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I need to understand! 24 Aug 2013 | 12:31 pm
Another rape, another bunch of people spouting off on TV, tweets and online outrage (nothing on my feed on FB – it is like there’s no point!), I am past emotional responses. The Delhi rape turned my ...
It is all relative! 21 Aug 2013 | 11:04 pm
Tests are on and we’re in study mode. With the kids’ first real time working on tests, I had to get involved to check their stuff, making sure they were studying versus reading. One of son’s lessons...
My country 15 Aug 2013 | 06:33 pm
Everywhere there are hands being shaken, white kurtas and Indian flags. The usual suspects are being spoken of – Gandhiji and Nehru, corruption and terrorism, on the spectrum of good to bad. For all...
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag – for kids? 12 Aug 2013 | 12:06 am
So I am pretty picky when it comes to my kids’ watching movies not meant for kids. Husband and I went to watch BMB, one eye/ear open to see if the kids could be taken to see it. I am a sucker for spo...
Giving the child a strong core works! 9 Aug 2013 | 05:41 pm
Son has been picked on consistently for a few years now. It is either his colour or his propensity to not bow down and be a doormat to older children, a gang of children, most of whom are a good 3 to...
Combo heaven! 4 Aug 2013 | 09:14 pm
When two spaces/organizations you love get together, it is sheer fan heaven! This weekend, we had an amazing sensory play experience at The Kitchen, at Rangashankara. Our ploy to beat traffic is to ...
In a word! 31 Jul 2013 | 09:28 pm
Or a few. This post is for R’s Mom – she wanted me to write about adoption for IMC. Thought I would take this opportunity to do a review, a current snapshot of my thinking to add to the whole becaus...
When books make you cry and scream! 26 Jul 2013 | 09:48 pm
So one would have normally gone from a book like the last one (Sing You Home by Piccoult) to a romance – like any normal human being, right? Just self preservation. But no. Some idiots do different...
When books get you to reflect 24 Jul 2013 | 09:47 pm
And don’t they always? Am reading this book by Jodi Picoult. Honestly, every one of her books seems like this experience that you kind of wish you didn’t have to go through while in it but can’t hel...
A full circle moment 16 Jul 2013 | 09:18 pm
Today was a full circle moment for me. Had me in tears. This is what happened. Our music class is in full swing once a week. Son has the lead on Daughter and I, having been at it for a few months ...
