Have I?

Have you ever unintentionally broken the law? If jumping a red at the traffic signal is considered one, then I surely have; several times, all unintentionally and when thrown into a tight spot by bully vehicles  and monstrous city buses which never stick to their lanes in India. I have received tickets, have paid fines […]

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Moments like those…

Can you share a positive example of where you’ve felt loved? When I am with my family and they keep asking after me, doing small things to make living easy… One recall… Our posting in Jammu and Kashmir… both of us in our first month of domesticity! Both soldiers, both on duty, perpetually always ๐Ÿ˜ƒ […]

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My son’s childhood pictures

What makes you feel nostalgic? Whenever I come across his baby pictures, I think of the happiness and contentment that I felt as a young and tired mother, seeing him bloom before my eyes, while we learnt our way up the world. I also see my own youngish parents and my handsome husband in those […]

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Papa

Describe a man who has positively impacted your life. As all daughters usually do, I too idolize my father and continue to do so, till date. While growing up, it was his reticence and calm nature that made a great impact on me. “Speak only when spoken to” was a living phrase in him; he […]

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Mindful…

What are your feelings about eating meat? This is a subject which requires honesty as well as ethics in answering it truthfully. Well, I like eating chicken, mutton and fish… So far , my mindย  hasn’t  allowed me to explore eating animals bigger than me, in size. Coming to the ethics of it, killing any […]

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Father n then the son…

Who are your current most favorite people? ‘Current‘ย  is the word to look out for ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜ It’s an answer for just today… and it’s forenoon still… This guy is one of the busiest I have known,yet he listened to my inane rantings this morning with great enthusiasm and even egged me on to go on… […]

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Mother Teresa

Who is the most famous or infamous person you have ever met? Yes, I got a chance to greet and meet Mother Teresa,the angel who worked tirelessly for the poor and the destitutes, and was beatified in the year 2003. She was awarded the Nobel prize for peace in the year 1979. She visited my […]

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How about a sleep-in day mid week?

Invent a holiday! Explain how and why everyone should celebrate. For all the sleep deprived people around the world, let’s call for a sleep-in holiday, in the middle of the week. No vehicles on the road, all shops closed, almost Covid – times like calm, and the televisions/ radio should only air soothing music to […]

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