Wordsmith at work

 The corporate world today offers its employees the option of  'working from home ' It is convenient and timings are flexible. Quite a few avail of this opportunity and are happy because household errands and chores can be accommodated together with office work. There is another side to 'working from home' or 'work from home' which is ugly and unfair. Every day newspapers carry hundreds of advertisements luring unsuspecting victims with bountiful rewards. These jobs may include data entry jobs or telemarketing jobs. The victims often include bored housewives or housewives looking to earn a few extras bucks or college students wanting some pocket money. The perpetrators are looking for quick money by way of a  fee. Sometimes there is no investment but the returns are pathetic. Two members of my family were taken for a jolly good ride. One recounts his horrific experience while calling it an outright scam. " The policy was: Data had to be ...

I woke up from my afternoon siesta to gloomy skies, a gentle breeze and loud claps of thunder, interspersed by streaks of lightning. I was surprised at this change in weather. The intense heat of the last few days had abated and the rain fell from a gentle drizzle to a short sharp heavy downpour. The thunder continued  - loud and scary. I was not happy. My plans for the evening had gone awry.  The weather has been so unpredictable - one day you are roasting in an oven and the next your are humming 'singing in the rain'.   So is life, I say - A perfect 10 today and nothing but nought tomorrow. Man proposes and God disposes.   Stay strong, stay brave, stay calm, pray and save!!

So it was another night of terror, where the innocent and unarmed were targeted by a seemingly innocent but mentally deranged man. Terror is not just the sound of gunshots.....   Terror is rape Terror is incest Terror is domestic violence Terror is molestation Terror is child abuse   Terror is burglary Dear God save us from terror!!!