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  1. Life Lessons for my Kid

    Posted by wd
    / December 23, 2011 / 3 Comments
    Dear Kid, While it is your life and you have to learn your own lessons, I thought I could make it easier for you by sharing some lessons I have learned.LIFE & GOD1.Life is not Fair Instead of wasting your time thinking in terms of “but” this should not have...

  2. `I don’t like this Jawaharlal Nehru’

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    / December 23, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By T S SudhirTejaswini was very agitated. A day before her Hindi exam, she decided she did not want to write the essay on `Pradushan’ (pollution) that she had already prepared. So the onus was on Uma to help her write out and prepare a fresh essay on Jawaharlal Nehru,...

  3. The Great School Chase

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    / December 13, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By S V L Narayan Two days after my granddaughter was born I found my son and daughter-in-law in intense discussion. I asked them whether I could be of any help. I was stumped when my son said that they were worried as they had to think of a suitable...

  4. A thirst that keeps me happy

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    / November 27, 2011 / 21 Comments
    By Raamesh Gowri Raghavan I have an eternal thirst on my tongue. A thirst for languages. I have drunk – deeply of some and shallowly of others – at the pools of just 22 languages. Yet my thirst ceases not, I keep seeking new pools. The pool I have drunk...

  5. Crosswords avoid cross words

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    / November 18, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By Parthasarathy If I am asked to thank the English race for just one invention, I shall unhesitatingly choose the Cryptic Crossword. It is a wonderful pastime and I thank God I fell into this habit. I think I was in third form (8th Standard) when there was a word...

  6. Opening hearts with books

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    / November 13, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By Uma Sudhir On the eve of Children’s Day, I happened to be at a home for orphan children in the Mahendra Hills area of Secunderabad. Joy Home, run by a doctor couple without any support from the government or any other agency. Dr Nirmala Jyothi said no funds could...

  7. Why not a Diwali without crackers?

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    / October 27, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By V Desikan   As a boy of ten, I used to look eagerly forward to the Deepavali festival. I loved bursting crackers with my friends. My grandmother used to buy me enough crackers that would last me a month. I used to liberally share them with my friends and...
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    Tagged child labour, crackers, diwali, sivakasi

  8. Liquor Yes, School No

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    / October 13, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By Uma Sudhir   Across the road from my office, I see the liquor shop not just open but doing brisk business. Even when there is a full-fledged bandh, the shutters would only be half down. You may have to pay a few hundred extra, but then that is small...

  9. Design in schools? Why not?

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    / October 4, 2011 / 1 Comment
    By Slogan Murugan Not satisfied with designing buildings, a group of young architects from the city are taking a few hours every month to go to schools and teach students the importance of design and to observe how interesting and intelligent the designs we find in daily life are. I...

  10. Parenting, the Montessori way

    Posted by Sanjiv Bhamre
    / September 11, 2011 / 2 Comments
    By Sanjiv Bhamre   Montessori’s view of child is so refreshingly simple and insightful that if you could practice those principles it will hugely benefit your child. So here are some ideas that can be used to develop your child (if he or she is less than 6 years).   1....

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