Stories • Culture • Voice
Stories • Culture • Voice
Before getting into my full blown account of the book, I have a confession to make. My only trysts with Hindu Mythology have been Doordarshan´s epic Hindi serials ´The Ramayana´ and ´The Mahabharata´ in the late 80´s. As a young…
Remember the children´s story we were told when young about the boy who cried wolf? The boy kept fooling the village folk with lies until one day, his own Karma caught up with him. The Hrithik-Kangana legal saga has been…
Recently, I met one of my best friends who regularly reads my parenting articles on Mycity4kids. She suggested that I write an article on how to make stubborn kids listen to their parents. She complained about her 4 year old´s…
It is so important for your baby to have a healthy start to stay healthy lifelong. Nutrition has always been one of the most important aspects of nurturing my baby girl. Right from the start, I did not make any…
I have always been one of those girls who dreamt of a Prince Charming, having that beautiful grand wedding and kids of my own in my childhood. Call it the heavy influence of fairy tales like ´Cinderella´, ´Beauty and the…
Let´s face it! WhatsApp is huge in India. Everyone has it and uses it! It is a hit with people across all age groups – be it youth or the old folk alike! Everyone loves to update their display picture,…
She looked in the mirror hard and touched her freshly sprouted hair. Nicholas and Karen thought they knew what love meant until then! Until that moment when they had to fulfil their vows. He entered the kitchen for the first time…
Last Sunday, I went along with my family to watch the Sridevi-Akshaye Khanna-Nawazuddin starrer ´Mom´. Sridevi plays the role of Devki, a contemporary, financially independent working woman, loving and doting mother and wife. At the start of the movie, you…
My daughter began her schooling in the United States where the education system is not as strenuous as it is in India. We moved back to India last year in June and she went straight head-on to the traditional education…
Mondays are dreaded for many of us. From school children to college and office goers to home-makers! It is not for nothing that the term ´Monday blues´ came into practical existence and has caught on like wildfire ever since. Like everyone…
One of the best things that has happened to me, during A to Z Blogging Challenge 2017, apart from debuting as an author of course, was the golden chance of connecting with some brilliant minds and the most tender hearts.…
Dear Tina, How are you doing? It’s been a while since we spoke last, and I miss our deep conversations. Remember how you told me as a child that you always wanted to be a journalist or a hotshot detective…
Nothing fancy, straight to the point! 🙂 Here´s what my current daily schedule typically looks like: *Curtains fold* 5.30 am – The alarm clock tugs at my feet and pull it towards her. As every other day, I plead with…
I have been very closely following the promotional events of the Jagga Jasoos team over the last few weeks. It was quite interesting watching the ex-love birds Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif go from hostile and even disrespectful to genuine…
Geethica Mehra´s book – The Power Within is an honest outpouring of the author´s heart. I met Geethica via the A to Z Blogging Challenge 2017 and found pleasantly that we shared a similar value system. Most of our thoughts…
Being a parent, especially a mother or woman comes with a whole lot of baggage. Especially the emotional baggage which invariably tends to take its toll on our physical health and well-being as well. While we, mothers are caregivers of…
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It was my last official day at work and I was eagerly looking forward to my pregnancy and the subsequent Motherhood stage. It was on my way back home in the company shuttle, when I received the most powerful Motherhood…
Disney is on a roll and how! After acing in the animated movie series of Classic Fairy tales – Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, Tangled aka Rapunzel´s tale and more, they…
Last Sunday, I took my daughter to my parent´s house as usual. She was all excited and raring to go because she wanted to play at the neighbourhood park close by. Once we reached there, my mother served us some…
(This article was first here on Mycity4kids: ) “How did our parents raise eight children so effortlessly and also manage to instil the right values in each one of us? How is that even humanly possible when here I am, struggling…