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 Picture is from public domain I have heard so many people with their stories of maid and I was very skeptical about the whole thing. Since I am working, and was about to deliver a baby, I had to hire someone who can take care of my daughter, house & me. Being in Dubai this is the hardest job to handover your bundle of joy to someone you don’t know and thorough preparation is required. My first experience with maid was like others where I had to send her back just in 3 months of working with us. We had hired her as my husband knew her and we did not do any reality check or aligned expectations. We were happy to call someone we knew but that turned out to be even worse.   Now equipped with the latest failure, I knew what I wanted and started searching for a new maid with a strong believe that there are good people on earth and someone better would replace her and as if my wish was granted, I found the perfect maid for us. But to get there I assured the following:

Just as the name suggest, if you want the taste of India, you need to rush to enjoy time with Sankalp, situated in Oud Metha Road, near Lamcy plaza. Oud Metha is home to several restaurants, which suits to Jain, Vegetarians & Vegans. What separates Sankalp from other restaurants is their authentic Indian Punjabi & Chinese food. If you want to get a taste of Indian Chinese food, this is the place you must visit. We tried their mouthwatering ‘Chatpata Chinese Sizzler’. The sizzling platter included Noodles, Rice, Manchurian & Paneer Chili – all you want to eat in Chinese cuisine. I can’t get over with the taste which I wanted for so long. There are many Chinese restaurants but they won’t give you the same taste of India, I think Sankalp has done it!       Next we wanted to try their different specialty, which as per them was the Punjabi food. So, we ordered their Paneer Veg Gungatz which is mix of two vegetables separated by Papad. The taste was too g

I was in for the orientation day for my 2 years old daughter and was surprised on the questions raised at the meeting by other parents. There were questions like, will you feed the children? what if they don’t eat the food? will you make them learn how to eat food? I was surprised because my child was not only eating on her own but was also toilet trained and wearing shoes on her own so it was very strange for me and made me realize that there are few things which I might be doing differently. 1.        Over caring is spoiling them : We as a parent feel that children needs too much care to grow up but the opposite is true, they need our guidance and support rather than over care. Often parents do too much to look after the child and are exhausted to the core. I have seen mother running after child to feed, some mothers feed her son or daughter until they are 10years old. Mothers feel that they are responsible for their children’s food and stuff them. When my daughter was 6 month