Author: Rama Kashyap

Rama Kashyap is a retired Associate Professor and Head of Department in Economics @ MCM DAV College, Chandigarh. A loving mother of 2 boys and wife of a senior govt. official (Retd), she realized that this all (but one) male family will always talk to the point and will never gossip. Hence she took refuge to writing short articles and letter to editors for various daily newspapers. Even the addition of a daughter in law has not stopped her from channelising her gossip towards writing. This collection of articles has now grown big enough to be presented in this blog.
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The maternal instinct

 

I vehemently deny being a helicopter mother. I have neither hovered over my children nor followed them like a shadow. I am not a control freak; have given enough freedom to my children to charter their own course, at least this is what I perceive myself to be. I may not be a mother rooted in paranoia, but, to say that I have not been anxious about my children will be a gross lie. It is natural for a mother to feel concerned about the well-being of her children and to keep a tab on their whereabouts, friends and activities.

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Random musings on farm protests

Impressed with  resilience, organization and spirit of community service  at the farm protest sites , I wrote the piece in early January . The piece was in pipe line , when 26 January happened.

This is an  edited  piece published in a prestigious registered online portal with strict rule that the article cannot be reproduced , hence posting the link of the website. 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/283665092053420/permalink/1170501223369798/

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Hoping for a vocabulary of positivity and optimism

The year 2020 will go down in the annals of history as a year that changed the world altogether. Not only the life of the people changed beyond imagination, but the vocabulary of everyday use also altered noticeably. Words which were earlier unheard of, lying buried in the pages of dictionary surfaced to become commonly used household terms. Many obscure technical terms moved from the jargon of professionals to the glossary of general public. Continue reading “Hoping for a vocabulary of positivity and optimism”

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From aversion to smart use

 

I got my first mobile phone a little over a decade ago not by choice, but a mobile  was thrust upon me, a simple ordinary phone. I was not keen on having a mobile, hence  there was reluctance and hesitation  on my part to use it.  However, once I became comfortable with  it , I wanted to cling to my old set. On the insistence of my children, I upgraded to a smart phone, but the first few days with my iphone were harrowing. I was baffled by its apps and intimidated by its umpteen features. Of course, over time I got used to my smart phone but for quite some time my usage remained limited to calls and messaging.

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