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    Beautiful Life

    There is so much beauty around us, inside us. Most of us miss seeing it, feeling it cause we are rushing to earn more, save more. Hoping that one day we will have enough saved to go find this beauty outside of us. My day starts with the beauty of rolling out kids from their cozy blankets Spilled milk on table tops Poo poo just in time for school bus Books left behind Extended debates on the latest news (ignoring the breakfast and the clock ticking on) The peace and quite of the empty house Life is beautiful, spilled milk or not. Life is beautiful, completed homeworks or not It…

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    Do you Blame Life

    Some days life throws shit at us and we let that shit stink our clothes, body and souls. And then, there are days when life throws shit at us. We not only neatly catch it, but we also make dung cakes, package them and sell them at 100% profitability to those whom life has not gifted as much shit. Given these two scenarios, can we blame life in any way? First published on Facebook on October 25, 2014.

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    Happy Teachers Day to my Children

    As soon as I got home from office yesterday, Toyna ran to me, hugged me and said “Advance Happy Teachers Day!” I was surprised to hear this. Sensing my hesitancy to accept the title of a “Teacher”, she quickly exclaimed, “You taught me how to walk, how to say my first words. You still teach me how to eat food properly. ” She then paused, waiting for my reaction. I was not totally convinced, so she quickly added to her argument, “Our family is always our first school.” I smiled at this and my heart warmed up. I accepted the wishes with a “Thank You Toyna!!” and a big hug.…

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    Feed, Love, Pray

    The relationship between Food and Love runs very deep in India. If you love someone, you take them out to fancy restaurants. When you want to make up for a fight, you cook something special for your love. When you want to pamper yourself, you binge on food you love (not necessarily food which is good for you). Food is such an important part of our lifestyle that I sometimes wonder about the adage, “We live to eat or we eat to live”. This love for food or rather the love to feed can be observed at its peak in a mother and child relationship. I agree that during pregnancy…

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    Lessons Learnt Walking Together on a Dark Road

    Hold your light at an angle which helps you see best. Never copy the angle at which others are holding their light. What works for them, need not necessarily work for you. When you are on a dark road, the best way to guide someone is to illuminate the light from behind them, not in front of them. Life gets dark sometimes, even when you are walking with the ones you love. Find your light first, before you try and help other around you.

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    Sharing the Things that Count

    The moment I stepped in for lunch at home, my six year old niece, Sia, came running, scanning me from head to toe. With a slightly worried, curious look she asked, “You are wearing my Mothers shirt!?!” The look on her face suggested  that she was worried about me infringing into her mother’s wardrobe. Without thinking twice I remarked, “Yes I am! Did you know that you are wearing Yog’s (my son) shirt. And Yog is wearing his cousin brothers shirt.” Both Sia and Yog’s heads dropped instantly to scan their respective shirts. I kneeled down to look Sia in the eye and said, “Isn’t it fun to share clothes?”…

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    Who created the Distance?

    Distance, by definition is not related to one point Distance, is and always will be the difference between two points When you stand far from me, you see the distance between us Does it matter how the distance was created; who moved backward, or who did not move at all? What matters is that do we want the distance to be bridged or do we want the distance to grow Rather do we believe this distance is worth bridging

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    My Relationship with God

    I do believe in God. I believe in the God who resides inside all of us. I am not really sure if It also resides in Temples, Churches or Gurudawaras. I honestly have never tried to find God in  such designated prayer zones. I feel people running these prayer zones use God as an excuse to make money, accumulate power and kill people. I don’t think it would be an exaggeration to say that that most evil in todays world, actually happens in the name of God. In this context, I am averse to anything that people do in the name of God – like festivals, rituals, sacrifices. I like celebrations,…

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    Growing Up

    Yogs polite way of telling me that I have grown fat, “Mama, you have grown up.” Then he rubs his hands gently on his own tummy and says, “I have grown up too!”  

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    Wash Time

    When our little ones were actually small We used to wash their hands, for they were not as tall But now that they can stand and lean on top of a stool They manage to wash themselves All we need to now wash is the soap bottle, the sink and the wall