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10 Gift ideas on Baby Shower / God Bharai /Dohale Jevan !

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Yesterday I was invited in a baby shower ceremony of a cooligue’s daughter. We are a group of 4-5 ladies who were to go to attend this function. I am the youngest in all of them. So generally at such situations, deciding the gift , buying it and collecting contribution becomes my responsibility.   Since the time was very less, I could not explore the online buying opportunity. But online sites like First cry and all gave me at least an idea what all kind of gifts can be given to a mother to be on a baby shower. We ,in India believe that nothing related to the baby is to be given on baby shower. But in western countries they generally give gifts related to new born on baby shower. So that option was ruled out. I decided to go and check out 1-2 shops nearby . And I learned that either the maternity apparels are too dingy or they are too pricy for hardly 2 months of use. And moreover, the size of a mother-to-be was again a confusion for me. Because nobody had seen her that ...

Who is the real Maratha ? !!

Well , the yelling situation in Maharashtra over Maratha reservation triggered me to write this. Born to and raised in typical Deshmukh Maratha family in Latur. Raised under so called traditions, which is actually a restriction to live a bird free life. But eventually you learn to take pride in these traditions. And you don't even come to know when you fall prey to all these traditions and proudly adapt with these restrictions .Then you learn to boast that I am from 96 K family. And so was I.. But all my pride and belonging ness to this Maratha , 96 K community shattered during my admission to Engineering college. I had scored good marks which helped me in getting admission in Government College or Government Seat in a Private College. I was 16 years old then. But my mother could not gather enough money for my admission. Though she never shared with me the financial crunch or the financial problems she had been going through , but as the admission date was nearing, I sensed th...