Momsie Popsie Diary

Almost each one of us must have come across this while shopping, instead of coin change, the shopkeeper hands over a toffee worth Rs 1 or a chocolate worth Rs 5.  I refer to this as enforced buying. This behaviour irks my conscience at times. Many a times, I ignore and give these candies to my staff or patients. It's a morning ritual in almost every household to buy milk. I usually try to tender exact amount to my helper who goes to buy milk packets.  Till few months ago, the price was a whole number so there was never a issue of money return. Ever since, Amul milk price increased to Rs 66 per litre, the problem has started cropping up.  In last two days, our local milk vendor gave an Alpenliebe candy as Rs 1 exchange. This happened twice and I knew I had to nip the evil in the bud. After getting two alpenlibe candies, I decided to give the shopkeeper a taste of his own medicine.  Today morning, I gave Rs 130 plus 2 Alpenliebe candies for two litres of milk ( total Rs 132). The sho

An Open Letter #Part 2 To, Children of the Universe, I can only try and understand what you are going through. I will not go into your life. Rather I want to give you a glimpse about my life at your age and maybe few years here and there. Have you ever felt – “I am alone, I have no friends, I feel weird, I am always left out while other groups join in for fun, I feel like an outcast, My friends talk to me only when they need me, I am always available for my friends and not vice versa, My friends don’t reply to my text messages or see the messages and just ignore and the worst feeling is –I wish I was dead. If the answer is yes, please proceed further.  I was youngest of all siblings. My facial features were unlike others in my family, broad nose, chinky eyes and fair complexion. At times, I felt alien in my own family. My elder sisters were brilliant in studies and toppers of their class and sections. I was a jovial, naughty soul who studied what was required to pass with dig

An Open Letter #Part 1 A routine discussion with an enlightened soul was going on. Suddenly, the conversation drifted towards rising behavioral issues amongst teenagers especially in high school. Lately, I have seen many teenagers coming up with these issues. Their mothers try to preach them idealistic things, benefits of studying, making a career, remaining focused and so on. Nothing seems to work as per parents. Do take a moment and think – As a parent/mother or their well wisher, the words which come out of our mouth have traversed this path infinite number of times! So much so the essence has evaporated.   Repeated same action and yearning for a different outcome is a sign of less evolved soul. One needs to get into the teenage mind and explore the challenges they are facing not only physically, but emotionally and psychologically too. Peer pressure and FOMO top the list. One needs to understand, the times in which we parents have grown up and the today’s times, have changed

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Are you Ambitious enough? A casual conversation with evolved souls helps me a lot as an author. It’s of utmost importance to be aware of your circle.   A routine well being call diverted when the person on other end of call commented, “Hey! I am very much contented with my work, lifestyle and myself. I feel I have enough. At times, I feel I am not ambitious like my colleagues who are working endlessly and living in big houses and having a fleet of cars!”   I waited for the person to complete and listened attentively. “Why do you think so?” I interjected . The reply came, “Everyone talks success in terms of financial temperature and the material assets they possess. At times, I do feel I can devote more time to my profession and earn more. But then, I want to spend time with my children and family too. I want to play games with them, watch movies together, cook for them. This is my second best time apart from my professional time. I do not want to compromise on this too.” There was

Are you watching? Brahma-mahurat is the best time of the day to introspect and chat with your own good self. T his is the time before dawn when sun is rising from slumber as night is paving way for it. The sky is clear with stillness in the environment as if Divine power is creating a connection with his creation. One can hear beautiful sounds of birds, breeze, leaves which are otherwise engulfed by noises during the day. I looked at my watch to check time as I had to wake up my little monk. A thought came with a bang - Watch! Watch! Watch! Why did I look at my watch in middle of my meditation? Internally, I gave an answer- to check the time so as not to get late in waking up my monk. This little action of watching reflected about my current priorities in life and ensured my thought and work was aligned. All it took was just a moment to be in synchrony. Multiple thoughts started churning in my mind with a question – If we watch at the right moment, majority of our problems will van