The Diary of Umesh Tarsariya.

ગુજરાતીમાં વાંચવા માટે અહીં ક્લિક કરો ⬇️ (Click here to read in Gujarati) Childhood Flashback: Streets, School, and Invaluable Memories (Part - 2) Childhood... a time with no worries and no fear of the future. Just street friends, innocent mischief, and the thrill of a new day. Today, when I look back, those days flash before my eyes like beautiful movie scenes. In this blog post, I have gathered 40 such memories from my childhood, which might just remind you of your own! 1. An Innocent Memory: Iron Scrap and the Guava Cart As kids, we used to wander the streets collecting iron scrap. Whenever the guava seller's cart came to our street, we would exchange that collected scrap for guavas. The joy and satisfaction of eating those guavas can never be matched by today's expensive pizzas or burgers! Thinking about it today, that barter system was our very first and...

⬇️ Click here to jump directly to the Gujarati version (ગુજરાતીમાં વાંચવા માટે અહીં ક્લિક કરો) A joint family means multiple minds, diverse natures, and countless expectations beating under a single roof. When so many people live together, things are never always rosy and perfect. However, a person who grows up in a joint family learns the art of surviving in any situation in the world. From my personal experiences and my business journey, I have learned certain lessons from the joint family system that no university could ever teach: 1. The Art of Compromise and Ignoring the Negatives The first rule of a joint family is that "things won't always go your way." Often, you have to let go of your preferences and share things. Sometimes, an elder or a family member might seem strict or unfair, but instead of fighting every time, the true wisdom lies in ignoring the negatives, holding onto the positives, and learning to live together. 2. Hard Work, Ego, and Equali...

⬇️ Click here to jump directly to the Gujarati version (ગુજરાતીમાં વાંચવા માટે અહીં ક્લિક કરો) The Early Surat Days: 1 Room, 1 Kitchen, and a Joint Family Leaving the open skies and spaciousness of the village , when I came to Surat for my education, the world here was completely different. Today, we might talk a lot about privacy and personal space, but how our entire joint family lived together and laughed together under one roof back then still amazes me when I think about it today. The Mumbai Struggle and the Beginning of the Joint Family in Surat The arrangement of our house in Surat was such that we all lived under a single roof. Vallabhdada’s family lived on the ground floor—which included Vallabhdada, Jayaba, Bhaveshbhai, Dipakbhai, and Arunaben. On the first floor, there were two separate "1 Room and 1 Kitchen" setups. In one (1 room-1 kitchen), my brother Rajesh, my papa (Pravinbhai), my mummy (Champaben), and I lived. In the other (1 room-1 kitchen), Rav...