Posted by: inbavalli on: August 30, 2009
Amidst boring course material (I’m doing an MA via distance education) I found something very interesting – on how children, especially girls, should not be discouraged to talk loudly.
The author says Nature has given girls a shrill and clear voice as a self-defence tool. By insisting that they talk softly, we’re essentially blunting that tool.
This [...]
Posted by: inbavalli on: August 13, 2009
Thanks to the flu and the accompanying panic-demic, the kids are under house arrest for nearly a week and that means I am under kitchen-arrest.
To fill up my cup of joy, Kutty developed a nagging stomach pain and fever yesterday. I knew it was not The Fever but she did have to be taken to [...]
Posted by: inbavalli on: August 3, 2009
What do you call a person who’s bored to tears with her job, which she has been at for the past 5 years, but won’t quit?
I call her Inba.
I’d always prided myself at doing whatever I loved and doing something only if I loved it. And last month I suddenly noticed that I’m quite bored [...]
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