Shilpa Roy Kota
Parenting Stories (and more) from the desk of an imperfect parent
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While we the nation celebrate the victory of few excellent sports personalities, we at the same time make louder hue and cry about the poor state of our sports in our country. Just 4 medals compared what China has won. Shame on us! It is so easy to sit in our cute little offices, warm…
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Where do ideas come from? Is there somewhere a factory in the mind which manufactures these? What inputs does it take and what kind of process would it follow? I have tried to analyze it, and have often wondered that the inputs are events from our daily life. But honestly, some of my best and…
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What would you do – If you realized your child was lying to you If your team was hiding critical facts If your partner in love was willfully misleading you Would punishing the child, stop them from lying? Would reprimanding the team, stop them from hiding? Would blaming and fighting with the partner, stop them…
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Honestly I was always scared of Parent Teacher Meetings as a child. Probably it is one of the perks of being an average child. I remember the standard comment which followed year on year in all my report cards -” Good show! But can do better”. I could never figure out what it meant and…
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I have wondered sometimes who all read my blog. For the first few blogs it was the most important thing to watch for during the day. Another like, another comment, another share were all the metrics I was counting. As the number of blogs increased, the readership slowly decreased. It actually seemed like a straight…
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Long Sunday siesta, longer evening walk and lots of time with family. Mmmmmmmm what a beautiful weekend. Sometime the whole idea of a break is not about going on exotic vacations but simply unwinding in the coziness of your home, in the company of loved ones. What makes it even more beautiful is the fact…
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We are all scared of failing, of making mistakes, of loosing something we really cherish. Because of this fear, many of us even give up trying. It is like being afraid of hurting the ones we love, so we stop loving all together. I learnt that everyone is scared, nervous, skeptical and sometimes shaken. But not…
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A point is a minuscule entity in this vast eternity. How you define it – depends on where you are looking at it from? If you are looking at it from the top, you find it as a dot. If you are looking at it from the bottom, you might view it as a hat. If…
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The only thing common amongst us all is that each one of us is unique in our own respect. Once we agree that we are all different, we will also agree that we all are therefore bound to have difference of opinions. What do we do when we come across such differences of opinion at…
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One more painful extraction and it is time for the Tooth Fairy to pay a visit! When I was young, did I ever believe in fairies myself? But for my daughter, I make sure she believes in Santa and Tooth fairy and any other Fairy Godmothers who are kind enough to visit our heaven. The…