Kids writing on walls - ParenthoodDiaries #38

So, their writing, rather drawing has reached all across the house except bathroom, where they write with water!! And the highlight is the center photo of the below collage, which is the roof of the room. They have reached greater heights already!!!

Now it's my and my maid's time to reach all those heights, obviously to clean so that they can write again.

From the book "TATA Stories" !

 From the book "TATA Stories" by Mr. Harish Bhat.

"What use we put our possessions to is the real value that they serve"

No to cartoons - ParenthoodDiaries #37

My kids got '0' points for the below question - Whats your favorite cartoon character? Never before a zero made me happy!

Hoping to continue not to expose them to cartoons, not sure how long!! 

Unity in diversity in Indian Film Industry

We celebrate "Unity in diversity", which is the face & strength of Indian culture. Many technicians and artists have come up with fabulous films that have demonstrated the culture, capabilities, skills and the ambitious intentions.

As an audience, the following things never bother me: language of the film, native region of the film, caste of the artists, personal views or life of the artists, watching it in theater or OTT, religion of the artists vs the religious characters they play on the screen. Never these things bother me.

Lately, what's been bothering me is the streak of debates the artists themselves have been having on social media, triggering the audience to add fuel to the fire with their unapologetic way of commenting, rather trolling what they call as!

Hope the day is sooner than anticipated when we stand up together, displaying unity in diversity more in practice, through the one Indian Film Industry.

India's 50th to 75th Independence day!

On India's 50th independence day, back in 1997, I received the below shown 'India badge'. I remember having a chat with my uncle Chandrababu Ravi Jagadish , to preserve it to show on 75th Independence day. So, here I'm proudly displaying it today.

I clearly remember the celebration we had in our school on 15th August 1997. I was 11 years old and was studying 8th class. We had participated in a rally across our town in the morning, and I was one among few students who lead it by announcing slogans over the mike set fixed on a wooden rickshaw. Later in the day at school, gave speech about Independence day.

I received appreciative feedback for the slogans during the rally and for my speech as well. That was the first time I did hold
a mike and spoke. Because of that day's positive experience, till date I feel confident to speak when I have a mike in hand.

Today we have attended the 75th independence day celebration in our kids' school. It refreshed the memories from my school days. Hope my kids too will make lot of stories and moments to tell and rejoice.

The millisecond difference!

The milli-second moment in the final of women's 4×400 m relay at the CWG-2022.

Be it in any sport or life:

It's not done until it's done.

It's not over until it's over.

Keeping at it makes all the difference.