Combinations


                                                             

Lillee and Thomson. Jaggery and peanut. Vada and pav. Biryani and raita. Greenidge and Haynes. Dilip Kumar and Madhubala. Rain and bhajia. Solitude and Kishore Kumar. Rafi and Lata. Laila and Majnu. Rana Pratap and Chetak. Love and Tajmahal. Bench press and bicep curls. Rice and fish. Nature and silence. Book and bed. Cookies and cream. Sliced mangoes and vanilla ice-cream. Mutter pulao and chicken curry. 
Pink and turquoise blue. Red lipstick and black sunglasses. Lord’s and cricket. Tennis and Wimbledon. Borg and McEnroe. Sprint and Bolt. Lemonade and mint. Salt and pepper. Krishna and Radha. Sita and Ram. Salim and Javed. Class and Dubai. Holmes and Watson. Relativity and Einstein. Gravity and Newton. Evolution and Darwin. Roberts and Holding. 1983 and 2011. Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Gulzar and RD. Investments and Buffet. Jack and Jill. Billa and Ranga. Shiv and Parvati. Sleep and dreams. Navratilova and Shriver. Paes and Bhupati. Chase and Carter. Chai and bun maska. Marriage and fun. First love and broken heart. Brown chocolate and movie. Rajesh Khanna and stardom. Kaala Patthar and Deewar. Shakespeare and sonnets. Keats and odes. Kabir and dohas. Ghalib and ghazals. Joyce and joys of prose. 
Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys. Kane and Abel. Archer and Deaver. Imran Khan and charisma. Mozart and Beethoven. High heels and short skirt. Akbar and Birbal. Paaya and tandoori roti. Hitchcock and suspense. Santa and Banta. Subject and predicate. Snake and mongoose. Wilde and wit. Exceed and entertainment. Punchu and Chongz. Sense and sensibility. Rock and Big Daddy. Brother and memories.
Bread and butter. Sex and spice. Nancy Friday and E L James. Davd and Goliath. Heer and Ranjha. Romeo and Juliet. Soni and Mahiwal. Buddha and nirvana. Osho and oddity. Christ and salvation. Force and pressure. Father and strength. Rose and thorns. Paradise Lost and Savitri. Wife and romance. Kulfi and falooda. Music and moments. Gilli and danda. Dharmendra and Hema Malini. Nehru and Edwina. Gandhi and experiments with truth. 
War and peace. Writing and innovation. Tagore and creativity. Pride and prejudice. Passion and red. Thoreau and Emerson. Knowledge and power. Adam and Eve. Life and death. Lotus and dirt. Sunday and sleep. Friends and freedom. Fire and ice. Forgive and forget. Give and give more. Teacher and change. Boss and challenge. Mother and island of safety. Nehari and kulcha.
Bedi and butterfly. Richards and brutality. Azhar and magic. Son and comfort. Daughter and happiness. Wealth and wisdom. Plato and philosophy. Sister and secrets. Hell and heaven. Blog and bonding.

-          NZ

10.7.2019

Note: There are many more. These are just what I could think on the spur of the moment.   

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