Download "Delhi Yarns" for FREE on 25 and 26 March 2015 from Amazon
Download "Delhi Yarns" for FREE on the 25 and 26 MARCH 2015
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Delhi Yarns!
"Delhi Yarns" by Nabaneeta Dangwal released on Amazon...
Heartwarming urban short stories based in the enigmatic city of Delhi. A doctor who understands true love's calling, an adolescent who comes face-to-face with the reality of her life, a gay individual reflecting upon his choices in life and death, an interesting encounter with a homeless vagabond, a career woman seeking a place in the city - five stories five lives and their moment of realization!
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Friday, March 13, 2015
Safety for School
One of the most remarkable traffic rules in the US refers to School Buses. When a school bus stops to pick up or offload children, it flashes its various lights and pulls out a mechanical arm that has the "STOP" sign on it. Traffic on both sides of the road has to come to a complete stop at least 300 m away from where the bus is. Violations to this rule are not given traffic tickets or fines but carry severe penalties including but not limited to revocation or suspension of the driving license.
I have forever been fascinated with this rule. Rush hour, no rush hour, busy roads or not, there is not one vehicle that does not stop. And I see children run to the bus or alight from it, safe.
And I think of children who do not have this right to safety. I remember my days as a child. And I remember the horrible accident I had once been witness to. Mom was late by a few minutes, the child alighted from the school bus and ran across the road without paying heed to the traffic that had no obligation to stop.
There are no similar rules in India or if there are, I have not seen any vehicle taking note of it. All I hear or read of in this respect, are young lives snubbed out under tires.
Children need protection. Children are the future. Children have rights. And yet, the largest democracy in the world cannot ensure the right to safety of a child in the simple scenario of her getting on and off the school bus.
Monday, March 9, 2015
You can't afford her!!!...
Some years ago, we went to a wedding ceremony and were introduced to pleasant middle-aged guy. A little small-talk later, he asked me what I did...Having quit work with a brand new baby then, I sheepishly replied..."Housewife"
He smiled and turned to my husband and said - "You know, if she billed you for all the work she does, you would not be able to afford her."
That guy, I learned later, ran a reputed multidisciplinary super-specialty hospital in India. No surprises there...only someone who thinks right can do right, right? smile emoticon
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