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The rising tension between Iran and the US.

For the past couple of months, we have been hearing about the rising tension between the US and Iran. When did all this start? Does the US fear Iran? The United States is trying to put maximum pressure over Iran to make them come to the negotiation table. However, Iran is adopting a maximum resistance policy. They will reject all the decisions put forth by the US. One of the actions taken by the US government was to put a sanction on Iran. This action which has been undertaken by the US government has caused a lot of issues globally. India, as well as many other countries that were importing a huge amount of oil/petroleum, cut down their import rate to zero percent recently. The oil price in India has increased due to this issue and it created similar issues in several other countries which had a high oil import rate. This tension between the US and Iran can have a huge impact on India if we do not take proper measures. India has to find an alternative partner to do oil...

Hey Mom

I was on my couch watching TV with my favorite show on and my cereal resting on my lap. Few spoon into my cereal, i figured that it needed more sugar so i got up and made my way to the kitchen to fetch some. On the way my phone started ringing and i felt too lazy to attend the call since it was a Sunday morning. So i ignored the call and added sugar to my cereal. I made my way back to the couch and sat back down with a sigh of relief. A few minutes into the show the phone rang again, with a grunt, I got of my couch and answered the call with an annoyed tone and asked "Who the hell is this?". There was no reply for a few seconds until a voice, soft tone, lady like voice asked "Is this Jerry?". I lowered my voice and answered politely, "YES". Then she gave me the most horrific news I have ever heard, "I am here on the Overseas Highway calling from your mother’s phone and she has met with a car accident, please do come over here quickly". ...