Saturday, March 22, 2008

Smaller than the smallest fly

Bangalore, March 22, 2008 - 6.18 am (IST)
- Ramachandran Subramaniam lost his long protracted battle with leukemia and passed away in his sleep. He was 67 and leaves behind his wife Laxmi, two daughters Chithra and Radhika.

Los Angeles, March 21, 2008 - 5.50 pm (PDT)
- Gracy and Warren Chang are thrilled to have their first child, baby Michelle. 7.3 lbs. Mother and child are both doing well. The first girl child in the Chang family for over 30 years.

Sydney, March 22, 2008 - 11.38 am(AET)
- Rev. John Miller pronounced Cynthia Bates and Derek Johnson man and wife. The open air ceremony was attended by 40 close relatives and friends and was conducted with the beautiful Sydney Opera House as a backdrop.

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You look closely, these are three events that took place in three different places but at roughly the same time. Some of these are true and some are totally fabrications of my mind. But they are fabrications, only in that the names and locations are wrong. As you read this, there would be so many people in this world going through the entire gamut of emotions as listed above.

Makes you feel so insignificant, doesn't it?

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