Xavier Bage

@franxav (14050)

India

Joined myLot 10 years ago

Social worker, physician, part-time teacher

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A follow up to my last post

Xavier Bage @franxav (14050) • India 20 Mar

In my last post I wrote no rain no storm yet. Perhaps the weather gods heard me. All day today the sky was partly covered with clouds. The weather office forecast that it would rain tomorrow in almost all southern districts of...

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No Rain or Storm yet!

Xavier Bage @franxav (14050) • India 19 Mar

Sometimes it sounds like the weather plays jokes on us. There were loud thunders some days ago. It looked like a heavy rain was going to fall. The weather office had also warned that a storm was coming on Wednesday. That was...

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I Attended a Family Iftar

Xavier Bage @franxav (14050) • India 19 Mar

My builder is a devout Muslim and his wife and children are quite respectful to us. We decided to give them a ramzan gift. I bought five different kinds of Bengali sweets , eight samosas and a 2 litre bottle of Sprite ( a...

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My St. Patrick's Day Doesn't Look Like It

Xavier Bage @franxav (14050) • India 18 Mar

My Biblical calendar reminded me that yesterday (17 March) was the commemoration of St. Patrick. I couldn't celebrate it for many distractions pulled at me. However, I decided to keep it today (18 March). With my morning...

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In Praise of Moringa

Xavier Bage @franxav (14050) • India 14 Mar

It is moringa season for us. Most of our moringa trees are bearing sticks ( drum sticks, as they are known in some quarters). I decided to pluck them early when they are still tender. They grow in size rather fast and develop...

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Helped Wifey Prepare Tomato Sauce

Xavier Bage @franxav (14050) • India 14 Mar

Suddenly we have a large supply of tomatoes. Reason, it's the end of season and even the local market is flooded with tomatoes and the price has come down . We had a basketful of them in our house. So the wifey decided to...

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It's the Holi Day and it's a Holiday

Xavier Bage @franxav (14050) • India 14 Mar

It's Dol (festival of colors) according to Bengali calendar today. The same festival will be celebrated tomorrow as Holi by the people of Hindi speaking states ( following Vikram and Shaka calendars). It's a holiday for us all ....

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What does fresh cow milk contain?

Xavier Bage @franxav (14050) • India 12 Mar

Our foster home has a dairy farm. We get supply of fresh milk twice a day to feed the children. From general knowledge I knew that children need to drink milk for their proper growth. But I never tried to delve deeper and get...

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I hope but I also have a doubt

Xavier Bage @franxav (14050) • India 11 Mar

This little boy, Aritra, has lived in our foster home for four years or so. He is nine years old. Before he came to our foster home he was in a government orphanage. He and his sister, Antara were placed in our home in a hope to...

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Update on My New House

Xavier Bage @franxav (14050) • India 11 Mar

Khokon, the manager of my material supplier said to me, "You're taking too long to build your house. When are going to live in it ?" A valid question but surely he knows building a house is not a short time affair especially for...

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Doing Something Positive Keeps Me Going

Xavier Bage @franxav (14050) • India 8 Mar

As a foster father of orphaned children, I feel I'm doing something positive to bring betterment in the unfortunate children's lives. Though I face some down moments every now and then but most of the time I'm happy about my...

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My Bi-weekly "Green" Marketing

Xavier Bage @franxav (14050) • India 6 Mar

Vegetables are an essential part of our daily food. Though we have a refrigerator we prefer to have them as fresh as possible. We have a market just a km away. This market gets a good supply of green vegetables and fruits as it is...

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Marriage Bands are Popular in Bengal

Xavier Bage @franxav (14050) • India 3 Mar

We live in a society where you will see many weddings at the same day. It's because Hindu marriages are held on days prescribed by the Panchang. The Panchang is like a book of dates indicating days of pujas, parv , fast or any...

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Here's something for a change

Xavier Bage @franxav (14050) • India 22 Feb

Gaza has been in the news for months now for perhaps not so happy reasons. Kidnapping, killing, bombing, destruction, suffering, hunger and what not! My heart cries seeing what we have brought ourselves to! And it's not new too....

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Tsunami of Perfume in the Air

Xavier Bage @franxav (14050) • India 17 Feb

It's spring season in our part of India. Many diffrent kind of trees are are blooming. There are mango trees in our garden, all laden with flowers. There is a sweet scent floating in the air. However, the sweetest of all smells...

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This pair of glasses

Xavier Bage @franxav (14050) • India 14 Feb

A ad repeatedly comes in our mobile phones selling a pair of glasses that adjusts itself to the power of your eyes. It says buy one get one free for Rs 399. If you have bought it what is your experience wearing it. I want to...

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No Money No Work

Xavier Bage @franxav (14050) • India 13 Feb

A friend in Mylot, namaco21 writes about orange rainfall and "no work no pay". I beg to take the liberty of changing to " no money no work . I believe some Mylot friends know that I'm building a little house for me and my family....

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What will happen in fifty years?

Xavier Bage @franxav (14050) • India 11 Feb

Fifty years is perhaps too long a time. Perhaps I should say twenty years. The speed the population of the world in general and particularly our country is increasing, what may happen. Resources of the earth are limited. Living...

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Dunki Deportations

Xavier Bage @franxav (14050) • India 6 Feb

Is the word " Dunki" new to you? It's a slang to describe illegal immigrants in the US, UK or Australia or any other country where opportunities of a better life are possible. The Dunki route agents take exorbitant amount of...

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Success in installing Submersible Water Pump

Xavier Bage @franxav (14050) • India 5 Feb

With the financial constraints I find myself in, I took a rather bold decision to install a submersible water pump in my new house . I went around getting to know the price and installation costs. Ultimately , I decided to buy a...

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