Xavier Bage

@franxav (14504)

India

Joined myLot 11 years ago

Social worker, physician, part-time teacher

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Xavier Bage's Discussions

A Holiday is a Working Day for me!

Xavier Bage @franxav (14504) • India 28 Mar

Isn't that a dichotomy or something that is mutually impossible? It's not so for me because I have to work more on a holiday. I explain. I am a foster father of the foster home children. There are two main groups of school...

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Neighbor, that is a Thorny Bush

Xavier Bage @franxav (14504) • India 27 Mar

I don't wish to be uncharitable to anyone but here is a case that is amusing inspite of being unpleasant. I have bought a plot of land from a man who was a govt employee. In those days when land was easily available in this part...

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The Unjust Cruelty that We Were Done

Xavier Bage @franxav (14504) • India 23 Mar

It will need a long discussion to describe an unjust cruelty that our Indian government treated a large part of its population with. The Election Commission is assertive that what it has ordered is perfectly constitutional and...

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Isn't it pleasing to see the fruit of your labor?

Xavier Bage @franxav (14504) • India 23 Mar

I have a 10'x20' plot of land behind my house. I am trying to grow some vegetable on it. Since it was left arid for many years it's not fertile. However, there is a thin layer of humus covering it. I decided to make use of this...

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Suddenly, It feels winterlike

Xavier Bage @franxav (14504) • India 21 Mar

Just a few days before the mercury index of the weather temperature was rising. I was about to brace myself for an early summer heat. But no, Mother Nature had a different plan altogether. Clouds began to gather in the sky two...

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The Sudden Storm Sent Us Flying

Xavier Bage @franxav (14504) • India 16 Mar

Our foster home community was gathered for the Sunday evening prayer, when the storm began. I ran to my house to fasten the windows and doors to stop them banging and to save the glass panes from breaking. It was a short storm....

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It's noon and 33 degree Celsius

Xavier Bage @franxav (14504) • India 14 Mar

I am at a place 50 km to the north of Kolkata. It is less hot in summer and more cold in winter than the metropolis. You can guess the reasons. I feel I am lucky on that count. However, the summer heat will rise to about 45...

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Do you learn from your mistakes?

Xavier Bage @franxav (14504) • India 13 Mar

To err is human. So the saying goes. We all make mistakes. Quite many people repeat their mistakes . Some go on making them again and again for some reason. Isn't it wise to realise our mistakes and rectify them? Isn't it right...

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The War is on in the Gulf but I'm getting the Painful Jolt

Xavier Bage @franxav (14504) • India 10 Mar

The last cylinder of cooking gas I bought for my family kitchen was on November 17, 2025. We use it rather sparingly. And so it has lasted four months. It will be empty any of these days. Therefore, I must be ready with the next...

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Have you seen this fruit anywhere? What is its name?.

Xavier Bage @franxav (14504) • India 4 Mar

Have a look on this fruit. Do you have a name for it in English or in any other language of the world? I'd be happy to know. This tree came with the plot of land I bought to build my house. I didn't know what tree it was. However...

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Look at the little diamonds

Xavier Bage @franxav (14504) • India 24 Feb

There was a short rain yesterday morning. It made quite a lot of the moringa flowers fall to the ground. Even last night more. flowers dropped . I asked the children of the family to pick them up as much as they could. In half...

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First Clouds Rumbling of 2026

Xavier Bage @franxav (14504) • India 23 Feb

It's early morning in Southern Bengal. I am awake but have not left my bed. I decided I should read through some mylot discussions. As I am on it I hear clouds rumbling loudly. First faint and muffled but now they are loud....

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And suddenly it's warm

Xavier Bage @franxav (14504) • India 23 Feb

Perhaps I shouldn't say suddenly, for the Earth is constantly moving and our part of the is gradually coming near to the Sun. Days are slowly get longer and we have more sunshine. However, many people would agree that it...

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Nearly Hit by two Rash Riders

Xavier Bage @franxav (14504) • India 23 Feb

This afternoon when I was bringing the children's mother from her school, I was nearly hit by two rash bike riders The first one vroomed inches before us. The second one nearly dashed us from behind! There are two speed...

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I can't get mad at such things

Xavier Bage @franxav (14504) • India 20 Feb

The children of my foster family are having their annual exams. Yesterday was a free day. A free day for them means duty doubled for me. I have to be watching over them. Yesterday morning I gave an hour of maths practice to them....

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How many names of flowers do you know?

Xavier Bage @franxav (14504) • India 13 Feb

I must humbly confess I don't know many. I don't know everyone of those I see in our flower garden. I do recognise the more common flowers, maybe twelve to fifteen of them. The image I have attached with this discussion is that...

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Getting Some Tools for Gardening

Xavier Bage @franxav (14504) • India 13 Feb

Perhaps I have inherited some liking for gardening from my father and grandfather. Though they were tea estate staff they grew vegetable , maize , sweet potato and casava in the land available to them. I have planted a few...

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Those Sirens! I utter prayers when I hear!!

Xavier Bage @franxav (14504) • India 12 Feb

My house is just 1 kilometre from the highway connector road. It's a busy road. I can hear sirens of different kinds coming from the road. Mainly , they are ambulance sirens. But quite often VIP convoys pass this way. Ministers...

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How do you sweeten your tea or coffee?

Xavier Bage @franxav (14504) • India 27 Jan

I am not a diabetic but I believe I must be careful. In my last test for blood sugar it was about 5 point below the threshold. Who knows any day I might cross the line. I am a regular tea drinker and occasionally I take coffee....

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It's season of lawn lunches

Xavier Bage @franxav (14504) • India 24 Jan

It's getting warmer. My senses are telling it. The days are pleasant . Evenings and mornings are cool . I still need my sweaters ang jackets to keep myself warm. This is the season of picnics and outside lunches in parks and...

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