Siddhi Kulkarni, mother, and blogger speaks her mind on the little joys of motherhood – free from judgment, fear, and full of unconditional love. “A is for Apple, B is for Ball, C is for….” I read aloud to my two-year-old daughter, pointing to the pretty pictures in her ABC book. She was actually more…
It’s not always easy to get pregnant and have a baby. IVF specialist – Dr. Rupali Goyal, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, spells out tips on how to do it right. For couples trying to start a family and are looking for natural ways to get pregnant faster, some basic aspects can…
It is important that everyone is taking steps to prevent the spread of COVID-19 during this pandemic. And focusing on how to keep their family and loved ones safe. Dr. Nikhil Modi (Senior Consultant, Pulmonology and Respiratory Medicine, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi) reminds us of the basics of COVID-appropriate behavior through a helpful Pandemic…
Bestselling author and mother – Kiran Manral talks about five ways to raise an empathetic child. As the mom of a teenage boy, I battle forces that keep bombarding my son with a concept of masculinity. This involves being stoic, being ‘macho’ all of which are in direct conflict with what is necessary to be…
Richa S Mukherjee discusses the psychological challenges of Traveling With Children During the Pandemic. A recent headline in the newspaper had me gobsmacked. It mentioned some emerging phenomenon titled ‘revenge tourism’. This is apparently the pandemic fatigued humanity’s return to the travel-for-leisure industry after months of incarceration. What strikes me as odd though, is the…
Diversity in literature enhances a child’s feeling of identity and belongingness, says Lakshmi Iyer, software engineer, and author. “That is not cha-na, its chhan-na.” My 11-year-old daughter born and raised in America. She corrects the white traveler on television sampling street food somewhere in northern India. Our family is of Indian origin. We speak Tamil…
Technology and empathy go hand in hand in teaching the differently-abled, Special Folks especially in challenging times, writes Kaanchan Bhagwat. The challenges due to the ongoing pandemic have helped us unravel our hidden abilities. Definitely, we have been able to think more creatively, hone our skills, and form new ideas. As teachers, we had to…
Aside from keeping their family safe from the coronavirus, parents of young children are having a tough time ensuring healthy emotional growth, says Rewati Rau. They are also facing a lack of socialization Shreya Gupta felt she had it all sorted ever since her MNC announced remote work in the wake of the lockdown. It…
At 70, she is still writing, running the Infosys Foundation, and watching one film a day. These are some of the reasons that we love Sudha Murty During the lockdown, she was not content with ordering 24 million PPE kits and millions of liters of sanitizers. So she wrote a collection of 20 stories, Grandparents’…
As a baby sleep consultant, I approach my work with full confidence that every baby or toddler I meet can sleep well. I almost always have much more confidence in the baby’s potential to be a great sleeper than the parents. I put a lot of energy into transferring that belief to the parents, and…
