No, I am not participating in NaNoWriMo 2023 to upgrade my productivity. That’s not my cup of tea. I am working on my third book, and I’m making my own rules for my writing plans. For all those who don’t know, NaNoWriMo is National Novel Writing Month. Usually, writers and novelists all over the world…
Hello, my dear parent There’s something we all need to remember Happiness in life isn’t a given. No matter how much we protect our child and do best to keep happy, sadness is an emotion to experience to value happiness. No matter how much we love our child, finding love of life is the sweetest…
Chandrika R Krishnan Guest Blogger As I was taking a workshop titled ‘Time to Land your Helicopter: Understanding Adolescence without Hovering; I remember a mother sharing that her child orders food and bag without as much as “if you please.” She only hears of the purchases when the things are delivered at the doorstep. She wanted…
Sweden was my first international move with a nine-year-old daughter. It was in many ways courageous on my part to leave the comfort of familiarity and enter disruption. This was also my first exposure to an international culture that was drastically different in many ways. In my stay in India for 37 years, I always…
Chandrika R Krishnan Guest Blogger “The nature of life is not permanence but flux,” says Mr Carson in Downton Abbey, and coming from him who tries to retain the old order was so refreshing. Closer home, I find many of us reliving the old times quite nostalgically, particularly in the last couple of years. The pandemic…
Soumya Bharti Guest Blogger Understanding the core strengths of a woman Let us do a small perception test. Think of a woman who is beautiful, feminine, kind and graceful… Now think of a woman who is strong, powerful, assertive and confident. What are the chances that you thought of the same woman in both the …