Xavier Bage

@franxav (14154)

India

Joined myLot 10 years ago

Social worker, physician, part-time teacher

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Busy Days have Begun Buddy!

Xavier Bage @franxav (14154) • India 6 Jun

Tighten your belt Buddy, I'm telling myself. The schools were closed for summer vacation for about a month.The children of the foster home were allowed to stay with their relatives. They have all returned. The government schools...

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Come Rains and Wild Plants grow Wildly

Xavier Bage @franxav (14154) • India 1 Jun

Every living creature needs water. However, we humans can drink water from a bottle or fill a tumbler and gulp the liquid down our throat. Trees and plants also feel thirsty but cannot drink water from a bottle or a tumbler. They...

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Everyone has his/her battles to fight, don't they?

Xavier Bage @franxav (14154) • India 31 May

In the evening at 7 I saw boys and girls returning from their private tuition class. Perhaps some other group passed this way. The children look happy and they appear to have no worries. But are they truly free from worries? They...

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The Daughter Has a Mind of Her Own

Xavier Bage @franxav (14154) • India 30 May

The earlier we know and accept it the better for her and for us. Cultures in different parts of the earth are different. Family values in the east are different from those in the west. Times are changing fast too. Children of...

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Retirement Rumblings

Xavier Bage @franxav (14154) • India 29 May

It was not so from the beginning of our charitable society.The honorable founder ( though incapable due to old age he is still with us) never spoke of retirement. He was of the opinion that we would build a team and...

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Isn't variety the joy of life?

Xavier Bage @franxav (14154) • India 27 May

I wrote on mangoes some days back. This morning too I picked up different species of mangoes. I use the word species because I couldn't think of any other word. This morning too I gathered a bagful of mangoes. I just had to walk...

mangoes

species

taste buds

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My Motorcycle was Angry for Good Reason

Xavier Bage @franxav (14154) • India 26 May

You can call me stingy or a miser. But a person with his wallet empty can't help being one. My old motorcycle ( about 18 years Bajaj Platina) was making funny noises " thik thik grrr dapp!" When I passed through the market area...

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Mangoes are too tempting

Xavier Bage @franxav (14154) • India 24 May

This is mango season in Bengal. You'd see mangoes all around. I live in a place surrounded by mango groves. Mangoes are in the process of ripening. The fruits are dropping from the trees on their own. I go out at about 5 in...

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Ahh! It's a peaceful evening!

Xavier Bage @franxav (14154) • India 22 May

Our administration decided to send the inmate children to their relatives this summer. Other years they were taken for a summer camp or an outing during their summer holidays. I had to accompany them. I had to organise activities,...

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Does anyone have the right to be rude?

Xavier Bage @franxav (14154) • India 21 May

A colleague has been behaving rather very rudely with me and the persons of my family. In her words and actions she has been rude to my better half particularly . Have we said anything or done anything against her? Nothing that...

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Full Moon and My Wandering Mind

Xavier Bage @franxav (14154) • India 12 May

Tonight again is a full moon night. Full moon is known as purnima in our country. Tonight it's special because it is Buddha purnima. In other words it's Gautam Buddha's birthday. Come to think of it that many great men are...

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Something or Someone told me

Xavier Bage @franxav (14154) • India 9 May

No one will believe me, I know. Some people may even laugh at me . As I am writing these words after the new pope has already been elected, it might be taken as prediction after the event has happened. Yet, l decided to share...

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A Hectic Day with Satisfying Results

Xavier Bage @franxav (14154) • India 8 May

I didn't expect it but it just came and I had to adjust my plans and go with the flow. I have looking like an uneducated rustic with my unkempt head. I had decided that I would take a haircut today. But something more urgent...

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Ultimately what will come out of it?

Xavier Bage @franxav (14154) • India 7 May

Last night at about 2 in the morning India fired missiles at some targets in Pakistan. The action is said to be in retaliation of the killing of 26 tourists ( all men) by three militants on April 22 at Pahalgam , Kashmir. The...

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Beaten Rice the Versatile Item

Xavier Bage @franxav (14154) • India 6 May

Beaten Rice can be eaten in breakfast or as a snack with your cup of tea or coffee. You have only to use a different process to prepare the dish. Beaten rice is known as chiura or chirre in the local language. It's made by...

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Once again in the higher secondary school

Xavier Bage @franxav (14154) • India 6 May

Last week was an eventful one for students when the results of secondary and higher secondary examinations were declared. The students were glad to see the fruit of their labour in their hands. They can now take a step to move...

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Jasmine and Her Plastic Ware

Xavier Bage @franxav (14154) • India 5 May

When I was returning from the cyber office I found this woman carrying plastic wares on her head and on one of her shoulders . On the other shoulder she carried a bundle of clothes. I asked the woman how much was she selling...

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The Beloved Terrible Son of Ours

Xavier Bage @franxav (14154) • India 2 May

As I help him get ready for school I speak to Aakash, " Child, behave well in the school. Don't give anyone a chance to complaint against you. Don't fight with anyone. If anyone irritates you tell your teacher. Don't take others'...

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Today Summer Vacation Begins but It's Raining

Xavier Bage @franxav (14154) • India 30 Apr

How the weather makes damn fools of us and it's happening just now. Some days of the last week were exceptionally hot for April. The mercury sometimes indicated 36 to 38 degree Celsius. 1 degree Celsius is equal to 33.8...

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How do you make your day more fruitful?

Xavier Bage @franxav (14154) • India 29 Apr

For survival we all to hold a job, do our daily duties and in the evening we may feel that my day has been fruitful. But is that all ? Is there nothing more to do? As for me as a foster parent and a family man I have to take care...

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