Satyam Shivam Sundaram: TIT FOR TAT

Satyam Shivam Sundaram: TIT FOR TAT:                                           TIT  FOR  TAT                                        XXXXXXXXXXX Once a sly fox and a gent...

TIT FOR TAT

                                          TIT  FOR  TAT

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Once a sly fox and a gentle crane were bosom buddies.Most of the time they spent together,playing,frolicking and running errands for each other.But as the evilness never dies,the evil-minded fox thought of a plan to befool and make fun of crane.He cajoled and wooed the crane to dine and sup with him.The crane gladly consented.

  He ambled to the fox's dwelling on the appointed day in sheer happiness.But all his ecstasy vanished into thin air in the twinkling of an eye when the wily fox offered him some soup in a flat dish.The poor crane was totally unable to drink the soup as he could not dip his long beak into the soup in the flat dish.he had to depart hungry.The fox danced with joy in making him a fool.

     The crane was sizzling like an omelette with mortification.He resolved to teach the wicked fox a befitting lesson.Few days later, he humbly implored the fox to have supper with him.The fox was on the cloud nine Impeccably dressed,he dashed to the crane's residence crooning a melodious song.welcoming him ,the crane placed before him some delicious biryani in a jar with a long neck.The poor fox could not eat even a morsel as his head could not go into the narrow neck of the jar.The chuckling crane ate to his heart's content.The scalawag fox went away famished.

        The gentle crane thus paid back the scoundrel fox in his own coin.

                           [DEVENDRA  SRIVASTAVA]

HENPECKED HUSBAND

                HENPECKED  HUSBAND
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   Why does the very name"Henpecked husband"evoke ridiculous retorts from men? Who is called as a henpecked husband? Why do the people giggle contemptuously on hearing the name of or coming across a henpecked husband?What are his characteristics?I opine that a henpecked husband is one who instead of governing or dominating his wife, is himself governed or dominated by her.Needless to say a henpecked husband usually dances attendance upon his spouse and always plays second fiddle to his wife in all family matters.He is a toady,yesman,obsequious to his dominating wife and totally remains under her thumb.She is enjoiner,he is obeyer.She speaks authoritatively,he hears humbly.
  A henpecked husband does not possess enough plucks and guts to flout the decisions or instructions of his wife.He carries out all her instructions faithfully and implicitly.It is noteworthy that he can not dare to eat or drink those very things which have been hemmed in by his wife.
 It is interesting to note that the friends and relatives of wife of a henpecked husband envy her for having got such a doting and duteous hubby.But he is looked low by the people and is mocked,sneered, jeered,ridiculed and made fun of.In a function,ceremony or get-together,he easily becomes a butt of butts,innuendoes,jokes anf filthy pokes.In between conversations,he is repeatedly dubbed as JORU KA GULAM."It is funny that a henpecked husband never likes to be called as such.
   I presume that more than 95% husbands belonging to high class society are henpecked husbands.I believe that majority of my married FB friends are hundred percent pure henpecked husbands.
        BY   ---------DEVENDRA SRIVASTAVA          SRIVASTAVA