General Parenting
Is religion a crutch for the weak minded?
I have seen the words “Religion is a crutch for the weak minded” being quoted by others. As far as I can comprehend, those words were used in negative context. May be it is not […]
General Parenting
Kids Books
Kids Books and Toys
Book Review: The Zebra Said Shhh
Author: M. R. Nelson Illustrator: Tamia Sheldon Age Group: 3-6 years Publishers: Xist Publishing (February 14, 2013) ISBN (10): 1623954401 ISBN (13): 978-1623954406 I bought the Kindle edition of this book first and the children […]
Fun Activities With Kids
Fun Activities With Kids
Carving A Jack-O-Lantern With Kids – Vocabulary Building Activity
Pumpkin picking, pumpkin rolling, and pumpkin carving! We’ve had an eventful week all to do with pumpkins. The children brought their pumpkins home from the pumpkin patch but couldn’t bear to have them carved. Here […]
For Teachers
For Teachers
Labeling Students!
A teacher with several years of experience walked past my class with her young student. Both looked tense. The minute she saw me looking, she began discussing the student’s behaviors—she can sit really well for […]
Beauty And Health
Beauty and Health
NARS Montenegro: Cream Blush Staple
I know a lot of you like powder blushes, but I wanted to dedicate a moment of worship to a classic berry shade of cream blush that just does so much to make me look […]
Art And Crafts
Arts and Crafts
Canadian Smocking – Tutorial 10 (Squares And Hexagon)
This is the tenth tutorial in this series of Canadian smocking tutorials. Today we will learn how to smock squares and hexagons. Tips, tricks and general instructions for Canadian smocking can be found here. If […]
Relationships
Relationships
Friends and Others…
Met a friend yesterday…she was passing through on her way back to Mumbai. A long lay over gave us the time to catch up over coffee. We parted ways years ago to do the usual […]
Recipes
Recipes
Easy and Quick Chicken 65 Recipe
Chicken 65 is a popular Indo-Chinese dish that is very popular in India. As far as I know the recipe did not originate in China but in India. While there are many ways to make […]
Our Society
Our Society
The Snow White Syndrome – Indian Obsession for Lighter Skin
A good friend recently rued how her five-year-old daughter was too “dark and kaali” and is there a way she could make her daughter a “bit lighter” I sighed the Indian obsession for light skin […]
Jyothi: Old traditions had some meaning. It is good to explain it to people without making them feel foolish. 
Punita: Aha! So you got the book. Are the illustrations digital artwork? Beautiful! 
Girija: Totally informative right up!! I got know lot many things from it.i won't feel bad about my periods after reading…