Your first day at school

I remember that first cry of yours – an angry squeal, as if to ask, “Why are you taking me away from my mother?” How tiny you were then! You seemed so fragile! You were so beautiful! I remember how proud your father and I were of you, our own little twin daughters! You were…

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Letting You Fly

  We reached the garden. You saw the gigantic metal giraffe painted in red and yellow and green. Colours designed to attract every little soul who entered the garden. Without warning you left my hand and ran to the giraffe. Before I realised it your feet were on the first rungs of the bars that…

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How The Magic Began!

  A long time ago, a young girl turned 13. “A great age to be,” everyone said. “What’s so great about it?” she wondered, “I am the same….no change from 12 and a half to 13.” “Oh, you don’t know,” they said. “13 is a magical year! Things happen!” they whispered mysteriously.” But the girl…

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How I became a teacher

I was all of fourteen. It was the 5th of September, 1979, Teacher’s Day. I was in the tenth standard and as usual the teachers had gone for a picnic, leaving us, the tenth standard students to run the school. I was in charge of the kindergarten. I had been told to ensure that all…

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