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This is that time of the year; India’s independence day is approaching. The tricolor is all around us. Old patriotic songs play all around us. The channels change their logos in the color of the tricolor. Schools have special flag hoisting and programs. The atmosphere is filled with celebration. I…

Gautam, who is the shy one when it comes to making friends, used to tail his brother outdoors. But, of late, Sid is playing football, where Gautam cannot follow him. So, he takes his toy trucks and cars and plays in the sand pit alone. And, finally he has a…

The humble egg is our breakfast for most days of the week. I like egg in any form except boiled egg. I actually love the taste of egg white, but I just cannot stand the taste of yolk. If I had to eat it slowly, tasting it, then I would…

Auto rickshaws or autos — the 3-wheeled marvel, is used by a common man in India as a mode of travel. It is my son’s favorite toy model, and he can sacrifice any fancy car model to get his hand on one :). Autos in Bangalore are a menace. The…

Continuing from my previous post https://www.rachnaparmar.com/2010/06/passport-renewal-woes.html I wrote to the RPO as well as the Ministry of External Affairs. I received a reply from an MEA person asking the Passport office to take adequate action. In the interim, I called up the Police Station once again, and the person asked…

Madam Railway Minister is so busy trying to be the CM of Bengal that she is an absentee Union Railway Minister. Apparently, she is guilty of missing the maximum Cabinet meetings, and there are almost 80 K vacancies in Railway jobs. Not filled because the effort to fill them has…

I have been living in Bangalore for 6 years now. Though, I am able to manage in Hindi and English; I always wanted to learn Kannada. For most of the ladies in my age group within my community, the language of communication is mostly English and sometimes Hindi. Ours is…

My company, Tranquil Software Solutions Pvt. Ltd. is launching its first Web Application called Parentnet.in. This application is aimed at parents. It is a wonderful social networking platform for parents whose children study in the same class in the same school. You might have noticed that as parents, we would…

Gautam and Sid’s cousins were visiting our home. They were here just for a day. And, they had an early morning flight to catch today. In the morning, when Gautam woke up, he looked in the bedroom downstairs where the kids were sleeping and said, “Mummy, they are gone!” I…