Category: Introduction of Domain

This is the starting point. You’ll be introduced to the foundational ideas, key concepts, the mission and the vision behind Roots n Wings.

  • Strengthening Roots, Giving Wings: Empowering Communities

    Daily writing prompt
    How would you improve your community?
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    ✦I hope to support the community at its most foundational level by empowering parents, teachers, and caregivers with practical ideas and meaningful strategies.

    ✦When the adults in a child’s world feel equipped and confident, children are more likely to flourish—reaching their full potential while growing into individuals who are socially and culturally competent, and  physically, mentally, and academically strong. This vision is deeply personal to me, and it is what has led me here @ Roots n Wings.

    Raising Kids & Shaping Future

    ⚡When I look around, I feel a growing urgency. We constantly read and hear about the challenges children face today—fragile mental health, low frustration tolerance, and an increasing need for instant gratification. Alongside this, digital addiction has emerged as a modern epidemic, often contributing to behavioral and emotional concerns.

    ⚡Adolescents, especially, are navigating a demanding world—balancing parental expectations, peer pressure, bullying, and their own inner questions about identity and belonging. At the same time, many parents and educational systems are still adapting to these rapidly changing needs. The increasing cases of self-harm among students remind us that we need to pause, reflect, and respond with greater sensitivity.

    💫This is where I believe positive psychology can make a real difference.

    It is not just about addressing problems after they arise, but about preventing them—building emotional strength, resilience, and awareness early on. It complements therapy by creating a strong foundation for well-being.

    ✦With my background in teaching, along with my training as a counselor and therapist, I feel prepared to contribute to this space. While I know my journey is still in its early stages, my intention is clear—to reach more people, to share what I’ve learned, and to make a meaningful difference.

    ✦And most importantly, I believe this with conviction—I am ready for this.

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  • The Magic of a Classroom Through a Five-Year-Old’s Eyes

    What you see in the picture is five-year-old me in the cape. The woman in the purple saree is my aunt—my mother’s younger cousin—standing in her classroom, teaching her students.

    That day, I accompanied her to school, and I was completely in awe of her presence—the quiet authority she held, and the way her students looked up to her. In that moment, something shifted within me. I decided what I wanted to be. I, too, wanted that same magical influence. I wanted to be a teacher, just like Rama Masi.

    As I grew up, I often taught my imaginary students—long before I began teaching real ones. Later, I pursued a Master’s in Counselling and Family Therapy and completed a teacher training course. Today, I conduct workshops for teachers, carrying forward that early spark of inspiration. 𐦂𖨆𐀪𖠋

  • Born With X Factor

    🌸 Here’s to the women pave the way for future generations, who provide both roots and wings!

    🍃On March 8, we celebrate the X — the mark of creation. Beyond biology lies brilliance, the quiet strength, the capacity. The capacity to nurture without losing strength, to lead with empathy, to raise emotionally secure children.

    It’s about power — expressed with grace, the soft power. 🍀

    No, we don’t compete for power. We are power. Before you disagree let me elaborate my point.

    Let’s bring genetics into the conversation. X chromosome contains significantly greater number of genes. Then, certain conditions (mitochondrial) can be inherited down the maternal line only.

    🍃Well, leave the genetics aside and consider socialization. Although fathers’ involvement in child-rearing is increasing, yet studies indicate that, on average, mothers spend significantly more time on direct childcare and daily routines compared to fathers. Understandably, mothers have a greater impact on their children’s behavior, attitudes, and personalities. So, until the time men take equal share of child rearing responsibilities, women would continue to lead not just support.

    Oh, does this sound divisive?  Allow me be an unapologetic feminist today 🙂 Happy Women’s Day! 💐

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  • When They Grow Wings

    Mother’s Quiet Flutter

    ༗ It often amazes me how a poet manages to take a peek into the recesses of human heart! This is what struck me when I listened to Pt Jasraj’s soulful rendition of a verse by the great poet Surdas. For those who have not dived into Hindi literature, I’d add that Surdas has written devotional poetry vividly descibing Lord Krisna’s childhood.

    ༗ Get the gist of the song first.

    🪈🧞‍♀️Maa Yashoda is resting in her bed musing about her little son, who has gone to graze the cows for the first time. The child is small, yet big enough to go out to do what he ought to do. A cow herd boy must learn his job. He will soon be sharing this responsibility. The mother is anxious that little one has left home and is out on work, how will he manage, what challenges might he face. She is thrilled as her little one emerges from the cocoon. She is beaming with pride at the little steps her son takes. She offers prayers and gratitude to Gods for blessing her with such a wonderful child.

    I wonder once again how well the poet knows what lies deep in the heart of a mother! The verse is about Maa Yashoda and her son Krisna.

    ༗ The poet is relevant when the poetry is universal, not confined to time and place. Instead of Maa Yahoda and her son, it could be any mother/parent, any other child, even changed times, but the emotions and their complexity remain unchanged.

    ༗ Try putting it in the current context. Children going out for grazing cows is uncommon. But it signify the child transitioning into the next stage, which could mean the first day in the play group, an adolescent appearing for a crucial board exam or a young lad setting out for the hostel life. So the myriad of emotions that the poet describes so beautifully and tenderly are still relatable.  

      ▶︎•၊၊||၊|။||||။၊|။• Enjoy The song that inspired these thoughts.

    🎼Enjoy the song as I fall short of describing the beauty of the original verse, but Pandit Jasraj’s magical rendition captures it perfectly. Witness two legends across centuries come together in this song.

    What’s your take? Share your thoughts in the comments below! 💬

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  • The Best Gift I Received

    Daily writing prompt
    Share one of the best gifts you’ve ever received.
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    My father gave me the best gift I ever received. It has been more than a decade since Pa passed away but his gift I still cherish. It provides the silver lining when the dark clouds loom. To me it’s a source of comfort and a guiding force. It’s like a spring that never runs dry. ༘⋆🌷🫧💭

    Whenever a tune thrills me, a verse stirs my soul and words inspire deep thoughts, I thank my father. It was he who kindled in me the love for music and literature through his own passion.📚𝄞

  • I Go With GPS

    I read this prompt and was prompting myself to write about. I thought of all gadgets, home appliances that made life simple and easy. Then came mobile phone, online banking, cashless transactions.

    But most important? I could not zero in on one, the most important, until I read about Dr Glady West, who died recently, July 17, 2026. She is the woman behind GPS. A mathematician whose research laid the groundwork for global position system.

    This, of all inventions, is the most important one for me. Why? Because I have always struggled with driving due to my terrible sense of direction. My sense of direction is so pathetic that I could get lost anywhere, even in my neighbourhood. How often I wonder this building was on the left how come it’s come on the right! Now of course, the building won’t move.

    If I had to go somewhere, no matter how well someone explained directions I could never trust my sense. At every turn I asked directions. Going anywhere alone meant a lot of stress, even if I had been to a place several times. People invited me ‘Come over, you can drive.’ ‘Yes, I can, but how do I tell you what my problem is’.(´•︵•`)

    But all this is a thing of past. No getting lost, nor asking directions ever since GPS came into my life. My life changed. I feel safe, secure, confident. Tell me ‘where to’ and I’ll drive. And since then GPS has become my constant companion on all drives, even when I know the way and I drive to the place frequently. With GPS as my guide, I’m never alone.

    Thank you Dr Gladys West for navigating my life! 🌹

  • Give Me Break ⚒️

    Daily writing prompt
    Do you need a break? From what?
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    You know what! I need a break from daily chores. I don’t want to cook three meals every day and I love to eat home cooked food and have no appetite for ordered food.

    I want to go to a place where there’s no laundry, nor dishes, nor cleaning. I want freedom from house work and I want a tidy home.

    Even as I am writing I am dreaming of a life where I have some more me time, some more books, my laptop, my kindle, my music system and my long walks with my companion.

    Do dreams come true? ⋆˚₊ 𖤓☽˚.⋆

  • My All Time Favourite Candy

    Daily writing prompt
    What’s your favorite candy?
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    These are jaggery cubes.

    If these are too big for me, I cut it into pieces, pop one, roll it in my mouth and let it melt 🙂 I usually like to have one after meals.

    Have you tried it ever?

  • and it never gets done…

    Daily writing prompt
    Something on your “to-do list” that never gets done.
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    I was 10 when some guest speaker addressed us, students, in our school. He expatiated on the virtues of rising early and made a deep impression on young me. Before that, I often heard from my father ‘Early to bed and early to rise…’ ⋆.˚ ☾⭒.˚

    ⏰So in my early days I made a resolve to be an early bird. I often set the alarm for 4 or 5 am but alarm could never rouse me from my slumberand even if it did I soon dozed back. 💤

    My mother finally told me not to set the alarm as it woke up everybody but me. I agreed on the condition that she would get me up. That too didn’t work and whatever time I was up I threw a tantrum why she did not get me out of bed in time. 😫

    Decades later my dream of being ‘healthy, wealthy and wise’ is still unrealized. ッ

  • My Ideal Day

    Daily writing prompt
    Describe your most ideal day from beginning to end.
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    🌄 I wake up in time to catch the glimpse of the rising sun. I like to behold the ruddy sky in the east. Then i sit or lie down calmly thinking my thoughts. When I’m done I’ll stretch and sit for my Pranayam.🪷 I lie down some more listening to my favourite songs by Pt Jasraj, Kumar Gandharv, Begum Akhtar or whichever song has me under its spell at that moment. I play that again and again. ♫

    No chores please! And no plans either!

    📚I then pick some books and my kindle too. Those are at the hand so I lift them without having to get up. Surrounded by the books thus, now I pick my phone check mails, messages, feed, some shopping site while books wait for me. One fine moment I’d shove it away, pick a book and immerse myself. Once in a while I pause and wonder at the beauty of thoughts and words. I doze off, read again, listen to the music and keep alternating between these.

    🍂Come evening and I need to go for a long walk with a friend, we talk, exchange ideas, sit on the bench or the grass, feel the breeze, gaze up, chill some more…some writing before retiring. 😴

    Oh, I didn’t say a word about meals. I don’t want to give much thought to it. Fruits, juices, soups, coffee would be fine on an ideal day. 🍍🍎🍓🍇☕⛾☕︎