You might be wondering why I have posted this article a few days after the controversy began and not immediately. I have been ruminating over SRK’s statement and the reactions he has been getting. One thing people have not realised. SRK’s statement was not specific to his community or India. ...
Read More »Friends, Protect Yourselves!
Today, we had been to a nearby hospital for Mom’s dental treatment follow up. While we were returning an incident happened that shook us to the core. We were in an auto rickshaw, which was on a main road and to avoid a medium sized car the driver swung left. ...
Read More »Bringing up a Girl-child
Yesterday I was taking my Mom to the dentist, when we encountered a mother with her 2 kids – a 10 year old girl and a 4 year old boy, while going down our building staircase. The woman was loudly scolding her daughter for not performing well in her exams. ...
Read More »Dangers At the Beach
I was going through the comments that I had got through last night and found this something about the beach. The woman had gone to the beach with her kids and had given her daughter a sea shell to listen to the waves from it. This only left the child ...
Read More »Beware of Dengue
My yoga teacher Farina Redkar is one of our well-wishers. She is the one who helped me with inputs for the article on Kandrasana (http://ajournalistreveals.com/kandrasan/). What she told me during our yoga session today was an eye-opener. Dengue, everybody knows, is caused by viruses injected by mosquitoes during the day. ...
Read More »Govinda Aala Re Aala!
Like I said in a previous article, last week I had attended a 3-day conference. Delegates from different countries had attended the event. During the tea-break on the first day, I met a girl from Indonesia, who asked me where they form human pyramid. Initially, I did not know what ...
Read More »After Celebrations of Independence Day
Come Independence Day, many of us have functions in our schools, organisations and even in our housing societies. We decorate the premises with balloons, paper and even flags. But after the celebrations what happens? The main flag that is hoisted is folded and placed inside safely. What happens to the ...
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