Months of May and June are here and so is the time of verdict! The twelfth boards CBSE result is out, ICSE is on its way, JEE and IB not too far. Feelings of elation, heart breaking despair and finality are staring at us parents in the face. Many of us didn't sleep too well [...]
Month: May 2017
Eighteen Is Here with a Bang!
It's the season of emotional excesses..and tears finding their way down the cheeks of a lot of moms and dads. The kids everywhere around me aren't kids anymore. They have already turned eighteen or are dying to reach the milestone soon. It's the season of graduation days, it's that time, we parents have been waiting [...]
Relationships…Make them stick or kick them Forever!
' Relationships are Simple, Relationships are Complex!Relationships can make our existence worthwhile. Relationships can also make our lives hell! It's our relationships that take us on a roller coaster ride of emotional excesses and detachment periods. It's those good ones and also the suffocating ones that together make a package deal that helps us appreciate life. [...]
Obsessed are we? and should we be? with making are children turn out good!
Funny how we parents can turn any and every situation into a life lesson for our children.A lot of us are guilty of the above big time…. and have used many situations, good or bad, difficult and fun to fish out various life lessons to our children. Hope we have succeeded in our trying to live up to their expectations of walking the talk. Life lessons like “be part of a circle of good people” ,”the world won’t give whatever you want on a platter”, “life isn’t a bed of roses always”, “look out for your happiness”,” work hard and dream big”, stay away from toxic people” etc etc. We talk to them constantly and what we tell them becomes their inner voice, not to skip mentioning that sometimes we talk a little too too much … and a lot we say gets lost in oblivion. And then we live our lives, either true to what…
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Obsessed are we? and should we be? with making are children turn out good!
Funny how we parents can turn any and every situation into a life lesson for our children.A lot of us are guilty of the above big time.... and have used many situations, good or bad, difficult and fun to fish out various life lessons to our children. Hope we have succeeded in our trying to live up to their [...]
“Mom”How similar are the emotions that this one word elicits in all of us!
How similar are humans in their expression of love. It amazes me to see this one word " Mom" evoking wonderful emotions in people ... Emotions which are never fake and never forced. There are few things or actually ....may be nothing else in this world that connects human hearts alike and with so much [...]
Do Museum Visits suck? ( it’s all in your head)
Someone long ago thought of the concept of Museums. Thanks to him /or her, we have thousands of Museums around the world for everything and anything. Puppet Museums, Textile Museums, Natural History Museums, Science Museums, Art and Design Museums, Transport Museums, Umbrella Museums, Holocaust Memorial Museums, Doll Museums, Wax Museums, Toy Museums etc. And then, there are some very weird Museums. like The Museum for Instant Raman in Japan, Dog Collar Museum in England, UFO Museum in Mexico, Gelato Museum in Italy , Museum of Torture Instruments in Amsterdam , Hair Museum in Turkey, Sewer Museum in Paris, International Spy Museum in Berlin, Sulabh International Museum of toilets ( this one is India and is an inspiration for less developed nations), Museum of Salt and Pepper Shakers, Lunch Box Museum and Skelton Museum in United States.
Many who don’t normally visit museums have a tendency to dismiss them as boring…
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