Reader’s Digest India – July 2019

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“I have to use the bathroom—where’s the pause button?”

SUSAN CAMILLERI KONAR


AS KIDS SEE IT


his shaven head sitting
in front of the fire, wrea-
thed in smoke, the little
girl piped up,“Mom!
Is that God?”
—T. VIJAY RAGHAVAN,
Chennai

it was uncle-bullying
day instead.
—GURLEEN S. SAHOTA

My cousin bought a
house in the UK and
asked an Indian priest
to conduct a religious
ceremony to bless their
new home. During the
rituals, her four-year-
old daughter walked
in. Awestruck by the
robe-clad priest with

The last Wednesday of
February was Pink Shirt
Day. The next morning,
my three-year-old
daughter asked my
wife, Ruby, whether it
was still “anti-bullying
day”. Not officially, Ruby
said, but every day is
anti-bullying day in a
manner of speaking,
because you should
never bully anyone. My
daughter then asked if

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