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Letter for you my Daughter April 2020

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On December 31st, I was ringing in the new year with my family, and then the New Coronavirus happened. With news of people being affected increasing every day, it reached India soon. In our little town in West Bengal, when schools shut down indefinitely, I knew it was time to explain things to my daughter. But with the television blaring every day and listening to us on the phone, the little one with long-distance hearing heard it all.


If you recall, childhood is the most optimistic time of our lives. Even with the strictest lockdown, my daughter has never once talked about anything morbid.


I don’t know whether to explain more or let her be. For now, I think it’s okay to have faith.


But I believe if I want my daughter to be strong, you want to teach by example. It’s not easy being a parent. It’s even more challenging to work on self-improvement while raising a child. This is my letter to you my dear daughter, I hope you will read it one day.

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10 Superpowers you must have a dear daughter

1)Be patient my dear daughter

Patience is an often ignored virtue in this fast world. But the fruit of patience is sweet.

2)Always persist. Try, try and try some more till you climb the mountain or make a way through it.

3)Have faith in the Universe and your God. There is a reason faith helps, and it has everything to do with your thoughts.

4)Believe in yourself, because you are as strong as you believe.

5)Choose your friends with care. A lot depends on whom you spend time with. Life is more comfortable and beautiful in the right company.

6)Be kind, it’s a rarely celebrated life skill, but one which will always help you.

7)Be positive, and all good things will happen. You attract what you think about.

8)Let go of things you can’t change. It’s the only way to go forward.

9)Study hard and work hard. That is the only shortcut that works. Life will give you what you want as long as you work hard and pray to God.

10)Take care of your environment because, without our plant and animal friends, life on earth will not be worth living!

What do you think you can do to make your child stronger? Let me know in the comments below.

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A part of this article was published on the Flintobox blog. https://flintobox.com/blog/child-development/life-skills

10 Super powers for my daughter
10 Super powers for my daughter

Inspiring Quotes for X factor in Writing

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Have you ever felt obsessed with reading about writing?  About reading what writers did to learn writing? About the art and craft of writing?  Did you ever wonder what gave them those writing genes?  Were they born with it or did they learn?  Were they brave or lucky ? Hardworking and persistence are important or will dreaming do?

Have you ever wondered about writers being prolific naturally and, minting money? Have you ever wondered what made Agatha Christie write murders so well and Enid Blyton weave magic?

If these questions have entered your mind, then the rest of the post will make sense.

Following are some of the most inspiring quotes about the process of writing

Fill your mind with all kinds of interesting things—the more you have in it, the more will come out of it.  Nothing ever comes out of your mind that hasn’t already been put into it in some form or other.  It may come out changed, re-arranged, polished, shining, almost unrecognizable—but nevertheless it was you who put it there first.  Your thoughts, your actions, your reading, your sense of humour, everything gets packed into your mind, and if you have an imagination, what a wonderful assortment it will have to choose from!”

Enid Blyton

The secret to getting ahead is getting started

Agatha Christie

Getting started is the hardest part

“The best time to plan a book is while you’re doing the dishes.”

Agatha Christie

This happens and that’s why you need to keep a notebook handy, next to the kitchen sink.

If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write.  Simple as that.”

― Stephen King

Wiser words you will never hear.

“Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality.  It’s a way of understanding it.”― Lloyd Alexander

Sometimes life and fiction are but different names.

“Read, read, read.  Read everything — trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it.  Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master.  Read!  You’ll absorb it. Then write.  If it’s good, you’ll find out.  If it’s not, throw it out of the window.”

― William Faulkner

Oh well, even if you don’t throw it out of the window, now you know what it takes.

“No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader.  No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.”

― Robert Frost

Your readers feel when you feel it while writing.

“The road to hell is paved with adverbs.”

― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

This one happens and now you know what to do.

“A word after a word after a word is power.”

― Margaret Atwood

That’s what you and I need to strive for.

In the end, we all become stories.”

— Margaret Atwood

That means you and I are meant to be read someday in the future too! That’s something to look

“Imagination is like a muscle.  I found out that the more I wrote, the bigger it got.”

― Philip José Farmer

Use that writing muscle and watch it grow stronger.

“Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.”

― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

That my friend is what works best.

“If you are not afraid of the voices inside you, you will not fear the critics outside you.”

― Natalie Goldberg, Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within

Courage is the superpower of everyone who writes and makes it public.

“Writers end up writing about their obsessions.  Things that haunt them; things they can’t forget; stories they carry in their bodies waiting to be released.”

― Natalie Goldberg

Write about things you know.

“Anything we fully do is an alone journey.”

― Natalie Goldberg

Writing is a solitary journey. But you need to know people if you want to create engaging characters and connect.

Finally, you just do it because you happen to like it.”

― Natalie Goldberg, Wild Mind: Living the Writer’s Life

That my dear friend, is why I write.

Tell me in the comments below, why you write.

6 Edible Greens to grow in your Urban Garden: Balcony gardening for beginners)

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When I started gardening five years back, I wanted to grow my own food. But that’s not easy on a balcony. But I keep on trying. One of my favorite experiments is growing leafy greens. I have tried hydroponics, aquaponics, store-bought organic liquid fertilizer. My favorite is still aquaponics.
I will share my experience with 6 plants whose greens I love growing and eating.

6 Edible Greens to Grow on your Blacony garden(for beginners)

Important features of these greens


They all started as seeds.
Were grown in a container
I used aquaponics
Sunlight from the east-facing balcony
Watering is done once daily
They are potted in well-aerated potting mix, with coco peat additionally

Above pumpkin greens grown in a container, used in a mixed veggie and Lettuce grown in Pindfresh

How to grow plants at home?

Have you ever wondered about growing vegetable in containers?Have you ever tried getting fresh sald greens from your kitchen garden?If this is something you like ,read on.

Basil

It grows as green lively bushes and has fragrant leaves. Takes about a year to grow. When its flowers pinch the flowers off, otherwise they become stemmy.

Lettuce:

Grows in winter and you can plant many varieties. Ready to pluck baby leaves within two to 3 weeks.

Pumpkin leaf:

Grown from ripe seeds of the pumpkin. Takes about 3 weeks to grow into a sprawling climber. You can wait for the pumpkin, but you can also eat the leaves in a mixed veggie.

Mustard greens :

Best grown in winter and early spring . The microgreens are delicious in salads and the bigger greens make for the sarson kaa sag.

how to start an EDIBLE garden (for beginners)

Coriander:

Fresh seeds are needed to grow Coriander. Old seeds will not sprout. Homegrown coriander smell and taste perfect. In salads and vegetable side dish, there’s nothing like fresh coriander


Garlic greens

You can grow them the year around.Use them in salads, in noodles. Quick to grow and delicious to eat.

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3 Reasons Why Blogs are Powerful

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Blogging for business is not on the agenda for many. They may just want to write a journal, share their creativity, rant, spread awareness and educate. Whatever it is. But in order to be sustainable, you will have to plan, if you want to keep doing it.

If none of the above are your goal, then maybe you will share the reason behind why you blog with me.

Amazon is cutting affiliate commission, the economy is not as good as it should be and you don’t know what to do with your blog, From the day I became eighteen I wanted to be financially independent. That’s my blog’s goal too. It must sustain itself. Whatever work I do it must support the money spent on the domain and hosting.

If not, then in times like these it gets difficult. If you do want to earn money through blogging, then you must have a plan. I talk about blog monetization in my book too. But today I will share why I find Blogs powerful.

How to Write for brands without selling your soul 

Blogs, if self-hosted is your fiefdom. You control PUBLISHING

The content, the pictures, the tone, the advertising, branding timing, everything. You are the one person who is answerable. That is important.

Sticky note:  This also makes you liable for fraud, plagiarism, misrepresentation, and defamation suits, if you are not careful. Blogging is serious fun. But it’s also serious.

Blogs are the mother of work from home.

You work from anywhere. Blog anytime, day or night. For moms, this is a golden opportunity to keep creating your online resume, for whatever work you do. Nowadays blogging and technical writing is both a part of the online presence of most brands.

Blogs help sustain your mental health, if you do it right.

Blogging is writing. That’s the crux of it. If you are like me and have no inkling why you started writing, but you feel unhappy not writing, you know what I am talking about.

If I don’t write I am sad. There are times when I get overwhelmed and don’t know what to do first. Then I  open a word doc and start writing. I remember it took courage to buy a domain name and hosting six years back when I knew even less. If not for blogging, new Corona crazy times would be savage. But because I blog, its easier to cope. Somewhat.

Do you think blogging is powerful? Let me know in the comments below.

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5 Secrets You Must Know Dear Daughter #NationalGirlChildDay

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 5 Secrets you must know dear daughter was written some time back. But today is #NationalGirlchildDay .I asked my daughter to read this post. She is six and she smiled at me reading the second and third para. Then she got distracted.

Next year I will try again. But till then dear reader, this is for you.

Darling daughter, I hope one day you will read this. One day you will know how you changed my life. One day you will know all your mom’s secrets. But today I will share my 5 secrets which helped me become who I am today.


I was a dreamer. A daydreamer, night dreamer, train and bus dreamer. I could dream anywhere. I also loved planning my dreams. That was much before I knew that planned dreaming is like action blueprints, with many fancy names. I read in a Russian fairy tale book(in Bengali).

Raat  pohale buddhi barey(Bengali)

Roughly translated it means:

Your brain will work better once the night is over!

I always thought it had something to do with dreams. Everything seems better after a good night’s rest.

Secret 1: Keep dreaming.But not in the classroom

I was an average student till I was in class seven . I did well in some and okay in others. But something changed after that. Without boring you with the details I will say this. I realized life getting better or not, depended a lot on my own choices. Once I stopped thinking I was the victim of circumstances I had control. Control over how much I studied, how I studied, why I studied. This was life-changing. After this, there was no looking back. I don’t remember my mother ever nagged me to study. I don’t want to either. So please study darling

Secret 2: Study hard and read a lot

 

5 Secrets you must know Dear Daughter NATIONAL GIRL CHILD DAY
NATIONAL GIRL CHILD DAY:5 Secrets you must know Dear Daughter

 

I had no plans of getting married until it was a romantic and kind prince, who could be braver than me, smarter than me(just a tiny bit). He also had to love books, plants, babies, traveling. He had to be self-made(earn loads of money). be good in studies too. If he got along with people, then that would be perfect.

Now I must be honest. When I married your father he was still studying, though he was a doctor(just like me) and we both earned a stipend.Not much though.Not yet self or otherwise made (in fact he had study loans)!

He loved books(but only textbooks). Shocking really! But loved all the rest. What clinched the deal? Oh yes, darling. Don’t be shocked, marriage is romantic but a deal between souls. He was kind.Very.That’s an underrated quality, but very important to look for in your partner. He was also nice. Even when we fought! He was also romantic.

God insisted we get married.M y soul insisted it was the real thing. We got married.T hat’s one of the biggest reasons I am able to do it all darling. Because your father helps me with everything. We don’t have gender-differentiated roles at home. You will know what I am talking about when you grow a little older.

Secret 3: Marry with care. Choose your spouse well. You spend more than half your life with him so he needs to be a friend.

Take care of your spirit. Never think you are a victim of circumstances.P ray, keep a habit of writing thank you note. It will help. Saying thank you and being grateful, helps you attract all the goodness of the universe toward you. How wonderful is that?

Secret 4: Practice thankfulness and Pray always. Faith is the biggest source of happiness.

Persist. Always. If there is one quality I want you to practice is persistence and perseverance.

You have to persist and do what you have to do, what you have to. What happens is destiny!

Secret 5 Persist and persevere.

I have a Bonus secret 6 for you! Have grace. Even if things don’t go according to your wish. Maybe the wish was not for your best.B both failure and success must be gratefully accepted. Because both teach us.

Do remember I always will love you. Wherever I am, I will be watching, listening and feeling all your emotions. Be a brave girl. Grow strong with each tear you shed and every smile you share.

You are my happiness and light and you came to this world because your parents loved you dearly, even before you were born.

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But will you heed my warnings? Will you learn from my wisdom, will you make the same mistakes? Will you be wiser?

I don’t know dear daughter. What I do know, is to have faith and persist in Mommying.

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7 Stressfree ways to Eat right when you travel

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Travel Nutrition is that even a thing?

Why I can’t stop talking about nutrition?

All fats are not equal.  Neither are all proteins.

If you know about my fascination with healthy food you will realize why I made my book Nutrition Diet Myths and life free for a few days.

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Nutrition Diet Myths and Life (Nutrition Secrets Book 4) by Dr.Amrita Basu https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07VSRDNY2/

NUTRITION Diet Myths and Life by Dr.Amrita Basu
NUTRITION Diet Myths and Life by Dr.Amrita Basu

As a child growing up in a regular Bengali Middle- class family, homecooked simple meals were always on the table.

No processed or fast food except maybe phucchka!

Then medical college came, and duty schedules and food habits all went for a toss.  What exactly was good food?  Someone surviving on frozen chicken had difficult answers coming up.  I suffered food poisoning not once, but at least four times in my adult life as a doctor and realized things needed changing.

I could hardly help people if I kept falling ill.

In 2008 we had traveled to Nainital, for a holiday with friends. I snacked the entire day. Then the inevitable happened. After a horrible bout of vomiting, I simply had no fun the entire evening. 

Lessons learned from that feeling you get after throwing up your entire days’ worth of favorites snacks, is not easy to forget.

Food habits are not easy to break.  Neither are new habits, easy to make.  But if you don’t make the change your body starts showing who is the boss.

That’s why I share my ways of avoiding Travel health and nutrition pitfalls. Things that work for me.

7 Stressfree ways to Eat right when you travel

When I travel I strictly ask for bottled water. Drink plenty of water as staying hydrated is important at all times.

Eat fresh and local as far as possible.

Skip antacids and PPI.  This prevents worms and bacteria from proliferating . The stomach acidity kills them and you have less chance of catching a bug!

Raw protein and cut fruits vegetables are risks you should avoid. 

Avoid eating late.

Walk run swim, trek don’t have an entirely passive holiday.  Those 40 minutes of walk is a must .

If you eat well and stay healthy you travel better.

Try more ala carte than buffet if possible, Avoids food wastage and overeating.

Eat right even when you travel.  Food exercise and health go hand in hand.  If you miss health while you travel, you will miss the fun of travel.

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