Xavier Bage

@franxav (14636)

India

Joined myLot 11 years ago

Social worker, physician, part-time teacher

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Discussions (2276)

Xavier Bage's Discussions

What is a biscuit if it's not...

Xavier Bage @franxav (14636) • India 15 Sep

Some people like their biscuit to be sweet. Others like theirs to be salty. While many others want it buttery or spicy . The manufacturers know it well and produce biscuits to meet the demand. For me, I prefer biscuits baked by...

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Can we be fully free of "thought" when our child is going to face a tough examination?

Xavier Bage @franxav (14636) • India 23 Aug

I don't think there is a parent who doesn't worry about his or her child. In our background this tension of parents continues well into the time when the children have children of their own! Our child is still a student and she...

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Today was India's 80th Independence Day!

Xavier Bage @franxav (14636) • India 15 Aug

I am thankful that I was born in a free country. I am grateful to all those brave people who made great sacrifices to give me this invaluable gift. Mahatma Gandhi, Jawahar Lal Nehru, Netaji Subhash and thousands others, whose...

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The Joke is on me but have no complaint

Xavier Bage @franxav (14636) • India 12 Aug

Our daughter has filled up her form to be a candidate for NEET-PG. It's an eligibility test to get admission into post graduate courses of medical colleges. Now, as usual seats are few and competitors are too many. The information...

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Focused and geared toward an examination (2)

Xavier Bage @franxav (14636) • India 2 Aug

We have come to a reputed school in South Kolkata for the exam I wrote about in my last discussion. While I'm typing these words the candidates are in the classrooms dealing with the difficult medical questions sent by the Union...

Focused and Geared toward an Examination

Xavier Bage @franxav (14636) • India 29 Jul

Our child, who got her MBBS only in May this year has been preparing for an Examination called CMS- UPSC in short. Expanded it is Combined Medical Service conducted by Union Public Service Commission, a Central Government body....

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Looking Forward to Grandparents Day

Xavier Bage @franxav (14636) • India 25 Jul

We have Mother's Day and Father's Day in our calendar. But is there a Grandparents' Day ? I have never heard of any. But tomorrow Grandparents' Day will be celebrated in our parish church. To make this day special for the...

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The Only Soap Show I Watch on the TV

Xavier Bage @franxav (14636) • India 21 Jul

There are countless soaps on the TV these days. They are in Hindi, the national language, and all regional languages. I live in Kolkata and Bengali channels are quite popular here. But as for me I find them quite unattractive and...

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The Allrounder Papa that I am

Xavier Bage @franxav (14636) • India 18 Jul

Perhaps I won't be able to describe what my life in this foster care home is like. Sometimes , I do give some glimpses in my mylot discussions. No one has awarded me this unusual title but I think this suits me quite fine. I...

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The Uniform Challenges at the Foster Home

Xavier Bage @franxav (14636) • India 9 Jul

Long ago somewhere I read about school children, especially boys, returning home with dirty uniforms, muddied shoes and socks and sometimes even with torn shirt pockets etc. It's raining in Bengal . The playground is wet . There...

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The rain landed upon us with vengeance

Xavier Bage @franxav (14636) • India 19 Jun

It looks like the rain has landed upon us with vengeance. It had been raining here of and on with gaps of a day or two. However, yesterday evening , it poured for two hours without relenting. I was watching the plumbing work in...

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My smile was reciprocated by strangers. Isn't it a reason to be happy?

Xavier Bage @franxav (14636) • India 15 Jun

Yesterday, as I was going to get my motorcycle after attending Holy Mass I smiled at two strangers and I was well rewarded. No, they were not members of our church. They were not even Christians. I had never seen them before...

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I'm grateful it's raining

Xavier Bage @franxav (14636) • India 10 Jun

After days of sweltering heat the cooling rain is lovingly welcome. Even today, mid-day hours were quite hot. I had gone to the market enquiring about plumbing materials. I returned home as soon as I was done. At about three loud...

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There are bad people around and it's wise to be alert

Xavier Bage @franxav (14636) • India 25 May

Am I naive or overly trusting in the goodness of humanity? Whatever it is but I have lost quite a few things from the building site of my new house in the recent months. My fair lady, the mom of my foster children, is quite fond...

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The Privileged Gender - the Fair Class

Xavier Bage @franxav (14636) • India 21 May

The last few days I had to travel in the suburban trains quite a few times. Once again I was edified to see how respectfully women sre treated in the society of Bengal. In trains , two compartments are allotted to women commuters...

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Of Relatives and Relationships

Xavier Bage @franxav (14636) • India 20 May

My better half got free of her school duties last Friday. She expressed her eagerness to spend some days with her relatives in south of Kolkata. She has two elder sisters and a younger brother.They have their own children. Though...

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After the Change Over the Spill Over

Xavier Bage @franxav (14636) • India 16 May

We are just a tiny remote corner of the world . And so, I don't expect news of our little insignificant village to find space in the international media of any kind. Nevertheless, allow me to share the happenings around me. Our...

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Why is the bank server busy ?

Xavier Bage @franxav (14636) • India 12 May

Since the beginning of April last I have been facing this problem and have not been able to get around it. I have a little Airtel Bank account to do my little transactions, like recharging my phone or paying for sundry stationery....

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That was the minimum we could do

Xavier Bage @franxav (14636) • India 11 May

Today I got 90 packets of sweets and snacks prepared in a sweet shop. l carried them to the school where my daughter studied from Upper KG to Standard VIII. We had to get the child admitted into the school in the town 12 km from...

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A time to be proud and grateful

Xavier Bage @franxav (14636) • India 8 May

Last Monday, my wife and I travelled by train to a city 300 km to the north. We went there to attend the convocation ceremony at the medical college where our daughter is a student. There were more than a thousand people seated...

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