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I am out of the house, rushing to post some documents.  There are a couple of guys glaring intently at me. I try to shoo them away by glaring back. They persistently stare. At what? I quickly eye my outfit. Nothing amiss there.  I am just arranging some documents and…

courtesy:ipetitions.com This summer in Bangalore has been particularly tough. Every year as summer approaches, we face a certain level of water scarcity and power cuts as well. But, this year the water scarcity has touched new lows. We get water from a lake nearby and that has all but dried…

My three kids 🙂 It is June, and it is school reopening time for children. Kids after a two-month long vacation resent having to get up early, but in a way they are happy and excited to be back to meeting their classmates. And, parents heave a sigh of relief;…

In the last episode of Satyamev Jayate, the topic raised was Healthcare in India. I felt that in this episode many facets related to healthcare in India were aptly handled. One of the issues raised was of the exorbitant cost of medicines and the need to make generic medicines available…

Today I have the privilege of hosting Bhagyashree of Searching Self on my blog. She is one of my oldest blogger friends, a mom just like me. She has an incredible ability of churning out lovely stories. She has overcome many personal hurdles in life and has the rare ability…

I took both my sons for eye checkup to a good eye hospital yesterday. I do these routine checkups every year. Now, this place takes a little time because they do the testing once with their microscope and then there is a consultation with the Eye Specialist. Kids are a…

Today, I have the pleasure of hosting K. Parthasarathi of random thoughts on my blog. A grandfather with a razor-sharp mind and a wonderfully warm and encouraging person, Partha Sir churns out lovely stories. I always marvel at his amazing ability to write stories belonging to all genres. Do head…

Two episodes of Satyamev Jayate have been aired so far. And, they have created quite a buzz in the blogosphere. Everyone has an opinion, good or bad. The good thing is that it is getting eyeballs and encouraging discussions. The social causes handled so far are female foeticide and infanticide…

The bond between a mother and child is very special. And, for me Mother’s Day holds a lot of significance. I became a mother for the first time on Mother’s Day, ten years ago, when my elder son, Siddharth, was born on the eve of Mother’s Day. The feeling of…