Going back to "Alice in wonderland' was quite a revelation in many ways .... You can actually relate to the characters in real life, our hidden atrocities, our eccentricities and the inner madness ! We meet people like that in our lives and try to rationalize their behavior in a futile effort ! Like my "pagli neighbor", who makes it a point to show me her slippers each morning when I leave for work cos that's her way of showing her loathe for me :) Of course it used to upset and provoke me to a point of retaliation , till I connected it to mad Hatter's party ! A Mad Tea-Party There was a table set out under a tree in front of the house, and the March Hare and the Hatter were having tea at it: a Dormouse was sitting between them, fast asleep, and the other two were using it as a cushion, resting their elbows on it, and talking over its head. `Very uncomfortable for the Dormouse,' thought Alice; `only, as it's asleep, I suppose it doesn't mi...