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Blog site changed to: www.shishursevay.wordpress.com
www.shishursevay.wordpress.com For a while the Typepad site was blocked, and even after days and days of working with Typepad support we could not get it to work. This was probably due to government blocking, as there were news reports of... Continue reading
Posted Aug 19, 2011 at Shishur Sevay
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Blog continues at www.shishursevay.wordpress.com
Find us at http://shishursevay.wordpress.com/ For a while I could not get into typepad, in spite of days of working with the typepad team. I could see posts but could not write or change. The final conclusion was that the government... Continue reading
Posted Jun 13, 2011 at Shishur Sevay
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Charlene, You got it! I haven't heard of this at the other missionary schools, but who knows really? So much goes on, everwhere, that no one knows about until the questions are asked. And parents are very cowed by school administrators and teachers. Kolkata: The City of Egg Shells! thanks for listening.
Cleanliness is Next to Godliness
I'm here in NYC, at the home of my older daughter, her husband, and my new granddaughter. But my mind keeps going back to India. I can honestly say that nothing I've seen or experienced in India over the last ten years has literally shocked me as this has. The whole story keeps going around ...
Cleanliness is Next to Godliness
Posted May 5, 2011 at Shishur Sevay
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Children On Their Own
Posted Apr 24, 2011 at Shishur Sevay
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Another Word for Orphan is _____BLANK_______.
Posted Apr 16, 2011 at Shishur Sevay
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Making Peace at the End of the Lane
Posted Mar 31, 2011 at Shishur Sevay
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Just Another Day...
Posted Mar 15, 2011 at Shishur Sevay
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Succession Planning - The Elephant in the Room
Posted Mar 13, 2011 at Shishur Sevay
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The Girls Discover the Internet
Posted Mar 6, 2011 at Shishur Sevay
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Remembering the Essence of Our Work
Posted Mar 4, 2011 at Shishur Sevay
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Finding our way through this challenge of where we will live...
Yesterday people came to look at the house. They liked it and they will bring the rest of the family tomorrow. The ones who came to look were four Punjabi men, two generations -- nice people I would want to... Continue reading
Posted Mar 1, 2011 at Shishur Sevay
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Mar 1, 2011
Shishur Sevay at the End of the Lane
Posted Feb 26, 2011 at Shishur Sevay
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A Good Day
When my younger daughter was little she used to assess me as to whether I had been a good mother or not for that day. The assessment tended to be weighted towards the end of the day, so if I... Continue reading
Posted Feb 22, 2011 at Shishur Sevay
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Facing the Necessity of Moving
"OK," I say to myself, "But how do I do this?" Where do I start? Do we find a place to live first or sell the house first? Breaking down the process to individual parts, or challenges, I see the... Continue reading
Posted Feb 21, 2011 at Shishur Sevay
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The Aftermath of Goondas at the Gates
Posted Feb 15, 2011 at Shishur Sevay
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Barbarians at the Gate: 10th February 2011
It is always a struggle as to how much to reveal about the harsh realities of life here. Tonight was another riot at our gate; the police responded eventually. No, we are not safe here. I don't know what the... Continue reading
Posted Feb 10, 2011 at Shishur Sevay
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A Trip to the Science Fair at BITM
Posted Jan 16, 2011 at Shishur Sevay
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"If you don't like your mother, you can always go to the Mall for another one."
Posted Jan 7, 2011 at Shishur Sevay
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Christmas in the Park
Posted Dec 25, 2010 at Shishur Sevay
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Why SHOULD Orphans be Poor?
Posted Nov 28, 2010 at Shishur Sevay
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"Madam! The Girls are Nervous! You must meet with them in the next few days!!!"
The teacher was responding to my question as to whether she had marked and scored the practice examinations she had just given to the girls. No she had not. She had marked mistakes but had not scored the papers. Why?... Continue reading
Posted Nov 25, 2010 at Shishur Sevay
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There are No Simple Days
Posted Nov 14, 2010 at Shishur Sevay
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Sometimes I am Humbled by My Girls.
Jumping right into the subject, this afternoon a teacher told me about an interraction she had the day before with one of the girls. "Aunty, every night I pray to God. I don't want anything for myself. I just pray... Continue reading
Posted Nov 12, 2010 at Shishur Sevay
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