Prakash goes to school!
October 14, 2007
No achievement is as rewarding as that of helping those in need.
One of our biggest achievements on this trip to India was getting this child on his way to a bright education. This little 7 year old is our cook’s son and hails all the way from Nepal. He just joined Natasha’s parents in Gujarat about 3 months ago.
Meet Prakash : ).
One of the first things you will notice about this little aged wonder is his mannerisms. “Thank you Jijaji” or “Your Welcome” are his favorite lines in conversation. He barely speaks much Hindi and mostly talks in his local lingo. His dad who is just 26 years old goes by the name of Karan has his wife and daughter back in Nepal with his uncle. They did visit, but not for too long. When we got there, one of the first things we bought Prakash was a set of crayons and an art book. This little genius finished it in a day : ).
I guess all the while he was eyeing my laptop and hopped straight for it. You will be surprised on how smart this little mountain boy is.
Kids these days!!! : )
Anyways, I got him started on it and in no time he learned how to use the mouse, click on internet links and navigate across various sites. In the pic above, he’s hip-hopping to some of our remixes Nepali style! ; ). One of his favorite internet pass time is miniclip.com. Yes, the games! He managed to keep himself busy for about 3-4 hours a day just playing. Reminded me of me when I was little. Though he doesn’t know how to read or write beyond the simple alphabets, one of his strongest traits is his keen observation.
We eventually had him visit us in Bombay as well. This little trekker has never seen the sea. Here he is having roasted corn on the cob at Juhu beach in Bombay.
Anyways, thanks for reading this! This is the cute Prakash who for his age is the kindest loving child I have known. We’ve sponsored his education for the next 14 years and hopefully that should do him well in his future to come.
Wish him luck!
We have some wonderful pictures of him right here.
- Evans & Natasha
Prakash @ Juhu Beach staring at a Coast Guard Chopper.
@ Juhu Beach feasting away on the rocks!
We told him not to get wet… He actually listened! 
Miniclip.com meet Prakash! Prakash meet miniclip.com!
We hired a temporary 7 day touring service while in Gujarat 
. Natasha is in the back seat!
Preg Police #4: Hail thy lord after the Blow of the Bull
December 20, 2001
In 2007, a relative in Natasha’s family gave her a piece of advice on how to get pregnant. I remember this so clearly because I mimicked the pose all the time to irritate Natasha. In kamasutra, the position is called the ‘Blow of the Bull’ but that’s not the real issue here. The real issue is the drama unfolding in the after math.
“How long should I keep my legs in the air?”, she asked her close relative.
“Around 20 – 30 minutes.”
If you google ‘legs in the air’ & ‘pregnant’, you will hear pretty much the same story in slight variations; but does it really work?
Last year in India (2007), instead of spending all our time in Goa, we visited an IVF specialist in Bombay. Natasha was stressed out. It had been just a few months since we started trying. We were supposed to work on it for at least a year; but who can reason with panic!? We talked to the IVF doctor about her relative’s advice.
We said, “We performed the Hail to the Lord with the legs in the air after the Blow of the Bull.”
She burst out laughing…
“It’s all bull!!”, she said, lol…
Many moms may defend this with their experience but here’s what we found out with ours.
“Hail to the Lord” didn’t work.
The IVF didn’t work.
Eating carrots & becoming energizer bunnies also didn’t work.
Our really good friend Anu told us something that worked.
She said, “Screw it!”
“Just enjoy your life. When the baby has to come, it will. It did for me.”
Natasha got back onto her alcohol diet, we got back into the party scene and I took a solemn oath in the presence of a Bacardi & Coke.
“I will never give you up.
I will always fill you up.
Never gonna run around and desert you!”
Moral of our story:
Everyone’s pregnancy is different just like everyone’s finger prints. Stuff that may work for you may not work for us and vice versa.
A Side note: The IVF doctor placed embryos into the uterus and even that didn’t work. It reminded me of the story of bringing the horse to the water.
HAIL TO THY LORD!!
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