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The siren is like a super mermaid.  A mermaid with one tail is just plain old mermaid.  (Sorry, Ariel.) But a siren is often depicted with two tails . She might seem like an unusual choice for the face of a coffee company. But there's a pretty interesting backstory as to how and why the siren came to be.  It was 1971 and the founders had landed on the name Starbucks , inspired by Moby Dick. Next up : creating a logo. The three founders hired a consultant named Terry Heckler. Heckler carefully studied over Old marine books until he came up with a logo based on an Old 16th-century Norwegian woodcut of a twin-tailed mermaid. *The mysterious, nautical figure called to them, as sirens do. The mermaid was exotic. She was also topless.  At first, and despite some complaints, Starbucks just rolled with it.  As executive chairman   Howard Schultz later explained, "Bare breasted mermaid was supposed to be as...

Festivals These days Bring Inn Not only Holidays & Cultural Celebrations, but also a baggage of Moral policing especially over Social media & messaging apps precisely 2 to 3 days Before and During the Festive Day. Moment the occasion ends - IT ALL STOPS !  *momentarily* Until the Next few days Before another fiesta. On the annual Kite flying, season opener festival of   Makar Sankranti We Are straightaway instructed  NOT TO FLY Kites  - via slogans and forwards all over social media and Whatsapp.  The reason ; Flying Kites Injure or Kill birds.  Several flying birds, mostly pigeons get trapped in threads (aka 'Maanjaa') which are used to Fly kites.  Hence, It is a completely clear NO NO to The Act itself, Instead of putting a strict BAN  on the use of artificial threads made out of glass  coating.  - The Actual culprits behind bird injuries & deaths. Neither are...

Must have been what ?!?! - Sweet 16.  Had finished School to begin Junior College @ KC  Daddy with his Yamaha YZF R1 in those days.  A Hardly one or two weeks old 1000cc Monster.  Being my Dads Son These were the Days when I hardly knew Shit about bikes..  Forget riding em It was Just their looks & Power that fascinated me.  Power : 1000cc. Looks : Yamaha Yzf R1  - It All fitted perfectly as per my immature choice of liking.  Me and My Dad would frequently go on these late night rides on the bike where It was Never about blindly riding street fast but rather enjoying the ride no matter how long or short our rides last. Hip young bloods with overflowing adrenaline's would catch up with us on Red lights  - asking - Let's Race ??  My Dad's respond - Always a clear cut - NO.  Confused - They would just ride away.  "Public Roads Are Not the place to Race - You wanna Race ?? You find a...