DOCTOR’S DAY!
DOCTOR’S DAY! BY SONIKA SINGH God made human beings and he knew they would sometimes fall sick,Thinking prudently and quick,He gave some a garb of a white coat and a stethoscope,And send them down with a lot of hope.When they descended on earth, people decided to call them doctors.I call them God’s Angels and our […]
HELLO!
HELLO! BY SONIKA SINGH Mrs. Patil, a teacher in a prestigious school in Pune, complains – “The kids walk past you in the corridor without greeting the teachers. It is so disheartening.’’ Neha, a tenth grader of an elitist school In Delhi, says, “I feel so discouraged and sad when my teacher does not reply […]
PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY
Precocious Puberty BY SONIKA SINGH After her swim, Radha was wiping Tanya, her daughter with a soft towel. Suddenly she found some extremely thin wispy strands of almost colorless hair in her armpits. She stood dead in her tracks! “Am I imagining the thin hair or does my five-year-old child has a hair growth in […]
A TRIBUTE TO ALL MOMS!
A TRIBUTE TO ALL MOMS! BY SONIKA SINGH It is not easy being a mom, but definitely, it’s worth taking all the trouble!God when sent an infant down from heavenHe whispered, “I am sending you to a safe Haven.”The puzzled infant asked, “Can anyone love me like you?”God smiled and said “Your mother will love […]
WHERE ARE OUR HAPPY CHILDREN?
WHERE ARE OUR HAPPY CHILDREN? BY SONIKA SINGH When the teacher teaches the child with only books,He learns or perhaps memories but gives a baffled look. But when she takes the child out of the class where there are no boundaries!Here he works with his hands, learns better in these free surroundings. Alas! Rote learning […]
FORGET AND FORGIVE
FORGET AND FORGIVE BY SONIKA SINGH The good and the evilThe light and the darkThe night and the dayThese polarities co-exist.The bad may think the struggle of Life is won by pride and power,Good attains peace for the forgiveness on others it showers. If to err is human and to forgive divine!Then why it is […]
TEACHERS CHANGE THE WORLD – MAKE IT A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE
TEACHERS CHANGE THE WORLD – MAKE IT A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE BY SONIKA SINGH It is my daily ritual to drop my daughter to the bus stop in the morning. It is a beautiful way to begin the day- bonding with the children and chit chatting with the parents around. During one of the […]
MY BEST FRIEND
MY BEST FRIEND BY SONIKA SINGH It’s time for my nephew’s poetry recitation competition at school and he calls me saying, ” Bua! Could you compose one poem for me?”So this is a very simple poem for early readers celebrating the friendship between Trees and Man. Interstingly, a little boy of ten understands that the […]
EARTH DAY!
EARTH DAY! BY SONIKA SINGH Happy Birthday my dearest Mother Earth,I wonder how you tolerate the glib talk of people in power?They give speeches to conserve environment and order cutting of trees to build mansionsI wonder how you give us your gift of rain showers year after year ? While we dump plastics in all […]
FORTUNATE TO BE A TEACHER
FORTUNATE TO BE A TEACHER BY SONIKA SINGH #ghps2000batch In the winter of 2000 when I bid you all farewell,Little did I know that 18 years later (on March 30th) you will create a magic spell, How wonderful it was when we all went down the memory lane!Recounting all the moments of achievements, defeats, joys, […]