The blind side
Pass me that bag lying in front of you. In a rather intriguing way, I stretched my neck and strained my eyes to find out in the hardest possible way what was in front of me. There was no way in the world that that bag was lying there. My mind was blanked out and it was as though a black piece of cloth was wrapped around my eyes. It is quite probable if that was the case, at least my other senses would have helped me in locating the bag. Locating is actually a wrong word here, rather, it should be, seeing. Praveen! It is right there, shrieked my wife. Where, where, I asked, in a pleading tone. I just wanted her to put an end to the aura of "invisibility" (definitely, I wouldn't use invincibility). Looking at the number of words that are getting replaced, one shouldn't be faulted for thinking that this is some kind of a Find and Replace word editor. She stood stoically, at least she tried to, but I was not sure whether her express...