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Suryansh Tomar's avatar

I resonated a lot with this piece.

Sometimes, I lose my temper in some situations and immediately realise that the situation could've been dealt in a different way.

It is comforting to know that other people also feel the way I do, and I am not alone in this.

Also, it is very inspirational to hear that you are pursuing your PG, all the best for that !

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Rakhi Kurup's avatar

I am so glad this resonated with you. Yes most of us are feeling the same things but somehow we feel we are the exceptions. Thank you, I completed the PG in 2020.

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Meera Bharat's avatar

Beautiful piece Rakhi! I like how you delved into this topic and made me travel with you on that train and sit beside you in your class. Much praise to A2 and his maturity and your wisdom in recognizing the truth behind this young man’s words. Kudos to you.

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Rakhi Kurup's avatar

Thank you so much for your kind words Meera. Yeah the boys turned out OK, making us wiser in the process.

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Binu Sivan's avatar

Thanks for sharing these incident, Rakhi. I think it’s wonderful that you took your family’s feedback and then took the responsibility to apologize. That is not an easy thing to do because of that small thing called ego. So kudos to your son and you.

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Rakhi Kurup's avatar

Thank you so much for your kind words Binu.

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Brijesh Kartha's avatar

Very topical. It is so easy to lose my temper especially since COVID. But everytime i do i am racked by guilty feeling.

Also i love Anna Kotta.

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Rakhi Kurup's avatar

Yes, the guilt is too much. As you can see, I am still carrying it around. Yes Ana Kotta was very well maintained when we went there.

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