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Xavier Bage @franxav (14330) • India 1 Dec

Last Sunday I bought a wrong fish and I'm still silently cursing myself for the foolish act. I was born in the hill country of Bengal. In the tea estates of the hills fish was a rare luxury, though we had meat...

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Xavier Bage Actually, I go to the market almost every week sometimes even twice for vegetables. But I am an ignoramus about fish.

3 Dec

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Xavier Bage @franxav (14330) • India 26 Nov

Last few days were full of trials for our family. Some of them I shared in my last few discussions. My medical student daughter's bank account was facing issues for the last two weeks. She pays her food bills and replacement...

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Xavier Bage Hope they unblock the account is soon.

29 Nov

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Xavier Bage @franxav (14330) • India 26 Nov

Last few days were full of trials for our family. Some of them I shared in my last few discussions. My medical student daughter's bank account was facing issues for the last two weeks. She pays her food bills and replacement...

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Xavier Bage Yes @marguicha, I hope , they unblock the account as soon as possible.

29 Nov

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Xavier Bage @franxav (14330) • India 26 Nov

Last few days were full of trials for our family. Some of them I shared in my last few discussions. My medical student daughter's bank account was facing issues for the last two weeks. She pays her food bills and replacement...

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Xavier Bage Apologise, they will never but I hope they unblock the daughter's account as soon as possible. That will be a favour big enough.

29 Nov

Xavier Bage @franxav (14330) • India 26 Nov

Last few days were full of trials for our family. Some of them I shared in my last few discussions. My medical student daughter's bank account was facing issues for the last two weeks. She pays her food bills and replacement...

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Xavier Bage Our child has five more months of internship to go. It's a hectic and trying time but I hope it will pass smoothly.

29 Nov

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Xavier Bage @franxav (14330) • India 26 Nov

Last few days were full of trials for our family. Some of them I shared in my last few discussions. My medical student daughter's bank account was facing issues for the last two weeks. She pays her food bills and replacement...

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Xavier Bage Yes Judy, as the rector of my college said so wisely, such troubles are part of life and we have to face them.

29 Nov

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Xavier Bage @franxav (14330) • India 17 Nov

As a foster parent of children I sometimes watch the matrimonial columns in the newspapers. It gives me an Idea what the situation is in the marriage market. Quite many of the matrimonial ads are posted by parents seeking...

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Xavier Bage It has become quite common a trend. Less educated girls and those with no ambition of chasing a high career get married early.

18 Nov

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Xavier Bage @franxav (14330) • India 12 Nov

This word, Sir, is quite sweet for me to hear . I was a teacher in a high school and I used to hear this word of address a hundred times every day. But this respectful word of address has brought down enough stress upon a lot of...

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Xavier Bage If a person is in the voters list of 2002 he/she is safe. Unfortunately for me , I and my family were not in the country that year. I am under tension of proving myself and family are citizens of India . I have submitted some documents with our SIR forms....

16 Nov

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Xavier Bage @franxav (14330) • India 4 Nov

Recently an ownerless female dog has been coming to my door. You may find it strange that I'm not calling her b...h. This word sounds impolite and it is often used by noisily quarelling women. Perhaps I should give her a name....

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Xavier Bage I agree on that point fully. Cases of attacks or bitings by street dogs are many. In fact, I saw two cases of dog bite recently in our local hospital .

16 Nov

Xavier Bage @franxav (14330) • India 12 Nov

This word, Sir, is quite sweet for me to hear . I was a teacher in a high school and I used to hear this word of address a hundred times every day. But this respectful word of address has brought down enough stress upon a lot of...

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Xavier Bage I totally agree with you on the double standards we Indians nurture. While we are glad to send our young people go to countries like US, UK, Canada, Australia but our leaders describe people supposedly from neighbouring countries as " ghuspaithiye" and...

15 Nov

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Xavier Bage @franxav (14330) • India 4 Nov

Recently an ownerless female dog has been coming to my door. You may find it strange that I'm not calling her b...h. This word sounds impolite and it is often used by noisily quarelling women. Perhaps I should give her a name....

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Xavier Bage @vandana7 Your words are quite enlightening. I'm glad to share that this doggie's leg has improved and she is walking around comfortably.

12 Nov

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Xavier Bage @franxav (14330) • India 6 Nov

Our leaders, particularly from the ruling party love to boast of India being the largest democracy. Considering the population, it surely is. But what kind of democracy? It's a hijacked democracy , where voters list is...

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Xavier Bage In the present times the fraud has become blatant, shameless and arrogant.

6 Nov

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Xavier Bage @franxav (14330) • India 6 Nov

Our leaders, particularly from the ruling party love to boast of India being the largest democracy. Considering the population, it surely is. But what kind of democracy? It's a hijacked democracy , where voters list is...

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Xavier Bage The problem is, in our parliamentary form of democracy a person doesn't stand alone. He or she has to come from a party.

6 Nov

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Xavier Bage @franxav (14330) • India 2 Nov

I have been going to that grave every All Souls Day, November 2 , for the last seventeen years. I didn't realise how seventeen years have passed since that tragic night . My colleague and friend, Mr Mariadas, died in a road...

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Xavier Bage Thank you, Amber. It was a shocking experience but I believe Mariadas' soul is in peace with God .

2 Nov

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Xavier Bage @franxav (14330) • India 30 Oct

I find her sometimes in our backyard , looking for food. I recognise her as she has only one leg. She comes to our backyard where she finds some bread or biscuits. I often wonder how she may have lost one of her legs. Some...

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Xavier Bage It surely is. Some species of mynas are believed to imitate human language.

1 Nov

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Xavier Bage @franxav (14330) • India 30 Oct

I find her sometimes in our backyard , looking for food. I recognise her as she has only one leg. She comes to our backyard where she finds some bread or biscuits. I often wonder how she may have lost one of her legs. Some...

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Xavier Bage Sure they too have happy times and sad times. I find them chirping happily sometimes and I also find them dead especially after storms.

1 Nov

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Xavier Bage @franxav (14330) • India 16 Oct

Here UNO doesn't stand for the United Nations. It's a playing card game. The pack of cards comes with UNO printed on it. The three students who were our guests last month gifted us uno pack of cards. The children of our foster...

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Xavier Bage It surely looks great when I see people having fun while playing UNO.

16 Oct

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Xavier Bage @franxav (14330) • India 4 Oct

During the Puja holidays we parents decided to visit our daughter who is fighting through her internship year. I couldn't think of a better word though I'm not quite happy with this word.This time of the medical training can be...

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Xavier Bage Yes Judy, the trip was nice and successful. We returned home last evening.

6 Oct

Xavier Bage @franxav (14330) • India 22 Sep

I don't like going there but quite often I can't avoid it. The government hospitals in general are crowded. You don't have to give " visit fee" in a government hospital and you can get medicines free. As it's the place where...

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Xavier Bage I pray and hope he should be okay before his puja begins.

22 Sep

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Xavier Bage @franxav (14330) • India 19 Aug

August rains are tricky and naughty here in our part of the country. The day appears sunny and bright but It can suddenly begin to pour without warning. We have to be extra alert when we hang our washed linens on the terrace for...

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Xavier Bage I'm fine and myloting.

19 Aug

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