My friend’s dad, who was a Principal in one of the Matriculation Schools in Chennai has been awarded the ‘National Award for the Best Teacher of the year (2005)’. He was the only principal selected among the 3500 Matriculation schools in Tamil Nadu. It is equivalent to ‘Bharat Ratna’ in his profession. What a honour [...]

Inspired by Anirud, I have also signed up for swimming lessons. Best part was the timing of the classes – it starts at 8:15 pm and lasts for 30 minutes, which suits me perfectly. The first lesson wasn’t very encouraging as I struggled to float on water. Let me see how it goes.

The schools have reopened after summer holidays in Britain and it takes an extra bit of time to reach work in the mornings. On my way to work, I have to go past 2-4 schools depending on the route I drive. Children seem to enjoy going to school in this country. I can’t remember myself [...]

Agreed that the controversy regarding Tony’s leaving date is a big enough event to be covered by the media. Placing as many journalists possible near every possible news source does make sense and is very important for the respective TV channels. But, what beats me is the coverage of Downing Street from the helicopters for [...]

All these days, it was annoying when my mobile wouldn’t pick up any signals at work place. I was very hesitant to give out my work number to all and sundry, as a result I had to listen to at least few voice mails in the evening. Mobiles belonging to only one particular network were [...]

We have taken a conscious decision to avoid using poly bags as much as possible. We have bought couple of bags made using recycled materials and are planning to carry them whenever we step out for shopping. Our small bit of effort towards going green. Let us see how consistent we are in this.
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