What makes them the most beautiful flowers on earth?

Because they sparkle brighter than the Koh-i-noor diamond!

Vitamin Ms: Make life 'no game'

The vitamins of life… important ones than those you get in pharmacies! You can’t chew them, you can’t swallow them, you can only live with them.

Vitamin M: Antidote to the killing M-word, marriage:)

The Vitamin-Mystery that keeps life goin’. Who wants all the answers in the world? How did you find out Santa wasn’t real? I only want to believe Santa isn’t a liar!

When Vitamin M improved it became Vitamin M2-Miracle, an antidote to all the other cruel M words… Miracles have a way of happening for those who believe in it, heard of this? I live* one every morning, and then think it’s a ‘WONDER’FUL world, now get going!

Vitamin M3-Maktub: It’s a quick pop-up just before the joy-ride to destiny.

Vitamin M4-Madness: It’s like my age-old chavanpras, makes me stronger against a hurtful environment. The obvious questions regarding life, reality, practicality, future and planning etc won’t trouble you anymore.

Vitamin M5: Mind! It’s all in M5 (the mind) actually.

A year back, I felt survival strategies are not what you want, they are what you need! I defy myself a year after. There's no strategy to live life, it’s not a game anyway!

*live: as you can't chew or shallow these

Unofficial love-affair: Who's luckiest among Bruni, Taslima and Sonia

When I didn’t know much about novels, I laid my hands on Lazza (Shame), Taslima Nasrin’s only book I ever read. Well, it was a great-read, but I liked the concept of a Muslim writer talking openly of anti-Hindu riot in her own country (Bangladesh).

The book subtly indicates that communal feelings were on the rise, the Hindu minority of Bangladesh was not fairly treated after the demolition of Babri Masjid in India. In 1992, when I was just 9 I guess, I funnily remember the whole name of the riot and still re-collect it that way, “Ram janambhumi Babri Masjid”. (Quite secular way to remember it) But little that I knew of that riot was, Muslims have butchered cows and threw cow fleshes in front of Hindu houses in some parts of India.

Taslima makes news in India once in a while, this time she made it bigger. She was forced to leave Kolkata after a protest by a Muslim organisation against her continued stay in India turned violent. Later, she was taken to AIIMS for being poisoned.

And what didn’t make news was, French President Nicolas Sarkozy not allowed to confer Prix Simone de Beauvoir (France's most prestigious literary award) to her on his visit to India.

Forget Taslima, she isn’t as lucky as Soniaji or Bruni anyway (Nothing fairer than white-skin in India) There’s a fundamental difference between Bruni and Taslima, which is why, both are haunted by the secular country… one to leave the country and other to visit the country. And hours before (Jan 26) French PM's scheduled visit to India, the suspense over his then girlfriend was killing. When Bruni begged off the ‘official’ trip of her PM bf on pretext of them being ‘not married’ disappointed the ultra kewl Indian diplomats. The same diplomats who ‘politely’ declined the conferment of top French award for Taslima during French PM’s visit.

Why: The event would attract opposition of Islamic groups. Indian Government also expressed the view that riots could flare up. As if they care so much about riots! Why wouldn't girlfriend accompanying French PM to India and posing in-front of Taj Mahal lead to unrest? Why Indian police raid hotels and public parks to arrest young couples? Can't they 'unofficially' express love?

What is so luring about white skin? Thank God Bruni didn’t come… or if she comes in the future, Soniaji should personally give a few tips to 'heart-wrecker Bruni' on how to (wo)man-handle Indian men.

Heard of a song? Mandir, Masjid, Girja Ghar ko baat liya Bhagvaan ne, Dharti baati, Sagar bata, mat bato insaan ko…