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Category: bringing up mother

  • Second Time Round

    Second Time Round

    Miracles do happen, and Grandmothers, are the guardian angels of their grand-daughters. If my second daughter is all popular young lady today, I have my gynaecologist Dr.Kasturi Nayak to thank, I had gone for my monthly check up just before we left for the parking slot, she said let me listen to my grandbaby and…

  • The Belly Contemplations.

    When we were at medical college the standard joke was that guys will not ask for directions. It is a biological thing, which is why it takes several million sperm cells to locate a female egg, the egg is relative to them the size of whatever town. the journey of a pregnant mother is dotted…

  • The Real Heroes

    A lofty call, how will I teach my kids to press Ctrl+S   for nature? Well I will not, teach them. Simply because kids cannot be taught, they learn through imitation. They imbibe values that we can hand them. We are destroying forests, we are destroying wild life, we have come to a stage where we…

  • Mutation Not Evolution.

    An interesting prompt. How do we teach kids to keep environment safe? The answer is WE DON’T, the onus of keeping the earth safe, for human existence is on us and not the kids. Let’s  just take a deep a breathe, and connect with the environment, ever thought of it? Turn the television off, the…

  • Who does the laundry?

    Bring up Bachelors… ‘Mom! Where are my fresh socks?’ ‘Didi! Why didn’t you scrub my shirt’s collar? It’s still grimy!’ ‘Dad! If you see mom ask her to keep my football uniform ready, I need it tomorrow!’ #ShareTheLoad the conversations quotes above have never happened in my house. be at my parents or at my…

  • Appearances can be deceptive

    I am capable off, decapitating you if need be…. The Madras mail left the Mangalore platform.  Sheela sat by her window seat if you stretched her you would max-out at 4ft.9” since she was extremely fair she kind of came across as frail. She also had a disarrayed hair which would give any temple priest…