jaishankar

@Shivram59 (52315)

India

Joined myLot 9 years ago

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Winter Has Set In

jaishankar @Shivram59 (52315) • India 14 Nov

Winter is near, but till last night, I had not realised it's so near. Last night the temperature started getting down. I was watching tv, but was not comfortable. I was feeling cold. At first I ignored it, but at last I had to...

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The Chatth

jaishankar @Shivram59 (52315) • India 12 Nov

Diwali is over. Now it's time for Chhath festival. This is the festival that was once celebrate in only two states of our country Bihar and eastern parts of Uttar Pradesh. Now it is celebrated across the country.People working in...

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This Diwali

jaishankar @Shivram59 (52315) • India 8 Nov

Today is Diwali. It's evening now. The whole town is decorated with colorful lights and burning earthen lamps. I can hear the sounds of crackers coming from all directions. We didn't burn any crackers. Just a few earthen lamps...

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Back To Business From Tomorrow

jaishankar @Shivram59 (52315) • India 7 Nov

I had told you yesterday that my friend's father died last night. The family decided to cremate him the next day. Today we joined the funeral. It took me abManageout two hours to observe all the rituals. My father had to manage...

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A Black Diwali This Year

jaishankar @Shivram59 (52315) • India 6 Nov

A very sad news just before Diwali. My friend's father died today afternoon. He was 78 and was suffering from throat cancer. He was admitted to the hospital. Doctors tried everything they could, but in the afternoon he succumbed...

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A Very Happy Diwali For The Poor Boy

jaishankar @Shivram59 (52315) • India 5 Nov

The boy , who has sells tea at a corner of my store, has also made a good business this Diwali. Today I saw him buying a costly sari for his mother, and trousers and shirts along with some crackers for his uncle's son. He says...

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The Less You Owe.....

jaishankar @Shivram59 (52315) • India 4 Nov

A time was when we had no money. My father had gone too old to start a new business. As time passed, I found a job in a local company, but I always wanted to have a small business of my own. Now I have one - a small grocery store...

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That Stone

jaishankar @Shivram59 (52315) • India 3 Nov

I remember the time when I had visited a city that was the birth place of my elder brother's wife. We were welcomed their by her family. The city was located near a big river, Narmada,". The next day we were taken to visit the...

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An Unusually Profitable Day

jaishankar @Shivram59 (52315) • India 2 Nov

It's 10.30 pm now and my shop is still open. Usually I shut my shop at 6.30, but today the customers didn't let me shut it. It is festive season here. All shops- from restaurants to jewellery and grocery - are crowded. People are...

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What Should I Wish Them??

jaishankar @Shivram59 (52315) • India 1 Nov

One of my friends on mylot wishes me good morning. Obviously it was morning at his or her place. I recieve the comment when it is afternoon or evening here in India. I get confused what should I wish them. Should I wish him good...

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Cleaning The House Before Diwali

jaishankar @Shivram59 (52315) • India 31 Oct

Today my room is being painted and rearranged.. The work is underway. I will have to sleep outside my room tonight. Three labourers are hired to clean the house before Diwali. The labourers are from nearby villages. Today they...

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A Painting By A Girl

jaishankar @Shivram59 (52315) • India 30 Oct

A middle school drawing teacher, who lives in my neighbourhood, today came to me laughing. I asked him why he was laughing. He showed to me a painting drawn by a small girl of his class. I saw it and burst into laughters. The...

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His Lookalike

jaishankar @Shivram59 (52315) • India 29 Oct

Have you ever come across a person who is a lookalike of your father or mother or yourself. I have. Years ago I had seen a man who was a lookalike of my father. Even his hair style was like my father's. That was when I was in my...

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Winter And Wild Elephants

jaishankar @Shivram59 (52315) • India 28 Oct

I have received a call from one of my friends in a village near the jungle. He warned me against going to the jungle in the morning. He told me some people in the village saw some wild elephants near the jungle. He is right....

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Is What He Said Right??

jaishankar @Shivram59 (52315) • India 27 Oct

I take the same food in my dinner. The same rice, chapati, green vegetables and cow milk with honey. Yesterday a man, who is the owner of a restaurant, suggested me to change my food habit. He said to me that I should change my...

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A Diwali And A Accident

jaishankar @Shivram59 (52315) • India 26 Oct

Diwali, the festival of light, is very near. Hardly after after a week. Every Diwali reminds me of a accident that took the very next day of Diwali. Some boys burned crackers on a narrow street where there was houses of some...

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If I Am Enforced

jaishankar @Shivram59 (52315) • India 22 Oct

Most of the users of mylot know I eat only once in a day. Only dinner. No breakfast, no lunch either. I don't feel hungry in the daytime. But if I'm enforced to observe fast on a special day, I start feeling hungry even in the...

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Celebration Over

jaishankar @Shivram59 (52315) • India 21 Oct

I'm back home the ground where the effigy of Raavan was burned. Almost all of my friends were there. After the effigy was burned, we headed to the market to have some snacks. I didn't eat anything, just had a cup of tea. Now I'm...

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Happy Vijayadashmi

jaishankar @Shivram59 (52315) • India 20 Oct

Yesterday was the last day of Navaratri. Today is Vijayadashmi, the day on which the seventh incarnation of the God, ShreeRam, killed the demon king, Raavan. Effigies of Raavan will be burned across the country. Idols of the...

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The Couple

jaishankar @Shivram59 (52315) • India 18 Oct

Today morning I drove my family to see different "pandals" "( makeshift ) places of worship dedicated to the Divine Mother. It was a long drive - around 100 kms. When we reached a small town, my parents and my wife were feeling...

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