I observe my neighbour’s son good at drawing. When it comes to studying, he does all tricks to keep away from it. His parents have a hard time prepare himself. This is a common observation with most children. Not only children but almost every one...

Almost everyday, my daughter is scolded or beaten either by me or my wife, at least once. Mostly the fault would remain with my daughter. Our short temper would be at fault in the other cases. I would observe my daughter feeling uncomfortable every...

It was the first day when my 3 year old daughter went to school. We put her in a nearby higher secondary school for ‘Pre-KG’. She was very glad to go to her school. She told everybody in our apartment that she was going to school. She was...

What people normally do when they receive their paycheck? Obviously they would pay all bills and other expenses that are due. That is what most people do. If at all something is left behind, they save. But do the rich or ‘would be rich’ do the...

What do teachers do when they find a mistake? They put a red mark around it or underline it in red to show the student that it is a mistake. What purpose does it serve? Nothing more than discouraging the student concerned. In other cases, this makes...

One day, I had difficulty in finding a story for my daughter. Suddenly it flashed in my mind, ‘why not I tell her how a plant grows?’. I did not want it to be told in a boring way as in our schools. So instantaneously, I built a story around a...

Every time we cross a river bridge in any city or a densely populated locality, we get a stinking smell. We all know for sure that it is the smell from the garbage dumped or thrown carelessly into the water. I know of a man who was an employee in a...

My 3-year-old daughter is much interested to hear stories from me, be it before going to bed or while drinking milk or while having food. I tell her stories on various topics. One day, I will tell her stories on Lord Krishna and the other day on...

Last Sunday I was invited for a “Akanda Naama Bhajan” in my maternal uncle’s house. This consisted of chanting the verse, “Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare” , continuously without any break. We started off exactly by 6AM. The chanting...

Once I went to the Regional Passport office at Chennai for knowing the status of my renewal passport application. There I met a middle-aged gentleman. I did not bother to ask his name for no reason. For the sake of convenience, let him be “Mr. X”....