Gerald D'Cunha

Pic.: Anima D'Cunha “Above all, I think, it is good to be confident in one’s own skin. Accepting yourself, just the way you are, with all your gifts and flaws is not an easy task.” - Meryl Jacob (Age16) L ike I did during our last year’s PD course, this time too, I promised our young-ones and little-ones, both, that I would be releasing a book on the day of their certification, i.e., on 12 th June, 2016. And, this time, it would be titled: ‘WHAT MAKES ME CONFIDENT’. So, as I did last year, this time too I encouraged them to come up on stage and tell straight from their hearts what made them confident... Majority did... straight from the heart. Some wanted to write their thoughts down first and then come up and present… But, all did. They have handed me a copy of their speech and, I am putting them together in the book ‘WHAT MAKES ME CONFIDENT’… It will be out on their big day! However, before the book gets released, I shall be...

Pic.: Tanvi Jeurkar S even-year-old Aniket is fantastic… Naturally confident, exuberant… Pleasant to be with, adorable… I can go on and on… But, then, he is restless… like a rat! Well, by now, a person like me – a fifty-seven-year-old teacher/trainer knows that’s Aniket’s excess energy…  It is difficult to contain it… So, when he comes to our Kiddos’ PD sessions, he brings it out by not sitting at one place… or not doing one thing at one time… He is there everywhere… sometimes, over the benches, sometimes under them… Yes, if I can make Aniket sit at one place and pay attention, that would be a great feat – that’s what his young parents jokingly say – and, he deserves a certificate for that… And, I, too! From the day one, I tried to cajole Aniket… in ten different ways – to be less restless. “Beta , if you sit at one place and pay attention, I will give you a special prize on the day of our certificate, ok?” “Ok sir; but, first tell me what is t...