[amazon_link id=”030737839X” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ] [/amazon_link]I’ve finished reading the most recent book of the “No. 1 ladies Detective” series. Of course, it is no secret that I am a super huge fan of Smith’s work and Mma Precious Ramotswe is my favorite female fictional character. Smith weaves truly interesting tales around his main characters […]
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Tejaswee Rao Blogging Awards
Feminist and fellow-blogger Indian Homemaker has announced Blogging Awards in the memory of her daughter Tejaswee. There are about 35 categories, in which you can nominate posts. I have added a few of my own which fit, and ask you to to do the same. If you have read of posts which fit into these […]
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An email, which has reached me before, reaches me again. It’s been out for a while, and does the rounds every so often. It’s about the 11 things kids won’t learn in school, and the author is supposed to be Bill Gates (according to the email). Now although I liked the content, it didn’t seem […]
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I remember hearing Viswanathan Anand in an interview talking about his parents’ reaction to his being featured in Time Magazine or some such achievement. Apparently his parents were most matter of fact about that – the whole “OK, well done beta ! Now let’s get you down to earth !” routine. I can almost see […]
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Kids run around. They fall. They hurt themselves. All the time. My son seems to have a knack for it. When this happens in school, they’ll give me a note which explains what happened and what they did to correct it. I remember this one note years ago, as my little boy proudly displayed his […]
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