Children

Our children are bound to succeed. However, there is one concern.

Date: Sept 23, 2010 Setting: Seventeen parents and twelve teachers closeted in a room Occasion: My 15-old son’s Parent Teacher meeting “I have absolutely no doubt that 98% of these students will do magnificently in their careers. What I worry about is: how many of them will be healthy at age 40?” We heard Dr. […]

How a girl child can save India?

A girl in India is called ‘liability’; boy an asset. Why? A girl has to be brought up (kharcha). She has to be married (more kharcha). She has to be provided with dowry (still more kharcha). Her husband may keep demanding more favors, financial or otherwise, and girl’s parents have to fulfill (kharcha to the […]

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