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Kolkata : march 21st : Hyatt to Kolkata Airport ……. I meet grown up Suru from LION . Not in Australia but in Kolkata . His name is Suru Yadav . He come from Madhubani - a place in bihar - not very far from Janakpur - known for the Sita of Ramayana .  At the age of 12 , he was beaten by his school teacher for not paying his school fees. This was after his father - village farmer expressed his helplessness of paying school fees . He still remembers being beaten black and blue by cane stick made from Date tree . With his body bruised and in pain , he decided then & there only ' no more school , ‘no more home ‘ and ‘no more madhubani ' . Young Suru learnt two guys from his village leaving for Kolkata and decide to leave his books at the railway station and hop into the train without letting anyone know about it . Even two guys were not aware of this small kid keeping track of them .  Once arriving Hawdah station , he reach two guys and tell them about his story . These two guy...

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204 am 🦟 mosquito 🦟woke me  up with rhyme folk Song 🎵!! I Call the guest service for repellent !! It come back after 10 min ..As I am about to close the door after saying Thank you , I realize the  bottle is empty !!!! I run and open the door 🚪 and shout !!! He looks sheepishly at the bottle & me …… I wait for the guy to arrive with huge wooden tray with fresh .. mosquitos 🦟 has started a new song 🎵 … It’s 221am ; fresh mosquitos 🦟 repellent arrives  with filled bottle !!!.. This intrepid mosquitos at Hyatt kolkata made me open Trip Advisor and write about Hyatt Kolkata Mosquitoes Singers -  pre dawn morning raga of Purvi & Marwa …

Freedom Is Being Present We live two lives: we live life in our thoughts and we live life as our experience of the present moment. Freedom comes as our life in thoughts diminishes and our experience of the present moment predominates. Freedom comes through learning how to balance thoughts and the present moment

Bilateral Inguinal  Surgery ( Hernia) was scheduled at 5pm , Tuesday 27th Dec  :  I was taken around around 435pm from my room at Mount Elizabeth Hospital Novena . Carted in the wheel chair , I was put in the adjacent ward only to be told that my surgery be delayed as previous surgery was still going on . I was briefed on what I would expect when surgery begins ….my first realisation of my  fundamental human right  dawned upon me that people owe me that explanation because “ this body belong to me &  I am the owner of this Body “ ..   Around 6pm …. I was wheeled into OT . …  “ I am making you go to sleep “ … was the message by Anaesthetist as he pushed drug filled syringe  in my IV catheter . While he did that , couple of technicians were concurrently putting sensors on my body and explaining the purpose of them . Operation  theatre resembled to me as the modern high tech media  room with two big TV screens and Large c...

Power of Net and Innovative Global Schooling : Akshta posted her photos at Tajmahal Hotel on her Instagram . She got response form one her group mate at New York Times project asking if this photo is from Taj Mumbai . It seems this guy was in mumbai as part of his school and he was to leave next today morning  after being in city over 2 months . Within next few hours , Akshta & Raphael meet over dinner .  Think Global school take their students to two months to every country and cover four countries in a year . This year he came from Botswana to Mumbai and now move to Seoul . They stay at hotel and in mumbai were staying at Executive Enclave in Bandra and going to Poddar international school at Santa Cruz . Their classes are separate from other school students and only utilize school facilities . They are batch of 30 students . 18 gals !!! During weekend , they roam around the city , know the culture and issues and do projects . He visited Chor Bazar , Taj and did project ...

It is sad to inform you that our classmate and one of my very good friends Nandu i.e. Nandkumar Anant Gaikwad has passed away. He had massive cardiac arrest. He was in Sydney, Australia since long and was settled there. He has two daughters and wife after him. His parental house is in MIG (Rustomji.. Oriana) Dear Family members of Nandu Gaikwad  My name is Milind Pappu . I was mate of Nandu from New English School days .  I just learnt about shocking news’s of passing away of Nandu. I am indeed sorry to learn this tragic news . Though we stayed  in different countries ,  we did maintain occasional exchange of messages through what’s app .  I do cherish school time memories having stayed around MIG colony and I also remember visiting your home in Bandra to watch movie . My sincere condolences to all Gaikwad family members in Sydney and Mumbai.  Regards Milind Nandu Gaikwad came to our class in 8th standard. But I had older association with him due to RSS. He...