Klash of the Konfessioners is a blog where a group of us write in regularly. We have to write about a given word. Here's one such entry of mine (featured during the week of 19th Mar08). The word was STRENGTH.
I looked blankly at the question “What is your strength”
Was it -
My smile?
My smile?
Granddad always said I could get away with murder with my smile.
My sharp tongue?
Used to the hilt, while ticking the errant gardener...... and when the waspish oldie hid our cricket ball ....and when the irritating salesman didn’t take no for an answer.
Spinach?
Mom always heaped our plates with it, saying, “it’ll give you strength”.
“Spinach” was my scribbled answer.
The interviewer looked and remarked “Ms Sen we asked for your strength, not your eating habits”
“Spinach” was my scribbled answer.
The interviewer looked and remarked “Ms Sen we asked for your strength, not your eating habits”
Sigh!!!! Mom you were wrong.
I tried to smile – the interviewer just looked stony. Grandad you were wrong too.
I felt too weak to try my third strength.
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5 comments:
Ms Sen......let me tell u,ur ammunition is very strong....just like a ballistic missile.....u have got Smile-which can melt the hardest of hearts,Sharp Tonge-which helps to put ur point across in a no nonsense manner..and last but not the least Spinach-which helps to maintain ur strength and vigour so that ur Smile and Sharp Tongue does not diminish with time......
GrandDad and Mom can never be wrong...and forget about the stony faced interviewer.....he was just an aberration....who could not judge ur apparent Strenghts......
Needless to say....Brilliant Nandini.....
good one bunts
It has ur humorous touch and serves its purpose to entertain people in a lighter vein.Really good Nandini.
Waise Neel has covered everything... almost what I would want to say.
Not to trouble mom and grandpa... You can go on counting your strengths by yourself only... Hey is it true that we are better at counting our short-comings and weaknesses rather then the strengths...????
And to hell with the interviewer...
nandu is nandu's strength :)
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