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[QUOTE=gulfIndian;381882]We had a family friend while we were in the UAE some 15 years ago. His son was not speaking a word till he was around 3 years. He used to move around aimlessly and not able to hold his attention to anything even for a minute. He was diagnosed with Autism and after confirming ...

Here is an update on my son. We took him to the Pediatric Neurologist. He was diagnosed with Autism as expected. We took him to the public school funded "IEP" programme also. He was selected for this programme. He started going to school since last December. The school is 5 days a week. Some days ...

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This thread reminded me of that DDLJ dialogue by Amrish Puri when Kajol asks him for permission to see Europe.
"Jaa Simran Jaa.. apni zindagi jeele." ( Go Simran go.. Live your life)

Looks like I am in a minority here. I have an unbelievable pressure from my relatives to R2I. Every time I talk to ANY of my family members or Close relatives, the first thing they ask is "When are you coming back"? I keep saying "a few days more"... Of late, I truly dread calling India. None of you ...

Interesting thread... I had a first-hand experience in my childhood. My first and last ( I hope) I was 8 years, 3 months old. My dad was away from home on a camp. I woke up one night at around mid-night and could not sleep throughout the night. That was a summer night. But, a cold chill kept me ...

[QUOTE=mkngtrbl;323154]From my experience, it is not the best way to travel with parents unless you have done it before. I went on a trip with friends to Yellowstone in a RV and the following incidents happened: [COLOR="red"]1. We left some items on the RV kitchen counter and they were all right by ...

I am planning to take my folks (parents included) to a week long vacation along the east coast. Iterenary is not planned yet. I am thinking of renting an RV for the following reasons. 1) Privacy. 2) A new experience to us.. especially the parents. 3) We are 5 adults. We all can travel together ...

I still cannot understand why people believe in evil eyes.
My close family friend use to be very open with us. But, she did not tell us that she was pregnant till she was 4 months.
She was a very well educated, smart lady. Why on earth would she do that?

[QUOTE=ana;309845]I would think that Bay area is a budge and lot of younger people and lots of startups. People talk diffretly over there. [B]If you see profile of people on linkedin from bay area[/B], its mainly technology. The pace of life is different too. One year might be a short time to make a ...

Dear r2iers, I am in US since 2003 and all my US life is spent in different cities in the East coast. Now, for various reasons I am moving back to India in August 2011. That is fixed. My dream was to live in California sometime in my life. But, never got a chance. Of late, I was thinking of finding ...