What's on Sale?

Want to buy land but cannot afford it in Mumbai due to steep property prices, don’t loose heart my friend why don’t you buy some on the moon?

The Lunar Embassy claims that it is ‘THE ONLY COMPANY’ in the world to possess a legal basis and copyright for the sale of lunar, and other extraterrestrial property within the confines of our solar system. How can they sell you ask, read on..

" The UN Outer Space Treaty of 1967 stipulated that no government could own extraterrestrial property. However, it neglected to mention individuals and corporations. Therefore, under laws dating back from early US settlers, it was possible to stake a claim for land, and register it with the US Government Office of claim registries.
A declaration of ownership was filed with the United Nations as well as the US and Russian governments in 1980 by Mr. Dennis M. Hope of the Lunar Embassy, to ensure that a legal basis for the ownership of the properties sold here can be claimed. "

Now wait, that’s not all..
You can also name a star for 54$ and you get a certificate personalized with the star name, date and coordinates along with a sky chart containing the star name, the constellation and the location of the star circled in red in the sky! So for all you Romeos out there, this could be your next Valentine gift!!

And finally, last December, the Chaoyang District People’s Court ruled against the company’s proposal to sell green plastic bags full of air from stadiums that hosted matches in the 2006 World Cup in Germany. Li Jie, the company’s chief executive officer, had planned to sell the bags to soccer fans for 50 yuan ($6.60) each.

Big deal! What’s new, we have been naming our mountains for ages and that too for free!

What, haven’t you seen names of couples on rocks in our hill stations?

The Big confusion...

I think the best example of a homonym is the word ‘Love’. How else would you explain the diverse feelings a single word can instigate?

Lets take some famous examples of men and women in love.

We have the famous Devdas and Paro story where the childhood sweethearts’ love end in tragedy with Paro marrying an older man and Devdas taking to the bottle.

You can almost feel Shah Jahan’s love for his wife Mumtaz when you stand in front of the breathtaking Taj Mahal. Imagine the intensity of emotion a man has to possess to build something like that for his wife after her death (lucky woman!)

The famous story of Lorena and John Wyne Bobbitt where the wife takes revenge for adultery will send a shiver down most men’s spines! (Though I personally think that it should be made an official punishment for crimes like rape and pedophilia)

The latest one to add to this list is the navy man Bharat Takur killing his girlfriend Koushambi Layek when she refused to marry him!

Now, Answer this:
If ‘Love’ means different to different people how can you be sure you are in love?

If you can love someone but move on and love another person then does that mean you dint love the first one?

If you can share your parent’s love with your siblings why is it so difficult to share your spouse’s? … Ok, guess I went a bit overboard here! :)