Random Thoughts. Running Amok. Find a Leash. Tie them please. Verse. Tweet. Prose. abstract expressions of unfamiliarity. Your fear, they do not rhyme together. Does it matter ? Life does not, either.
The Majestic Munnar
Munnar has been on my mind since our last visit to Kerala two years back. We travelled across South Kerala from Kochi and visited Kollam, Trivandrum, Kovalam beach, Poovar beach and Kanyakumari. That visit was during monsoons and we soaked in the beauty of God’s own country during rains. Also read : Watch an evening…
I am the Shell Keeper
Somedays, I am the shell keeper, the lone guardian of their sea. Somedays at the shore, I trove memories. Somedays, a soothsayer, trudging raised barriers, taking a leap of faith. Somedays, I am a naysayer, fearful of a future, unseen. But. On all days, undoubtedly, I am a woman; the creator, a mother; the…
Watch an evening go by Kovalam Beach!
On #WorldTourism day, sharing how an evening spent at the lighthouse and the Kovalam Beach in Trivandrum (Tiruvanthpuram) can leave an indelible mark on your heart. Lighthouses are love. Showing us a life less ordinary. A life above the mundane. The one above the rising tide, the beaten stones, the one away from turmoils. Lighthouses…
I have a question, Sir?
Does peace love solitude,
or coexists with multitudes?
If self-attainment is an inner sanctum,
isn’t religion, an overhyped fulcrum?
Amidst chaos & cacophony
of ideological diktat, how, why,
for what, the faith remains, intact?
The Photographers’ Poem
50 mm lens, a compact nifty fifty, aperture shifting, @ f/1.2,f/2.4,f/4, Zoom in, out slant of the eyebrows, The face, myopic, microscopic now. (-0.50 lens, are appearances everything)? The scuffle between agility and survival, Amma’s saree pleats on her forehead, mish and mashed, like parallel plateau, in an ebb & flow, embedded in her…
Mysuru before the Dasara week
How many of you remember Mysore as the inspiration behind the city Malgudi that R.K.Laxman had created with his words? On this sojourn, I wanted to locate Malgudi in the folds of Mysore.
ImaGeees
Immortalise a story.
an image,a framework
of words,mirroring,
a reflective verse.
Positive parenting skills for modern age parents
Summing up the positive parenting skills in a parenting skills checklist :
1. Effective communication between parents and with children.
2. Make ground rules for children and yourself. Adhere to them.
3. Set routines for children to form new habits.
4. Be involved and evolve together.
5. Teach them empathy, compassion and self-respect.
6. Participate in parenting skills workshops at school and in the community.
7. Get involved in parenting skills activities with other parents and teachers.
8. Give them a stable and non-conflicted environment at home to have good self-esteem.
9. Be unconventional sometimes and teach children to live outside their comfort zones.
10. Remember, moderation is the key to effective parenting skills.
Modern Age Parenting
How do modern age parents avoid the pitfalls of modern times and raise sensitive global citizens of the world?
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