Shilpa Roy Kota
Parenting Stories (and more) from the desk of an imperfect parent
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As an organization, we impart a lot of training programs. As a trainer, I have always encouraged people to ask questions. I believed that there are no wrong questions, just wrong answers. Questions by their very nature are right and will always lead us to learn new things. Since the last few weeks, I have…
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I am blessed to have a 1 month old in my arms and as you may have guessed. most blogs going forward, for some time at least, will be based on inspirations provided by him. So here goes – Most of our waking time together is spent feeding and being fed. As a mother, it took…
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I once had a house in a small village, It had windows all around Some opened on lake side, some on parks and tree tops I used to sit by these windows and soak in the small miracles of life abound Watch the sun go down or smile at the treasures the children found As I…
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I read this story sometime back. Didn’t know then it could apply to me. If you put a frog water in hot water, it jumps out instantly as it cannot tolerate the heat. However, if you put the frog in normal water and slowly increase the temperature of water, the frog doesn’t realize the change…
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I come across a couple of posts everyday on different social sites glorifying women and the hard work and sacrifices they put in towards maintaining the balance in society. Reading such posts, it almost sounds like 99% of tasks in this world are done by women and men simply have nothing left to do (except…
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I have to admit I have been deeply moved by the books on Shiva Trilogy and strongly believe that Good is replaced by Evil eventually. In eradicating the Evil, the path is made for a new Good to emerge. This is the cycle of life, of nature and we as humans cannot stop it, no…
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We teach all our customers to look ahead and benchmark themselves against the best in the industry. I was in for a surprise when my 8 year old applied the same concept to plan her summer vacation. The conversation went something like this: “I want to go to Water Park this summer. Each summer we don’t do anything…
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The Good news is pretty visible now as I enter the third trimester of pregnancy. I think I am truly blessed to have had the opportunity to go through this again and more so to have family and friends around me who provide so much love and care during this critical time. I remember the time when…