Healthy Competition How would we know where we stand or how much we have learnt unless we compete? Competition is necessary to test our knowledge, our skills. The world is not a cocoon, quite the contrary; it is like the rough sea and everyone who...
The Sms Generation I am proud to belong to the sms generation. My grandpa always laughs at me. He says my generation spends more time ‘smsing’ each other than actually talking. Grandpa does not know how to sms. He feels that texting is a waste...
Living Your Dream Uncle Sam was not very well to do. Every year, he wore the same coat he had worn for his brother’s wedding twenty years ago but no one seemed to care. Uncle Sam was still the star of Christmas cheer and no...
If I Were President ? The first thing I would do as President of India is educate the masses. India’s biggest problem is its bludgeoning population. Poverty, crime, corruption all stem from this one problem. Land is finite and unless India takes a step to...
A Canine’s Life My name is Silky. I am six years old. That makes me 60 years old by human standards. My master’s name is Sunny. I love my life. I wake up in the morning and nudge my master awake. Its time to answer...
My Fascination With Cooking I lived with Grandmother Angeline and watched her as she moved incessantly between pots and pans. We were a large family and although there were other women in the house, the kitchen was Grandmother’s domain and I was the only one...
Chocolates: My Sweet Addiction The very thought of chocolates makes my mouth water. I love all kinds of chocolates. My mother teases me by saying that I don’t have a sweet tooth but several sweet teeth. When I went to high school, mom started giving...
Miracles Miracles are those incidents that seem to defy logic, like walking on water or healing the terminally ill. Anything that defies logic is attributed to divine intervention and we have the makings of a miracle. Such miracles are rare and few are fortunate to...
My Favorite Channel Travel and living is my favorite channel. For those like me, who cannot afford to visit the different countries of the world, it is a gift to be able to watch the snow in Switzerland, the Statue of Liberty in New York...
Mother Tongue A “Mother tongue” is the language that a human being learns from infancy. It is normally the native language of that person and he learns it from his parents and other members of the family and it is with this language that he...
