Shilpa Roy Kota
Parenting Stories (and more) from the desk of an imperfect parent
Category: My Love
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What happens when Mom is absent on school days? Do Daddies have the evolutionary skills needed to take over for a few days?
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Project Gyan Jyot has helped me discover that Goodness exists all around us. Why don’t we see it every day?
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Who are the Haves and the Have nots of our society? Does good education guarantee abundance in life?
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There is a boy, about 14 years old. Shy lad with a soft voice and a little hunch, like he is trying to disappear between his shoulders lest someone spots him. He barely speaks but when he does, he speaks calmly with a sense of control on his carefully measured words. He once told he…
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Pavan and I celebrated our twentieth wedding anniversary recently. Like most loving couples out there, I wish I could write a sweet, rosy, gushy description of our wedded life and call him puppy names. Haaaah! But that’s not me and that’s not our story. The name of the horror thriller Indian movie, “Bees Saal Baad”…
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We are off to an impromptu drive in the glistening night Yog: Mama, sit with me in the car Pavan: No. Mummy will sit with me Yog: No, I asked Mama first Pavan: But I already booked Mummy even before you were born Yog (asking me sheepishly): You had Love Wedding Mama? Me: Yes, we…
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We have lost a lot in these times. Maybe it is time to start counting things we have gained.
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There are some things in life which are very dear to us. Like the first College T shirt or the first black boots or the broken vase in the corner of the living room. Even though these items have lost their materialistic purpose long ago, they still serve a very emotional purpose for us. We…
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If you are looking for a reason to love, it ain’t love, my dear!
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Its been more than a month since we lost a loved one. They say time is the best healer. I think more than time itself, it was the family that came together to stand by us, who saved us from getting lost in this time. The last few of this family, closest of all, left a…
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