How Can We Matter

I started writing blogs on my Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ntunni but soon realized that I needed a dedicated platform for blogging. Facebook offers minimal formatting options and you can't create a unique look and feel that reflects your writing style. Also, it's challenging for me as well as for my friends to discover my older blog posts on Facebook.  Image courtesy Pixabay On a dedicated blog , people can easily search and browse an archive. Another problem is that Facebook's algorithm controls what shows up in users' feeds. Even with a large following, only a small percentage of friends might see your posts. Finally, your content technically resides on Facebook's platform. They could change policies and even remove certain contents without notice. A dedicated blog platform gives you complete ownership and control . Therefore, I created a new website to host my blogs, namely www.howcanwematter.com and I use the Google Blogger tool to create and publish my ...

This morning I received a set of questions from my 9-year old granddaughter from Singapore, studying in Grade 3. She is interviewing her grandfather as part of her teaching assignment on the topic of ' Young Entrepreneurs '. 

My dear grandson - you have turned eighteen! Today is the first day of a new chapter in your life. You only have one more year as a teenager, when your age number ends with ' teen'.  You have turned 18 but always remember that your parents will never stop nagging and telling you what to do!

It is a major milestone in the life of our family. Our minor grandson, just a month shy of his eighteenth birthday, took wings and flew away to the United States from Dubai for his college studies.

In any society there are timeless customs such as respect for the elders and teachers. Religion serves as a strong influence on our traditions and customs. 

Leonhard Euler, one of the most ingenious mathematicians of the 18th century came up with a puzzle in 1782 which an Indian mathematician solved 177 years later in 1959! The puzzle goes like this: 

My grandson, in his 12th grade philosophy class, is given the following type of discussion assignments: 

The ancient India had several universities , many of them devoted to higher learning, which attracted scholars and students from as far away as China, Persia, and Greece . India's Vedic civilization had given great prominence to education in the society. The two most famous ancient Indian universities, and also the oldest ones in the world, are Takshashila and Nalanda .

This is an important national milestone in the development of the country and probably the most creditable achievement of the Modi government as it will touch and shape each and every person of our future generation for years to come.

The first school that I attended in my village was a primary school called Paral School and Koran Master was its Head. It has weathered 70 years of sustained existence, now with the name South Kuthuparamba UP School . The roof is tiled now, whereas it was covered with thatched coconut leaves during my days.

Yesterday we travelled 100 years back in time to have a rare glimpse into the lives of early Chinese migrants in Singapore. These migrants left their villages in China as they were driven by famine, floods, and unrest, and came to Singapore with the hope of earning a living and seeking a better life.

My grandson tagging along with her elder sister to preschool in their Singapore condo.