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A homemaker's job

A housewife's job, as they say, is never done. It goes on 24/7, 365 days a year.  While corporate and other jobs have holidays and weekends, our load increases on these days. Because with others at home, we get busy getting them to enjoy themselves. So we work twice as hard!! What with cooking, cleaning, washing, drying, ironing, making beds, dusting, arranging things, etc. etc., what we really treasure is the rare moments of peace we manage to find out in our non-stop schedules. To ignorant snobs our job is easy - after all we are at home, unemployed, lazying about - what can targets and deadlines mean to us? But only we know the significance of serving hot and delicious meals on time, getting children ready for school, being there for the family when they need us, lending a patient ear to all problems. And while corporate jobs are easily filled with replaceable incumbents, our job is hard to fill up with anyone else but us. As our designations became glamorized to homemake...

Inside Out: Brilliant!!

How do they do it? Again and again? Hollywood is creating new benchmarks in animation, the next surpassing the last. What wonderfully creative ventures that take animation to new levels! Disney Pixar has brought another jewel out of its kitty. Inside Out is an absolute gem of a movie, entertaining, amusing, reflective and thought provoking. Though ostensibly for youngsters, this film has something for everybody, age notwithstanding. After all, the five emotions are universal and create havoc in everyone's mind in the same manner that they do in little Riley's mind. And though Joy tries to dominate, how many times we have been controlled by Anger or Disgust or Fear ? And how many of us actually revel and find solace in Sorrow ? The movie drives home the sweet homily that all emotions need to be in tandem for us to function properly, and even negative emotions are required.  The visual impact is outstanding; we can actually feel the emotions and touch their impact...