africa as part of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cote d’Ivoire and Europe on a fa