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Working Mom

  The title of this write-up may make no sense and might seem whimsical to some. Yet, I couldn't think of any other, though I did try to run the horses of my mind for hours to replace it with a better one. Anyhow, its content, I hope, is worth reading. This may sound contrary to me,a language teacher who always guided  pupils to choose eye-catching and gripping titles for their work. Yesterday, a phone call from my twenty-one-year-old daughter led to a discussion  about the parents’ rights over children. I, being a mother, feel that a mother—being the carrier of her baby in the womb for nine long months and then bringing the baby into this world with unimaginable pain has rights to advocate. I told her about how difficult it is for a mother to stay away from her children, especially toddlers. I shared with her the hardest choice I had to make when she was just one and a half years old and my elder child was  three. It was one of the toughest years of my marriage....

Once a teacher always a teacher

September 5 fills every teacher's heart with pride, Designation doesn't count be it NTT, PRT, TGT, or PGT.  Fifth day of the vibrant ninth month resonates in every educator's heart, Since it's the day when society acknowledges their relentless hard work and part, Part that they play in carving beautiful, sensitive and progressive minds and hearts. It's the day to celebrate their worth, The atmosphere in every temple of education is full of glee and mirth. The day glorious and golden September dawns, Preparation by the teaching fraternity is tirelessly on. New attires, new hopes for a winsome delight, That every educational institute never fails to provide. To make it special for the ones who are born to guide.  Alas! I never gave thought that once, how eagerly, for this day I would also wait. For almost two decades I was a teacher, One who always kept her spirits high. Little did I realize that this year onwards, this day would be pined for as one of the most specia...