An individual booklist is found to reflect the compiler’s own interests and biases. To that extent this booklist does not lay claim to any objectivity. It contains some extremely fine books on education, popular science, maths and children’s stories. Over the years, I have been actively involved in translating and popularising many of these books…. [ Continue Reading ]
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With growing kids in the family parents need to learn to mange their relationship with their kids, between siblings and even among themselves as spouses. Parent’s guide to managing relationships.
Stories enrich our children’s lives
Stories are like a path taking your child to new places with surprises at every step – so novel and exciting it is. I believe stories sustain us in times of trouble and encourage us to think of solutions we would not envision otherwise. They enrich our children’s lives but unfortunately all of us don’t… [ Continue Reading ]
The Making of a Porpoise
It’s that time of the year again. Hot, hot and hotter. And humid to boot. Two months of summer holidays stretch endlessly with nothing more exciting than sitting indoors with holiday homework, the same old puzzles that have been done to death a gazillion times and blocks that really ought to be put away forever…. [ Continue Reading ]
Lock on Porn
Rajni is aghast. She can hardly believe the report sent by her 12-year-old son’s teacher. He was found surfing pornographic sites on the Internet and downloading a collection of pictures that the teacher thought was ‘unsuitable’ for a 12-year-old. Rajni is at her wit’s end. She tries to keep tabs on the sites her son… [ Continue Reading ]
Hill Tales by the Lakeside
Remember the movie ‘The Sound of Music’? One of my most vivid childhood memories of the film was about the picturesque lake where Maria (Julie Andrews) takes her young charges boating, with snow-covered mountains in the background. Years later, the memory assumed reality when I went to Nainital, in the Kumaon hills of Uttar Pradesh…. [ Continue Reading ]
Making Friends
Everyone needs friends; the world would be a sad place without them. However, the ability to make friends varies from child to child. To some children, making friends is easy, and to others it’s a tough call. It is a skill, and you have to encourage your child to develop this skill. For instance, if… [ Continue Reading ]
Flying with your Toddler
Traveling alone can be stressful enough, but add a two year old and the stress could be compounded, since you are so worried firstly about him staying well and secondly that he does not become too much of a handful and land himself in trouble. Start with packing two carry-on bags. A diaper bag with… [ Continue Reading ]
A Royal Diet of Mangoes
Jungle and Backyard Written by M. Krishnan Published by National Book Trust, New Delhi A thirsty, sweaty summer is here. You can see dogs with their tongues hanging out in the heat. Some of us would have done the same, but our tongues are busy tasting the king of all fruits – the mango. In… [ Continue Reading ]
Gems of Indian Literature
Books Forever Written by Manoj Das Published by National Book Trust, New Delhi India’s literary past is indeed great. It’s a known fact that many of the parables of the Bible, the fables of Aesop of Greece, the folktales collected by the Grimm brothers of Germany and the tales retold by Hans Andersen of Denmark… [ Continue Reading ]
The Strong Bond
July 23, 1997 and November 3, 2000 are two red-letter days in my life, because these were the dates, when Roney, now 4, and Ruby, 3, entered my life. It was in April 1997 that Reena, my wife and I, initiated the process that finally led to the adoption of my son. We filled up… [ Continue Reading ]
