"Hi Nitin, Ain't you going out to play!".I turned back to find a smiling Mukesh, firmly rooted to his chair, trying to strike a conversation with me in his unique and amiable style.It was recess time, we had just finished with our lunch and there was no one in the...
Spray pant won’t fix rust.A Band-Aid won’t remove a tumor.Wax on the hood won't cure the cough of a motor. If the problem is inside, you have to go inside.I learned that this morning. I rolled out of bed early. . . Real early. So early that Denalyn tried to convince...
It is often observed that we tend to be more careful about what is expected of others than what are we required to do in a given situation !Further, at times our obsession with this tendency rises to such a level that the very purpose or objective of the activity is...
Author Marabel Morgan told how for three long months prior to the birth of her second daughter she was flat on her back in the hospital with no visitors allowed. She was bored out of her mind and longed to have something constructive to do but was too drugged to even...
Joseph Henry used to tell a rather strange story about his childhood. His grandmother paid a cobbler to make him a pair of shoes.The man measured his feet and told Joseph that he could choose between two styles: a rounded toe or a square toe. Little Joseph couldn't...
His name was Steven, but we called him "Spike."Spike was a freshman living at the end of the hall during my sophomore year in college. We christened him "Spike" simply because his appearance was anything but wild, and we suspected he would never live up to the...
There is a story of a young man who decided that when he bought his first vehicle it would be the epitome of his dreams. He worked and saved and toiled and dreamed, until finally the day arrived when he was able to purchase his dream machine. It was a van: beautiful,...