Twenty- five Seven

Hair today, tomorrow gone

April 9, 2020

Hair is an obsession with many people. There are some women who make weekly appointments with their hairdressers to make sure their hair is just right. There are hundreds of hair ‘tonics’ to improve hair growth.
My Little People are obsessed with their Hair. Perhaps it is genetic because their mothers are equally obsessed with their hair. The boys are taken for weekly trims while Ms.Papaya’s mother has a passion for hair treatment. Sometimes her hair is straight, sometimes it is streaked.

This morning I heard Ms. Papaya offer her bald father a simple solution for his baldness.

“Daddy,” she tells him, “just as we water plants to make them grow, you should water your hair to make it grow! “

If only hair regeneration was that easy!
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Cleaning up

April 8, 2020

Did you know that Mumbai generates 8700 tonnes of solid waste every day? That is a lot of garbage to collect.

And it is equally hazardous for the conservation staff clearing up the mess.

To streamline the collection process, the Municipality has introduced waste segregation and severe penalties to those flouting the rules.

Seeing the crows picking up garbage one day, Ms Papaya came up with a novel idea.

Why doesn’t the Municipality employ crows to clean up the garbage?

That way men won’t have to get their hands dirty.

It doesn’t seem a bad idea to tackle our garbage solution, isn’t it?

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Daily Prayers and the Sanskrit Effect

April 7, 2020

I had read somewhere that Sanskrit is very good for the brain. Particularly if children are taught to learn mantras and recite them every day. Several scientists have studied the effect of Sanskrit on young brains and have called this the Sanskrit Effect. Apart from this benefit, I personally think young children should have a sense of gratitude for what they have. And what better way to inculcate this practice than making them say their daily prayers?

Every evening after her bath, I make Ms. Papaya light a lamp in the family shrine and recite a few Sanskrit prayers . Occasionally, when Little Po spends the evening with me, he happily joins in.

After the Sanskrit mantras that the twiblings recite lustily and with enthusiasm, they are given a minute of silence to say their own personal prayer.

While Ms. Papaya is quiet, Little Po is very clear about what he wants from God. He whispers loud enough for God to hear:

“God please let there be enough fish in the ocean so that I can eat them!”

It is quite obvious that Little Po is a hard core pescatarian.

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Do drop by every day and follow the wisdom of my Little People.

Hair today, tomorrow gone

Cleaning up

Daily Prayers and the Sanskrit Effect