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    The Moon

    I have been going for walks for months, perhaps years now. I consider it as one of the best time of day when I am alone with my music and the breeze. A few  days back , I became aware of something new which has decided to become an integral part of my walking routine – The Moon. I don’t remember when it happened, but I noticed it day before yesterday, just a day before the full moon night. It shined so bright, in the deep, cloudless night, as if, calling out to me. Since then, it has been there each night, looking at me, shining at me and telling…

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    All God Died?

    On the way back from visiting the Church and the Gurudwara Toyna: So Christians worship Jesus Christ. Mama (pleased. Thinking finally she remembers): Yes Toyna: They worship only one God Mama: Yes Toyna: And he died long ago? Mama: Yes Toyna: Hindus worship so many Gods Mama (happier now): Yes Toyna: All of them also died? Mama (getting worried. Not sure where this is leading): Yes Toyna: Sikhs worship the Gurus and they all also died. Mama: Yes Toyna: If all God died so long ago, then there are no God left on the earth. Mama (not sure how to answer this): Yes Toyna: Who takes care of earth now?…

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    A Date with God

    It all started as a school project, trying to understand different religions and what they mean. No matter how hard I tried to explain who is a  Christian and who a Muslim, my little one could not picture the difference between a Muslim, a Christian, and a Hindu. Sikhs were easy to remember because they wear turbans. Honestly, I could relate to her confusion. In the modern world of today, none of us, actually, look much different from the other in the way we look, eat or behave. The only difference amongst us is perhaps the fact – who we worship and where we worship.  So the next logical step…

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    Thank You Readers!

    Today as I got ready to attend a family get-together, I was looking forward to meeting family, who is very close to heart, but yet far from a perspective of how often we meet each other.  I thoroughly enjoyed catching up with people across generations, full of life, energy and love. However, to be completely honest, what made my day absolutely incredible was the fact, that amongst family I had the fortune to find readers who follow my blog. As we exchanged pleasantries and sat down to talk, they shared their appreciation, views and thoughts about some of my posts.  Honestly, there is nothing more gratifying to a writer, than the knowledge that…

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    History Lessons

    Teaching history to a seven year old can be a daunting task because you have to extremely careful of what impressions you are leaving on their clean, untouched  mind. Let me take an example to explain. History Books says: We celebrate Independence day on 15th August each year. This is the day that India got Independence from the British rule. Teacher explains: Britishers were extremely bad people who robbed our country for many years. Indians fought the battle for Independence and finally threw them out of the country on 15th August, 1947. Seven year old at home: What does Independence mean? Who were Britishers?  Mom: Britishers came from a country called Britain…

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    Happy Childrens Day

    It is Childrens Day today and many adults are reminding each other of the good old childhood days and how they wish they would come back. To me, this sentiment is amusing, as I would never wish those days back. The biggest, foremost reason for not going back into childhood – my only one wish as a child was “To Grow Up!!”. I am an adult now – intelligent, beautiful, rich, and blessed (some may not agree with me on some or all of these, but it doesn’t matter. I still think I am all of these.) All my childhood, I prayed to become big, so that I could make…

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    Why

    This question has been popping up so often in my conversations with others lately, that it sooner or later had to pop up in my blog as well. Be it work, play or personal chores, we do so many things daily, just because we know we have to do them. We no longer question their need or the way we do them. How we wake up, attend to natures call, drink our tea, send children to school, are all activities that don’t, any longer, need us to use our intellectual self. We just do them, without asking – Why am I doing this, or could there be a better way…