Realities

                                                              Give Me Back When your kids' competition is round the corner, its usually the mother who is on heels all the time. Searching for a quirky topic, lambasting your lil one every now & then, pressurising him/her to give the best ( as if he/she is in Nobel Laureate race), not scrimping him/her even for a minute & what not.  Sometimes it seems to me that we all are competing in 'Survival of the Fittest' contest & our innocent kids are becoming a TARGET all the time. Anyhow, it was an English Rhyme Competition & it's in my nature of things, not to take Google Auntie's help everytime. But no suitable idea was strucking & only three days were left for the competition.  My son was all relaxed as he had firm faith in quote: "When mom is here, there's no need to fear." Meanwhile I was pondering over an idea & my son was busy in using this present day monster device @ Mo

                                          Trip of Togetherness  It It has been almost a decade since I last visited Shimla for my M.Phil studies from H.P University @ Summer Hills. After 10 years, Shimla was entirely different when we talk in terms of weather. We headed for Chandigarh taking Duronto from Amritsar. Kids were over excited to meet queen of Hills for the very first time. We were also pleased for at least finding an escape from the scorching heat of Amritsar. It was all set & we were joined by another party from Phagwara. Here started the tummy full yummy meals leaks and it seemed as if we were owning the compartment. On reaching Chandigarh railway station, it was like a superlative degree when we talk in terms of cleanliness and I just wish that Plastic crushing machines may soon be installed in every hook corner of all cities. We took a tempo traveller to Kalka & reached hotel for only 3 hours sleep. In the wee hours we all got up to catch a TOY TRAIN to Shi