Experiences

Sarodey Kaka

Asmita Javdekar

On my way to #TeachIndia this morning, I had a tête-à-tête with my Rickshaw driver; Sarodey Kaka. . . He told me that besides driving, he has a farm and he is also into marketing of Sakas Food products. His zest for multitasking was interesting so... read more...

19-Jul-2019 • 715 views

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Daily Diary

Dr Sana Khan

I was unable to enjoy college life due to many reasons. One of them being the distance from home to college as well as the distance between hearts. There's a lot of difference in the opinion of people from place to place. I'm proud to... read more...

18-Jul-2019 • 671 views

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Kusum Taware

Asmita Javdekar

I was on my #100humanencounters prowl this morning when I chanced upon a vendor selling giant jackfruits...Kusum Taware has been selling fruits for the last 26years. Her work hours are 9am to 9pm. I asked her how she managed her children when they were younger.Her reply was... read more...

06-Jul-2019 • 767 views

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Beautiful moments and precious memories

Team Kalamwali

Was having a conversation with grand mother-in-law over coffee at home n suddenly it started raining..with tears in her eyes she started talking about how her late husband took her for a drive and sugarcane juice(her fav)evertime it rained..i asked her to get... read more...

26-Jun-2019 • 640 views

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Living the Dream: in the Home away from Home-II

Team Kalamwali

Living the Dream: in the Home away from Home-II - By Gautam Govitrikar UPDATE: In a sensational development, Ashish Bagai has agreed to a 9 month contract to help his "Home" country qualify for the World T20 as well as the Real Deal-The ICC World... read more...

22-Jun-2019 • 702 views

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Living the Dream: in the Home away from Home-Part I

Team Kalamwali

Living in the Dream: In the Home away from Home - Part 1 - By Gautam Govitrikar To a casual observer, he was just another Indian kid flying to US for his Masters, leaving friends and family behind. But there was something else that Sushil Nadkarni was leaving behind... read more...

22-Jun-2019 • 760 views

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Tina

Asmita Javdekar

The kids have a Walmart “junk raid” ritual in the first few days of our stay in Macon. It has to be carefully administered while my sister is at work as Cheetos, Chips Ahoy, Gold fish, Gummies and Mac n cheese don’t really qualify as... read more...

20-Jun-2019 • 679 views

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Sindhu

Asmita Javdekar

For anyone who’s a member at ABS, she is “Maushi” Today while ambling on the treadmill, I had a tête-à-tête with her about life. For starters, Maushi is Sindhu and just a few years older than me. She lost... read more...

20-Jun-2019 • 690 views

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The Journey of Death

Asmita Javdekar

Memory, Remembering, Missingalways dwells on the essence.Not the becoming, not the perishingBut the spirit. Day by day, the pain begins to ebb.The debilitating images start fading,getting infused by a warm presence.An eternal companionThe body may have gone.The presence always lives through you The Journey of... read more...

16-Jun-2019 • 704 views

Experiences

Feeling Loved

Asmita Javdekar

For Amit who secured admission at COEP for Mechanical Engineering, it was the first time in his life that his father, Mr.Shrirang Godbole had ever smiled and said “Good” to him.The Godbole family took immense pride in the fact that Amit would be the fourth generation... read more...

31-May-2019 • 693 views

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Are we Americanising Indian kids?

Diyaa

It was a lazy weekend and we had no out of the ordinary plans. We generally reserve the weekends for our kids and do stuff they like or they would want to. Since there was not much on the list that day, we thought of catching up on some... read more...

25-May-2019 • 671 views

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Give me a break please!

Diyaa

"Don't shout please and get away from each other!", "Is this really how you treat your own brother?” were the 'not-so-soothing' words that came out of my mouth that night. I was a witness to my boys’ fight, compulsively playing... read more...

25-May-2019 • 814 views

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It's a small small world!

Jyoti

I was in Bhutan a couple of years back and trekking the Taktsang monastery. The ascending trek takes about 3 to 4 hours through dense pine trees and rhododenron shrubs. While trekking it is very common to smile and make small talk with the people you meet on the way... read more...

22-May-2019 • 770 views

Experiences

Kadak Laxmi

Asmita Javdekar

Kadak Laxmi The reason a lot of kids in my generation grew up decently behaved is thanks to the “Kadak Laxmi” phenomenon. The fear for this community was embedded into us since childhood.Kadak Laxmi as we referred to them were often queer, with heavy vermilion, turmeric... read more...

18-May-2019 • 1562 views

Experiences

We are far from shallow

Asmita Javdekar

Through my headphones, straight into my heart, Lady Gaga explodes, “In the shallow, shallow In the shallow, shallow In the shallow, shallow We're far from the shallow now” Her voice resonates across my emotions, leaving them carelessly strewn. I see a haggard dog with a worn out... read more...

10-May-2019 • 607 views

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Life is beautiful

Asmita Javdekar

Aai (my mother) hails from Sankeshwar, a small village in Karnataka.She travelled by an airplane for the first time in her life in 2004, when my sister delivered her first baby.CJ grew up in South Korea and moved to America in search of better opportunities for a lively... read more...

24-Apr-2019 • 709 views

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