I wonder what people get in gossiping about others. Often even educated people are seen gossiping like illiterate people damaging other people’s reputation. Continuing with Gauri’s story, today I take this opportunity to talk about another incident in the same school. The school was for elite kids. The other teachers ...
Read More »The Dumb Teacher
I am not going to post a joke on this day called the All Fools Day. But, I am sharing a real-life incident that happened with one of the girls in our group – Gauri (name changed at request). All the students called her dumb. The other teachers made fun ...
Read More »Perpetrator of Crime Asks for Stories on the Theme!
Recently, I was online checking out some posts on a media group on Facebook. A morning tabloid connected to a leading broadsheet Indian newspaper requested contacts of people having annoying co-workers. I suddenly remembered that this tabloid was the perpetrator of the same crime and a journalist connected to this ...
Read More »Dealing with Unruly School Children
Today, I would like to share an incident that happened with a fellow school teacher. In several schools, teachers are changed every year because the management does not want to pay the amount determined by the pay commission. As a result, children do not have respect for their teachers. Their ...
Read More »A Tribute to Late Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan
Most South Indians help others whenever they can. Let us talk about Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, who was born on March 15, 1977. This gallant man singlehandedly not only saved a colleague during the Mumbai Terror Attacks but also took a bullet on his back to save some women hostages. The ...
Read More »Mission Pooja Dhabolkar (IVth and Concluding Part)
The hospital where Pooja was being treated sent for the valve from abroad. They got a size bigger valve. Initially, the hospital told the Dhabolkars that they would send it back and ask for the right size of the valve. They also said that it would take about 15-20 days ...
Read More »Mission Pooja Dhabolkar (Part III)
My aunt told them to take the mother to a good psychiatrist and a clinical psychologist. She also advised them to take her to as many temples as possible. My aunt also added, “Tell her that the child was with her for 5 years at least. Many parents lose their ...
Read More »Mission Pooja Dhabolkar (Part II)
The doctors told the parents clearly then, that they had not thought the child would not live till 5 years of age since the case was complicated. But, the doctors told them that the child might not survive the operation and also told them to let him live as long ...
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My aunt received information from a small town. A couple, after several years, got a male child. One astrologer had predicted that this couple had no children in their fate. If a child would be born, there will be some defect in it. The astrologer advised them to adopt a ...
Read More »Father’s Day
Today is a very auspicious day – Father’s Day. The Creator Lord Brahma is the father of Hindus. Similarly, father is the creator of the family. Today, I think of Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi. He would wear an only salt-washed white dhoti. He would walk with a stick, ...
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