ঢপের চপ - pronounced "Dhaw-pyer" chop - is a slang in the tongue my mother inherited from HER mother and so on for 26 documented generations: Bengali; the phrase loosely means one or more claims, which are - to put it mildly - of doubtful accuracy. Like for example, after working for around five years for my boss and coming in late every day, suddenly one day my boss actually notices I am not here on time and asks me why, and my excuse is I was coming to work but suddenly a black panther started to chase me away in the other direction.

I have this urge now to write down my views of the really important matters of the world, and this blog will be continued, if I do not lose the urge in the next couple of hours, for maybe many years while we are all living forever happily after ...