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The bravery of a Malian man rescuing a child in France.

Are you patriotic? What does being patriotic mean to you?

Pure patriotism is on show in this gallant story.

It was one hot day in the month of May in 2018.

Gassama from Mali, a West African nation, has been hailed a hero and granted French citizenship after he scaled an apartment building to rescue a child dangling off a balcony.

French President Emmanuel Macron announced that Mamoudou Gassama, an undocumented migrant, would become a “naturalised French” national and join the fire service, the AFP news agency reported.

Gassama’s efforts have turned him into a phenomenon on social media, where he has been described as “the Spider-Man”.

Yes, a deeply patriotic Spider-Man. 

A Malian Bravery wins Hearts in France

Happy Valentine’s Day

Dallas, USA. Year 2021.

Russell was so upset that he couldn’t get the right girl to talk to or one to date with. He thought he was a total failure.

He’s 22, a software professional and earning handsome money at an IT multinational.

He looked handsome. But he was worried as to why he was not connecting with girls.

That’s when he heard about OpenAI.

This is one of the best Valentine’s stories yet. Read on.

Before the AI technology explosion, Russell used to sit and spend hours on Tinder swiping right after right, but to no avail.

Some he found and proceeded to date with, but he thought they were either drinking too much or throwing emotional tantrums. He wasn’t happy.

He thought one day he would ask for the help of AI technology.

He heard about OpenAI’s GPT-2, and he could employ the chatbot to talk to girls on his behalf. 

Or else how would he find the perfect woman?

He soon was able to enjoy the new invention, and he swiped right 350 times, matched with 150 and struck dialogue with as many.

He finally met with success. He could in fact meet a dozen of them. In real, wow!

But there was still a flaw in the new innovation.

The GPT-2 scheduled a date on his behalf and swore to the girls he would bring chocolates and flowers for them. 

Oblivious to the private conversation, he went and met the girl empty-handed. So embarrassing.

So what’s next?

The best OpenAI, GPT-4, was released, and he was pleased.

He quickly struck a chord with the new arrival and the AI said the best about him. The AI suggested he talk to girls about his childhood, parents, goals in life etc. That sounded so meaningful.

This time, he matched with about 4500 girls thanks to a little help coming from Tinder Gold. All in a month’s time. Great!

UNBELIEVABLE! There’s more. Read on.

He kept striking gold. He once met 4 girls at a time.

After about 5000 women expressing interest in him, he found one that he thought was a ‘match made in heaven’.

Her name is Tanya. Many congratulations! Many more to AI. 

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He still wasn’t content yet. To spice up things, he turned one last time to AI.

He asked for help from ChatGPT V3 and the AI suggested he marry her. That just floored him. How?

The AI was right, and the couple soon moved in together in 2023.

One day, he showed Tanya what ChatGPT V3 did to them. He showed the chat to her.

As the AI said, he proposed to her and they are now husband and wife. Two long years to find the right match. Brilliant.

Hang on! This isn’t over yet. Read on.

Kovai, India Year 2024.

Café Coffee Day at Phoenix Mall, Kovai was full of people cramming for space on Valentine’s Day.

Vineeth turned and showed the story he had just read on FB to his newly-wed wife Archana.

They were sitting, chatting and sharing a laugh the whole day. Full of buzz.

She said to him: We didn’t go through the hassle of using AI technology, dear. To know each other, did we?

He nodded and looked on. Expecting what she was going to say next.

She continued: We met for a short while. A month or two. We hit it off.

“You came, you saw, and you conquered my parents”.

He smiled and spoke softly and slowly, “No, our parents”.

Both had a hearty laugh. He hugged her and looked up at the sky.

They thanked their ancestors. 

Break the Law. Help kids.

Have you ever unintentionally broken the law?

Yes.

Not just once but many times, I’m afraid.

While waiting to cross the road in busy traffic, I can see how desperate the school children wait to get across so that they reach school on time.

That’s when I think I shall quickly hop in, stick my hand out and stop vehicles on either side of the road. So much so that mom and kids get across to the other side.

Call it evil intentions?

This is India and nobody here cares to halt at the lights and allow pedestrians to use the zebra-crossing. No cops manning this junctions. Poor kids.

I don’t know if any law allows me to do that, but I do it quite often.

Call it unintentional. But it’s a huge help with all good intentions.

Kids thank me for the novel gesture and that makes my day. All days in a week.

Gone missing at 11. Back when 22. But cannot join parents, why?

A village far away in Uttar Pradesh, India.

A 11 year old boy was scolded by parents for playing marbles. He wasn’t studying. The boy was upset and ran away in a fit of anger.

Parents searched for him and gave up tired. But fate had a different story to tell.

He came back to village after about 10 year gap. Pure coincidence. He is now 22 and he claimed he was the son.

The parents are so happy to see him.

He is good at playing sarangi, an Indian traditional musical instrument. Many in the village gathered to see him.

The boy, an adult now said he joined a monastery. His guru told him to go out and collect alms.

When parents asked him to call quits to whatever he does and join them, he said he cannot. Parents asked why.

He said he should collect alms about ₹11 lakhs and give the collection to his guru or else he can’t be released.

Sounded like he carried a ransom on his head. Poor boy! Pity the parents. They cried. The whole village cried.

The boy’s dad was too upset and said he didn’t even have ₹11. What will he do for such a large sum?

Boy’s mom wanted her son, so badly.

How wasted a young man’s life in India!

The village looks forlorn and continues to wait for him.

Venue: Tiruvannamalai in Tamil Nadu, India. News: This small temple is famous for it asks disciples to put themselves to a test (strictly religious) as to finding penance for wrong-doing. Enter from one end and exit from the other is the litmus test. If you had done good deeds you will find an easy passage home. Or else? 😪 This obese disciple didn’t check if she could make it through the exit. Not because she had sinned in the past but because she didn’t realise she was too fat to go through this arduous religious procedure. Did she get out or still stuck? The news isn’t clear yet. Hopefully someone dialled emergency for the poor soul in finding a safe passage home.

Flying in India is too Expensive! Why?

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/woman-finds-bolt-in-sandwich-served-on-indigo-flight/articleshow/107674916.cms

Before clicking the link, find below a brief story about how a passenger felt after flying by Indigo airlines.

For the passenger Jyoti Rautela from Bangaluru, India, it’s a jolt. A Bolt from the Blue! How?

She traveled by Indigo flight on the 13 Feb 2024 from Bamgaluru to Chennai on Business Class. As the custom goes, the flight crew served them breakfast. A sandwich plus a packet of juice.

While her colleagues ate the sandwich, she kept it for the latter part of the day as she didn’t feel hungry.

After reaching the hotel, she thought she would take a bite. That’s when she realized she bit something hard. A tough nut inside a sandwich.

She was shocked. She quickly called the airlines and they promptly responded. Told her they were sorry to hear about the inconvenience and promised they would investigate.

Worse came when the customer service attached to the airline called and told her they couldn’t proceed any further on the complaint because the sandwich wasn’t eaten while the plane had been airborne.

Sad.

What if she had eaten the sandwich as the airlines said and put her life at risk of danger? Would the airlines have maintained ‘hands off’ like this?

This goes to prove that flying in India is too expensive, not just the spiralling cost of tickets, but because of biting a sandwich mid-air.

A ‘PRESS’ for Freedom!

If there was a biography about you, what would the title be?

It was a long time ago. An October month in 2000. I just joined in a news television as Senior Editor cum Producer.

Journalist in India are highly acclaimed jobs equal to professionals such as doctors, engineers, advocates and bureaucrats. People notice you and give you respect.

Journalists usually carry an ID and a whole lot of commercial houses such as hotels, cinemas and places of worship give them a free pass. That’s a bonus, and that comes with the job.

They display a printed readymade sticker ‘PRESS’ on the front windshield of cars so that police or security too pass them off quick. No needless stopping and searching.

I just joined and my office said they had run out of those stickers. They said I could buy one from the stores located close by.

As planned, I visited a decent looking store one day during a weekend.

I asked the person at the front desk if I could buy a sticker which read: PRESS.

The sales staff quickly went inside the store and brought a box.

He opened the box, threw down on the desk and bingo, there were a whole lot of stickers. All various sizes and colours.

He started looking for the one which I had just asked.

He quickly found many that read: PUSH and PULL.

He was sad and said, “sorry sir, I’ve got PUSH and PULL only. No PRESS. Visit us next week, please”.

I and my wife looked at each other and left the store in a jiffy.

We burst into a roaring laugh when we got inside the car. We were laughing all the way home.

A hearty laugh.

A PRESS against Push & Pull.