शनिवार, 3 जनवरी 2009

An article from my series-life after50 published in garhwal post

UTILIZE YOUR TALENT: Senior Entrepreneurs
There are incidents of women getting into depression when they find themselves lonely after their children leave home to settle in their careers and lives. This series is intended to motivate them to enjoy and live life to the fullest.
In the past weeks you would have read about women who live extremely well in their “empty nest” stage. They spend 25-30 years of their lives in the responsibility of their family members and after the children are settled elsewhere, they are now spending all time on themselves or with their husbands, taking up hobbies and things they enjoy.
This week also you are going to know about a good way to keep SAHMs(stay at home mom)busy and active .Lets utilize our talent and share our way of life through smallthingsgp@gmail.com
Remembering Mrs. Asha Dhingra brings a smile to a foody like me. In face, as I think about Mrs. Dhingra, I can almost feel the taste of delicious foods prepared by her. Her cooking talent was legendary. In my previous colony, we ladies would meet at any one’s place just to chit chat. Whenever there was an evening meet at Mrs. Dhingra’s place, we would look forward to scrumptious dishes and she always surpassed all expectations. Asha loved cooking and found pleasure in serving delicious food. The attendance was 100% when there was a kitty party, birthdays= celebration, wedding anniversary or the weekly kirtan because of the amazing high tea.
Asha’s children who are now grown up and working, remember that they never got to eat their own tiffin at school, because their friends would eat it all up even before lunch break!
Now when Asha is relatively free from her household duties, she has plenty of time in her hands. She is utilizing this time and her talent to run her own little business from home. Not only does she run cooking classes but also delivers tiffins on prior booking to young people who come to town to study or work.
Asha laughs about being the “oldest entrepreneur” and starting work at the age of retirement. She says she gets to do the one thing she loves. It keeps her busy and active and gives her confidence in herself.

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