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ALL ARE GIFTS, BUT NOT ALL ARE GIFTED

MOHAN DHALL’s column on ‘why it is important for us to accept that giftedness is a rare trait’ was retweeted several times.

Russel Warne @russwarne tweeted: This is the sort of thing @ NAGCGIFTED NAGCG should be tweeting: con dent, logically sound, and mainstream w/in the eld. Good work!

Jeanine@tuxchewfonz tweeted: Statements like this belittle the struggles gifted people experience.

Elizabeth Adams wrote: All students are graceful dancers – in their own style.

Jenny Sarrano wrote: Yes, I hate hearing this and I hear this often. People have no idea of the challenges of asynchronous development.

Grace Zell wrote: This saying should actually be ‘all children are special in their own way’ or could even be ‘all children have their own gifts’ which could be things that they are really good at without trying but not every child is academically advanced or ‘gifted’ with all the intensities and intuition and rapid connections that academically gifted kids have.

25 Years Of Srk In Bollywood

‘Badshah of Bollywood’ Shah Rukh Khan celebrated 25 years in the Hindi lm industry recently. We asked our readers what their fav SRK dialogue is Mona Sharma wrote: Duniya mein kitni hai nafratein, phir bhi dilon mein hai chahatein. Mar bhi jaaye pyar waale, mitt bhi jaaye yaar waale, zinda rehti unki mohabbatein from Mohabbatein

Mona Sharma wrote again: Ammijaan kehti thi koi dhanda chota nahi hota aur dhande se bada koi dharm nahi hota from Raees

Rajni Luthra wrote: Woh sattar minute... from Chak De India really touched me

Nivedita Kunder wrote: Aaj ek hasee aur baant loon, Aaj ek dua aur maang loon, Aaj ek aansoo aur pee loon, Aaj ek zindagi aur jee loon, Aaj ek sapna aur dekh loon, Kya pata kal ho naa ho

Nivedita also had another favourite SRK dialogue: Kkkkkkkk Kiran!!

Charuta wrote: Kehte hai ki… agar kisi cheez ko dil se chaho to puri kayanat usey tumse milane ki koshish mein lag jaati hai

Pratiksha Kamat wrote: Bade bade deshon mein aisi chotti chotti baatein hoti rehti hain

Vivek wrote: Kabhi kabhi jeetne ke liye kuch haarna bhi padta hai... aur haar kar jeetne waale ko baazigar kehte hai

Harshad Pandharipande wrote: Rahul… naam toh suna hi hoga! Ruchi Pradhan wrote: Pyaar dosti hai.

LEAVING HOME… TO GO BACK HOME

JYOTI SHANKAR’s piece on Indian-Australian couple Ruchir and Santana, who decided to return to Jaipur, India, after living in Australia for 22 years, continues to resonate with our readers.

Surbhi Asawa wrote: You have chosen the best city too.

MAN UP, SPEAK UP

MEENAKSHI SEETHARAMAN wrote about Men’s Health Awareness Week in June, when men were encouraged to talk openly about their health needs Prabhu wrote: It is a nice article. It is important to start a discussion on men’s health issues.