My Dad is a Company Secretary. He has been a strict father and we learnt discipline from him. He has been contributing to the Company Secretaries Association regularly in several ways. Recently, he received a certificate of appreciation from the association.When I shared the good news with my friends and ...
Read More »“I grew up at your place,” says Dolly
On the occasion of Bhai Dooj, let me introduce a brother’s little sister. We met Ronak Bhatia last Saturday. Today, let’s meet his sister Ritu Bhatia aka Dolly. I have reams and reams of stories about this little girl – all good memories.I had mentioned the elephant incident in my ...
Read More »Ronak’s Nostalgia
Today’s post is Ronak’s Nostalgia. There is a very important reason, we are posting this interview today. It’s Children’s Day and it is also the birthday of one of the kids, who had been very close to my Mom – Ronak Bhatia. This kid is one of the several, who ...
Read More »Thanking National Heroes
Indian PM Narendra Modi Sir requested all Indians to self-impose Janta Curfew and thank the national heroes due to whom we are alive, today. So, we decided to share this article, today – Thanking National Heroes.Janta CurfewMost Indians stayed home. A few people in our area moved about bringing home ...
Read More »Justice Delayed is Not Justice Denied
Justice Delayed is Not Justice Denied. Better late than never. Justice is served. Yes! Nirbhaya has finally got justice, today. Everybody, especially Nirbhaya’s parents are happy. It took the entire nation to stand up in arms to achieve this moment of glory. India has won. Indian women have won. Womanhood ...
Read More »Reply to Blaming the Victim (Part VII – Children’s Unintentional Antics)
Post the publication of the previous part of this series, we have had several queries about the root cause of all these issues and I decided to share a couple of incidents that happened in front of me in this post on Children’s Unintentional Antics. Children’s Unintentional Antics Children react ...
Read More »My Little Brother Was Featured in a Newspaper
I have a great bonding with my extended family on my Mom’s side. One of them is my only younger cousin, Venkatakrishnan, son of my very dear Meera Mousi. While everyone from our generation picked up some or the other trait from my maternal grandfather, this little brother of mine ...
Read More »Reply to Blaming the Victim (Part VI – After the Girl’s Suicide)
We had posted the fourth part of this article – 4 days ago. We received several queries about the second incident in the post where the girl is raped by her FIL. They wanted to know what happened after the girl’s suicide. Vidhya Aunty reveals: After the Girl’s Suicide By ...
Read More »Reply to Blaming the Victim (Part V- Catching them Young)
We have come to the next part of our journey of the Reply to Blaming the Victim and the topic is – catching them young. For this, I would like to highlight an incident that I was witness to during my tenure as a teacher. We were new to the ...
Read More »Reply to Blaming the Victim (Part IV- Investigate Grooms before Marriage)
Marrying daughters to NRIs can be tricky. All grooms need to be investigated before the marriage, may it be a love marriage or arranged ones. One man, Rishabh Barukha has been ensnaring girls for their money through marriage portals. Since then, we have been wondering how marriage portals can guarantee ...
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