As a parent, one of my pet peeves is the fact that our kids know about places and heritage monuments of countries far, far away, but have little to no knowledge of the city they live and grow up in. Over time, this leads them to think their own city, with its old monuments, is […]
Is it possible to find a single parent these days who isn’t worried about their child’s utter lack of interest in learning regional languages? In my own little world, I’ve had discussions about children understanding their mother tongue but choosing to reply in English, choosing to learn foreign languages over Hindi, and failing to understand […]
If there was ever a love letter to Bangalore, then this book would be winning hearts. As a Bangalorean myself, I was so excited to read this book and it did not disappoint. Author Roopa Pai is a third-generation Bangalorean and this is an extension of her fortnightly column, ‘Beloved Bangalore’ that appears in the […]
A little bit of this and a little bit of that, toss them all in, season with sweet, spice and everything nice and you have yourself a mixed bag, an assortment, a wonderful coming together of writers and illustrators to make an all-around awesome book on nature and the environment that is sure to engage […]
We take so many things around us for granted, don’t we? From bread for breakfast, to a car to take us to school. From our favourite ice cream flavour when we want it to the TV show we are currently hooked to. Amidst all the goings on in our brain through the day, do we […]