May Day is unique!

 In the nautical dialect, which my shippie brother, Raju, knows in thorough detail,  "may day" has a particular meaning. Sure, he would correct me immediately, and point out that it is written as "mayday". Yes, it is a distress call, and it may be pointed out that it could be an off-shoot of the French "m'aider", French for 'help me.'

Yet I would like to play on the word, and insist that 'May Day' is 'mayday' or 'm'aider' in other multiple ways. Why/how so? Let me see if I can explain. May 1 is indeed special. On this day, in the Northern hemisphere alais the Western World (to use the parlance everybody would immediately cotton on to), is celebrated the spring festival. 

As the beginning of the summer festival, which is truly pleasant there, this ancient ritual celebrates fertility, exactly the same way many of our harvest festivals do. Often, there is a dancing around a maypole, and  a "May Queen", too, gets crowned! Remember the famous "sawan ke zule" hereabouts? 

Yes, it is the international labour day, and given the upstart AI currently claiming the white collar jobs (very soon, with robotics, it would manage to gobble up the blue collar jobs, too), this day needs to be taken utmost seriously. The AI, alais Revolution 5.0 or whatever, IS vastly different from the earlier technological interventions affecting the socio-economic realities, and no better than today to open up the dressing-up of this ever festering issue!

Yes, of course, I AM extremely proud of the fact that it is the Maharashtra Day. They say, what Bengal thinks today, the rest of India thinks, may be, a week later. Let me tell you, what Maharashtra thinks, feels, most importantly, does today, the rest of the world has to reverberate, and ASAP! Remember how Barry Sternlicht got an absolute earful for hinting that Monsieur Mamdani would make a Mumbai of New York?  Yes, Maharashtra was, is, and will be Number One. Here is a confident and proud Happy Maharashtra Day!

Pratima@ Want proof why I am so cheering up my region? No, it is no empty parochialism. Just go n have a look at the 'missing link' project inaugurated today! I, too, am raring to travel that way. Hope the occasion would soon emerge.

Quote of the day:                                                        Jared Loto's assertion, "the bridge between reality and dreams is work" is apt for most of all associations of this May Day.

Word of the day: unparalleled                                   Unparalleled is an adjective which refers to a person or an achievement/opportunity that  simply is exceptional, has no equal, is matchless, or is  greater than any other, thus highlighting superior quality, scope, or rarity.