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School Annual Day

Season of festivities. Season of school Annual days.Season of aggressive mothers. Mumbai gets festive around Janmashtmi. By Ganpati, we are completely into celebrations. Before this there are a few bomb blasts and stuff like that. We are into exams and life goes on. The annual day of the school is the day to see your child on stage. All schools have it. Some for one day and some for four five days. Parents and corporates pay the sponsorship money and then parents have to buy tickets for the show, pay for the uniforms, not to mention the rehearsals pick up n drops. Practically all schools have the same pattern. I am always amazed how working parents manage it. The schools have no consideration for that. They operate on the premise that most Moms are housewives. Some cook and keep home while others gym n keep home. All moms have one child in one school. A mother having two or three kids, God help her. The children who are in plays are always in plays and the ones who dance continue danc