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Parenting

Playing Santa to My Child

4:55:00 PM
"Santa Claus is coming to town!” was a popular song that I used to listen to growing up as a child. It was not until almost many years later that I really came to know the true meaning of Christmas – it's not about Santa, it's about Jesus! It's that time of the year again where presents are for everyone and also the...

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Smartphones and Smart Plans

8:43:00 AM
Well, it's that time of the year for a guest post!  Smartphones are the thing these days. And what's essential along with a smartphone is a good phone plan. We are always looking for that extra discount; be it talk time or an internet plan. One of our readers, Sage Harman requested to put this article up regarding mobile plans. And since a...

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Discouragement

Fighting Discouragement

7:59:00 PM
The lights in the stadium go off except for those at the center. All eyes are fixed on the ring as the fight’s about to start. I am going one on one with him again. I wish I didn't have to but there’s no choice. It’s either him or me. I have knocked him out several times before. But tonight looks different. He looks much stronger....

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Honor

Do it Right- Giving Respect

8:51:00 PM
Do it Right- Giving Honor "You both are dirty fellows! Monkeys!" she exclaimed as she walked past me.                                                                              ... Peak summers are when you get invited...

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criticism

Handling Criticism

9:09:00 AM
Hello everyone! After having, what I call “The Writer’s Block”; it’s feels good to be back writing again! Let me start this post with a question, have you ever been criticized for anything? It may have been something you said or did. It's not been pretty, has it?  Recently, I was criticized for something I had said to a person. My response towards...

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Easter

The Sad Friday

6:56:00 PM
Well it's that time of the year again where Christians celebrate Easter. They call this the Holy week; Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and finally Easter on Sunday. In Kerala, people refer to Good Friday as 'Dukha Velliyacha' which literally means Sad Friday. Now the most obvious question that one can ask here is why is it called sad in Malayalam and good in...

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forgive

A Marital Affair

7:59:00 AM
"You don't marry one person; you marry three: the person you think they are, the person they are, and the person they are going to become as a result of being married to you." -Richard Needham Valentine’s Day just went on by last month and I thought I’d scribble about an ongoing love story for this post. This story is not made up,...

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Mind

The Men we are

7:26:00 PM
2012 had an almost perfect ending till the news of the Delhi rape incident shook the entire nation. For the parents and close kin of the girl, it will be something they will never forget for the rest of their lives. The news was all over, in every regional channel, the English Channels, news papers, even on normal talk shows, and for a...

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Goal

New Year Resolutions & You

8:28:00 PM
Happy New Year! One of the things that people commonly do all over the world for every New Year is to try and make a few New Year Resolutions. To be frank that was something that even I used to do when I was much younger. But then like everyone, a few weeks, perhaps a few days into it, I found myself falling...

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