Meena Mangalathil:

A Parent Should Never Make this Mistake Don't judge your children, according to what others say. It happened once to me, when I was small, not so small, exactly during my adoloscence. At that period, my boarding mistress was my sworn enemy. She didn't have any complaints against me. So when my parents arrived, she told them, I received a love letter (Love affairs are taboo in boarding schools and Indian culture), which was a fib. My mother had her vapours, then and there. Seeing my mom's anger, the boarding mistress was glowing with pride, she was able to even a score against me. But my father, didn't utter a word. He waited for the storm to abate and then he spoke slowly, in front of me. "Sr. I am glad to hear, that my daughter received a love letter, or else, I would feel, she is not a normal girl. So where is the love letter? Can I see it?" That gave her the sweat. She replied, "Oh!! I was not expecting you. So I burnt it." opening up the

The one thing a parent should try to inculcate in his daily life is, request your child's help whenever and wherever possible and especially in your work. (Well, be there to supervise, eh) It helps him to know what you are doing. It helps him to develop his confidence. Giving him a sense of responsibility, that his parent has faith in him. There would be a rapport between you and the child. And this moment is a connecting moment which builds a stronger relationship which is a foundation that would cross generations. Which means, when he becomes a parent, he passes on to his children and that passes on. That should be the role of every parent, invest it for generations. Whatever you do, share it with your children both good and bad. Then it would cross all barriers, generation, culture and age. See you tomorrow. Until then take care. Bye Meena

Roses are Red Lillies are White and Water is Blue, then lots of ------ follows But if you hear it now, you would roll your eyes because the similes are all different now, then how would the sentence that follows would we believe? We would not because, we tend to change, every other second and that is good, if it is good change or else you would be tagged unreliable. So better be careful. See you tomorrow. Until then, take care. Bye. Meena

Yesterday I had the weirdest experience of gay affinity. Seeing so openly, it really scared me to death. If it wasn’t a direct sighting, I would never have believed it possible. The incident happened thus, I was literally running for the evening class, as I was late by 10 minutes, which was no big deal in the real sense of Indian culture, but I didn’t want to take up that part of my culture into my daily life. So I took the auto rickshaw and was flying, when the auto driver slowed and stopped. I was wondering, why this man wanted to act at this juncture. The auto was waiting and I opened my mouth to ask what the matter was, when I heard him ask, a boy, who walked like an elegant girl in a man’s attire, "Come, I'll drop you to our destination." I just gaped at the auto driver, "Seriously, he had already a passenger, " Me " and still inviting another person, not to sit near me but near him." My eyes really bulged out with shock The uneasines

If I had patience today, then I would have been a princess. But, what use, does a princess have,if the stipulated work, doesn't get done within the time limit? That would be sad, right? Well, I took all my patience, but still, I couldn't complete my work. And the result, I became a zero. That is what happens, when technology rules our life. Though it is easy to advice to not depend on computers or machines, just imagine, how are we going to get our work done with perfection? So try to buy good machines, which has a good history, service excellence, reliability and resilience. You should not look at the price. Then I guarantee, you would not have to become a saint to have patience. The machine would do it for you. Want to bet? I am planning to dump mine, even the garbage man would run. Hi....Hi.... See you tomorrow. Until then, take care. Bye. Meena

Try, I do, but no use. I always think that every work at home or in office, should be done by me alone, only then, I get the perfection and satisfaction. Its all good and fine. But at the end of the day, I would be dead tired and angry with the whole lot, thinking, why are others, especially my kids, not committed as me. Do you know why? The reason is me. I am not allowing them to do their share of the work. So then, what is there for them to be committed about? Nothing. And in the process my children would be like potato sacks in front of television or video game and a curse to the society. I would not allow that to happen. So I decided to share my work. Let go of the perfection part and give a chance to make kids know the beauty of perfection through trial and error. One advice, parents. Don't overdo on what they did, let it be, as they did because, the too should feel proud of what they have done for their home, for their family and we too should appreciate that, only then

I have always wondered why some people like some things, where as the same thing is detested by others. Is there a science behind that? Yes. You know, magnets attract only iron filings and nothing else Rocks or to be specific, coal, graphite and diamond are all formed from underground, but some are used as precious stones and kept in lockers, while the others are used for other purposes thrown here and there in open. Likewise, we are also born with a value for sure, like the category of rocks, but if we have to be differentiated, we should work for it, like, coal, graphite, diamond, whatever. The more harsher the life,the better the value of a person. want to bet. See you tomorrow Until then,take care. Meena