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I am not the ulitimate authority, in fact far from it. If you ask Chaitali she will perhaps roll on the floor with laughter hearing that I have had the audacity to pen down a few words on the topic. But all the same it's a free world and here I go.

The other day a facebook friend - Indira commented that "silence is the best method of eloquence". The statement has to be taken in its spirit and that's quite true. A lot of times we blurt out words that has drastic effects and we do it unknowingly. The other day in a get together a lady had come who manages a play school. When the topic of discussion was playschool somebody mentioned that the school managed by this lady was the best in Kuwait. Immediately another person commented and expressed his full disagreement in front of the lady. Now that's what this piece is all about. How not to put your foot in the mouth? The worst is perhaps when you don't even realize that the deed was done.

A lot of times it could happen with gifts. You gift something to X and then Y transfers the same to Z. Then X and Z discover about the sequence of actions. Disaster ---- and imagine the bad perceptions this creates!!

Would you open a door to a lady or would you stand up when a lady enters the room or perhaps comes and speaks to you at your desk? Points to ponder...while you might also say...what the hell, this is utter nonsense!!

Discussing food is a great topic. I have increasingly found that Indian vegetarians are quite non tolerant in the depths of their mind about non-vegetarians. Mind you this is also true about a lot of sub continent non-vegetarians when they come across food habits say of a Chinese or Korean. The facial gestures or body language that is expressed by a typical Indian vegetarian when they see or hear about non-vegetarian stuff is something that I absolutely dislike and abhor.

It could be surprising to many, but I regularly watch Big Boss, the Indian version of the reality program Big Brother. There’s many a situation happening in that house that happens in office too. It’s more complex in an office with so many people in a close group and let me tell you that men perhaps gossip equally or more than women!! So misrepresentations are the order of the day and then when you get caught at it's nothing but a series of disasters. Sphere: Related Content