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Xavier Bage @franxav (13836) • India 11 Nov

There are some follies only men are capable of committing. As I passed the school area I saw a man's back, his trousers belt to be precise. His belt passed through buckles, over one of them, under another one. The normal...

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Xavier Bage Everyone needs a caring wife like you.

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Xavier Bage @franxav (13836) • India 1 Oct

A holy duty that I have to perform in our foster home for orphans is pray for the departed parents. Many people come to our orphanage to serve food to our children for the sake of peace of their departed parents. Last Saturday,...

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Xavier Bage Perhaps you know the name of the person.

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Xavier Bage @franxav (13836) • India 28 Sep

Karam , the Adivasi tribal feast is celebrated sometime in the mid-September. However, for the convenience of the community it is shifted forward a few days. In our parish church it will be celebrated tomorrow. The...

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Xavier Bage I play the synthesizer to support the singing in the church.

28 Sep

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Xavier Bage @franxav (13836) • India 28 Sep

Karam , the Adivasi tribal feast is celebrated sometime in the mid-September. However, for the convenience of the community it is shifted forward a few days. In our parish church it will be celebrated tomorrow. The...

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Xavier Bage I stay near Kolkata 50 km to the north of the city..

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Xavier Bage @franxav (13836) • India 13 Sep

The sun was sending down merciless heat on me. I stopped under the shed of a pharmacy. I cleaned the spark plug and tried to kick start. No success. Finding no way out , I began to push the bike hoping to find a mechanic...

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Xavier Bage It is running smoothly now.

13 Sep

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Xavier Bage @franxav (13836) • India 28 May

As I wrote in my discussion yesterday we had some tense time last night. Though the cyclone Remal brought much destruction in the southern district ( South 24 Parganas) and to some extent in Kolkata, we were not totally...

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Xavier Bage Thank God and thank you for your concern. Things have improved satisfactorily for us and everyone is safe and well.

28 May

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RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (79833) • Daytona Beach, Florida 13 May

The river monsters in question are flathead catfish which can reach up to 120 lbs. They are tightening their chokehold on the waterways of America and have now crossed the border into Canada. Conversationalists have been alarmed...

monster catfish

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Xavier Bage A smaller variety of catfish is favourite curry in Bengal.

13 May

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Xavier Bage @franxav (13836) • 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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Xavier Bage @annierose so true. . Thank you for such meaningful comments.

9 May

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Xavier Bage @franxav (13836) • 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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Xavier Bage Though fully true that concept will cause further questions . And I believe that kind of curiosity does good to the students.

9 May

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Xavier Bage @franxav (13836) • 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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Xavier Bage I can't escape because this is part of my life in this child care institute.

9 May

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Xavier Bage @franxav (13836) • 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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Xavier Bage That's an answer surely.

9 May

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Xavier Bage @franxav (13836) • 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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Xavier Bage They definitely keep me on my toes. So much so, last evening their foster mother got annoyed and told them to stop the discussion.

9 May

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Xavier Bage @franxav (13836) • 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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Xavier Bage Well said. These are the concepts l try to build in the students. They gradually come to that level of grasping. The videos of planets moving around the sun help them to understand how this law of gravity works.

9 May

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Xavier Bage @franxav (13836) • 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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Xavier Bage And on what is the elephant standing on, what do they say about that? The curious one would like to know.

9 May

Xavier Bage @franxav (13836) • 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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Xavier Bage That's sure. I got her admitted in Class 11 on Tuesday. And her classes will begin in June.

8 May

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Xavier Bage @franxav (13836) • 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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Xavier Bage Quite many people feel that the government has made it more difficult for young men and women to be doctors.

3 May

Xavier Bage @franxav (13836) • 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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Xavier Bage Hope a rain might fall on Saturday or Sunday. People are talking that a storm is coming soon. That might cool down the temperature to some bearable level.

2 May

Xavier Bage @franxav (13836) • 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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Xavier Bage I don't ho out during the day to be on the safe side. But even our house gets hot and doesn't cool down at night. The walls radiate heat through the night hours.

2 May

Xavier Bage @franxav (13836) • 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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Xavier Bage No relief so far. People are talking that a storm is coming on Saturday or Sunday. Hope it will change the weather.

2 May

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Xavier Bage @franxav (13836) • 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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Xavier Bage Eating a sweet straight out of fridge or drinking water can surely cause these complications. It has done so to me even before. Yes , we made the trip on our school bus.

20 Mar

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