Quality education is the answer
India is a populous country with problems that every developing country has, however there are ways to tackle them. Manisha Agarwal, director, Wisdom World School, says that the only solution to our problems is world-class education for all. “Education is at the base of every solution, knowledge is the only way we can actually tackle problems in life,” says Agarwal.
She explains that Wisdom World School is a renowned ICSE school in Pune which aims at providing quality education. The school took shape out of her own experience when she moved to Pune and had to enrol her daughter in a school here. Since Agarwal herself studied in an ISCE board school, she wanted her children to study in the same atmosphere. However, most of the ICSE schools in Pune are not co-ed.
Agarwal was convinced that she had to put a co-ed ICSE school on Pune map, which she did with Wisdom World School. “Convent schools or other schools in general either have only girls or only boys, and a rare few have both, but what happens in such a setting is that children don’t get a hang of how they should be with one another when they start studying in colleges, and they have this awkward state of mind on how they should mingle about, which is something I really wanted to address,” Agarwal says.
She strongly believes that if schools impart the right knowledge along with the said syllabus, the children of the country will shine better and create a better future for all of us.
A 24x7 job
While most working people look forward to the weekend to be at home and have a good time with family, there is a section of women who work without any weekly offs or paid leaves. These women are homemakers. “Household working, balancing and managing everything at home is a full time job, and the salary that you get in return is love,” says Manisha Bansal. She rues the fact that people often look down upon women who are homemakers and pass comments.
She believes that even if it is a tedious job, the satisfaction of being at home and helping others with their life is the best part of it. “Being a full time homemaker is not easy, you have to take care of yourself along with the others in the family. And you have to maintain a good balance while doing so,” says Bansal.
She used to run a play school but moved on to be a homemaker eventually. And when she did that, initially, she would often wonder what she would do the entire day because she was used to working. “Day one was boring, but later on, once I got the hang of managing stuff, I realised that time is not enough to do things when it comes to a home,” says Bansal.
So what is the one thing that she really enjoys about being a homemaker? Bansal proudly says that she really loves the fact that she is always around her family when they need her the most. “I am a person who loves cooking, so I love taking utmost care in deciding the menu of the day and making sure that everyone gets to eat their favourite food at least once in the day,” says Bansal.
She says that she is not looking for appreciation, but it is the little things and little efforts that her children and her husband take that makes her super happy.
Heal from within
Dr Nidhi Agarwal is a homeopathic practitioner for more than a decade now and is the director of Prakash Holistic Health Care Centre (PHHCC) in Viman Nagar. Agarwal loves guiding, curing and holistically providing her patients and their families with the best of health.
Practising as a family physician and specialising in Pediatrics, Agarwal has been promoting a medicine-free lifestyle and holistic healing of the body, mind and soul. “From toddlers to teenagers, everyone loves this approach of living a medicine-free life,” says Agarwal.
She says that she befriends her little patients and treats them with a few sweet pills and more lifestyle changes at an early age so that it becomes a habit for them in future. “From deworming to high grade fever, skin acnes to young age obesity and lifestyle diseases to common cold, low haemoglobin, I work closely with the patients to provide them effective and efficient ways to cure and prevent recurrences,” adds Agarwal.
Her motto is to successfully guide her patients towards a lifestyle where they can cure their body from within by understanding its requirements and nutrifying it accordingly.
She motivates people to embrace home remedies and use ingredients from their kitchens — herbs, spices and more, effectively and efficiently to manage their health. “The elements in your kitchen are like the door to your good health. Embrace the natural food from the grocery and keep your pills at bay,” she says.
At her workshops held under the aegis of Mark your Presence, she gets into an interactive tête-à-tête with participants and makes them delve deep and understand their body and its needs. Under the single roof of PHHCC, they are introduced to the management of their health through lifestyle changes to give a boost to their immune system, guidance for a nutritious and well chalked out diet plan and ways to handle stress and worries. She also provides online guidance and consultation for all physical ailments, mental health and wellness.
