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Xavier Bage
@franxav (13653)
India
Joined myLot 9 years ago
Social worker, physician, part-time teacher
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Why I chose a steel tea cup
Xavier Bage
@franxav
(13653)
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India
16 May
China tea cups are in vogue and you might see them even the poorest of homes. They can be bought from crockery shops and from the fairs that stay in a place for a few days on occasions like Christmas and Diwali or any other...
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7 people
Choosing a career is a tense subject
Xavier Bage
@franxav
(13653)
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India
12 May
Higher Secondary results are out in our state ( West Bengal) and other parts of India as well. Many of the successful students may choose to join a college for degrees like BA, B.Com, or B. SC. Many would prefer to join any ITI...
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3 people
What are the main issues in the ongoing parliamentary elections in India?
Xavier Bage
@franxav
(13653)
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India
10 May
For me, price rise and unemployment are the two most important issues in the ongoing general elections. Personally, I have been very badly hit by price rise. I consider myself to be a lower middle class family man. People of...
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2 people
Is green chilli a vegetable, a fruit or a spice?
Xavier Bage
@franxav
(13653)
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India
10 May
Green chilli, an essential part of our everyday cooking, perhaps in every Indian kitchen , is acutely missed in its absence. Though it's available in groceries in dried or powdered form, green chilli has a dominion of its own. I...
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6 people
What does the Earth stand on?
Xavier Bage
@franxav
(13653)
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India
8 May
As a teacher I have been clean bowled often by the questions thrown at me often. This is one of them. It popped up when I was explaining the movements of the earth. A little one asked," We stand on the earth but in what does...
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6 people
A Storm of Relief Just Arrived
Xavier Bage
@franxav
(13653)
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India
6 May
After about 20 days of scorching heat we got a day of relief. The sky had some stray clouds during the day. A mild wind was blowing occasionally. The torturous heat of the last few days was definitely not around. However the...
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2 people
Have you found decluttering challenging?
Xavier Bage
@franxav
(13653)
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India
3 May
Our storeroom was packed to the door with clutter. It had filled not only the storeroom but the spare room as well. And there were some under the staircase. It took hours to get the whole junk out of the house. There is iron,...
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5 people
To Act On Short Notice
Xavier Bage
@franxav
(13653)
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India
3 May
One of the girls in our foster home has passed her secondary school exams. Yesterday, the results were announced. She got it downloaded and printed. I was guessing the certificate and the marksheet will take two days to come to...
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3 people
How much and how many years do you need to study to become a doctor?
Xavier Bage
@franxav
(13653)
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India
2 May
Our medical college student daughter has come home after her third year annual exam ( known as proff here). We can now consider her to be in the final year. One more year and she should appear in her fourth year proff exams and...
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4 people
Why is it so hot?
Xavier Bage
@franxav
(13653)
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India
28 Apr
Many have asked me this question in recent days. I haven't been able to answer them satisfactorily. The usual reasons written in the environment studies books/ geography books , though I believe are true but the weather we are...
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2 people
Early Summer Holidays in Our Schools
Xavier Bage
@franxav
(13653)
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India
19 Apr
The Education Ministry of West Bengal has declared that schools will remain closed till the end of this month. It is a wise decision as there is a heat wave blowing over West Bengal State. Today, the mercury is indicating the...
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6 people
What else can I do except hug?
Xavier Bage
@franxav
(13653)
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India
15 Apr
Barsha, Bristi and Aakash were brought into our foster family after their parents had died. They were 7, 5 and 3 when they were admitted in our foster family three years ago. Their mother had terminated her own life and their...
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The Old Man and His Dwarfish Son are clever businessmen
Xavier Bage
@franxav
(13653)
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India
7 Apr
We bought this flower plant from a nursery keeper when there was no flower on it. Now, there is a flower on it. We never had one like this. The son said the plant was an imported species from south east Asia, Indonesia or...
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A Piece of My Liver
Xavier Bage
@franxav
(13653)
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India
4 Apr
I was coming back home after completing some errands outside . Suddenly my eyes fell on a girl riding a cycle and coming towards me. She acted as if she had not seen me. She appeared to be watching something far. I would have...
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Those Little Mishaps - Are they premonitions?
Xavier Bage
@franxav
(13653)
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India
21 Mar
Don't we have little mishaps now and then? Are they forerunners of bigger or more serious mishaps following? This morning after I rose up I went to the wash basin. Took my tooth brush and opened the cap of the toothpaste. "Pop!"...
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I'm late but good experience has to be shared
Xavier Bage
@franxav
(13653)
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India
19 Mar
Last Saturday, I accompanied the 50 odd children of our foster care institute to Mayapur ISKCON temple. We made the trip in our school bus. Thus, it was a journey comfortable enough. I had been there about 25 years ago. Since...
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I made a mistake and still regretting
Xavier Bage
@franxav
(13653)
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India
15 Mar
I made a mistake and still suffering for it after five days. Have you heard of Bengali sweets. They are very very popular among the people here. No social celebration can be complete without them. Be it a birthday or a marriage,...
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When I wrote a letter to cheat the Australian Government
Xavier Bage
@franxav
(13653)
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India
13 Mar
As I read some pages of of a novel on illegal migrants I recall what I did to help a Nepali migrant in Australia. In those days I was a teacher in a High School in Nepal. The owner of the school had a son in Australia either...
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4 people
Blackie and Brownie have a large family
Xavier Bage
@franxav
(13653)
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India
19 Feb
Blackie( Kalu) and Brownie(Bhuri) grew up in the campus of our children's home. Our authorities tried to send them out but they refused to move out. Ultimately they were allowed to stay and in the long run they became " husband...
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Yayy! It feels like spring!
Xavier Bage
@franxav
(13653)
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India
12 Feb
The weather has turned luxuriously pleasant. The bone shrinking days of the winter are gone. Actually, the spring is already here. And the cuckoos singing in the mango gardens are heralding the happy arrival of the season. The...
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