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Indian Gooseberry Jam – Amla Chawanprash Recipe It has been a trend in my son’s school for years now to send  home with each student, a little part of the annual yield of gooseberries from its  on campus trees. More commonly known as amla in India,  these gooseberries are considered to have great medicinal potential.Read more

Foam! As a kid I loved foam. My kids have this gene from me. They absolutely love it. And so does the internet. There’s so much dedicated to this as a sensory exploratory material. So we decided to have our own sensory play foam fun yesterday. It was fantastic!  We spent the larger part ofRead more

“I can’t get my child to stop from talking back!” lamented one visibly disturbed mom in a parenting workshop recently. This, I feel, is becoming an increasing concern. Not just does your child  talk back but somehow, he doesn’t realize that it is also disrespectful.  This cannot only be frustrating but becomes a bridge youRead more

Sweet potato is one of those healthy vegetables that is so available in the local market. Yet it reigns the list of veggies that I have absolutely failed to incorporate well in my kids diet; unless of course the sweet potato chips I made sometime last year in a moment of optimistic parenting counts! SoRead more

  Since the past few days, the house has begun to witness some changes. I have had requests for boy toys from the girl and girl toys from the boy. While I am more than happy giving a cricket bat to my daughter I sensed that somewhere when my son asked for a doll IRead more

It breaks my heart to think that in all my associations with children as an educator and a parent, I at some point, am definitely guilty of making a child feel this! There’s always too much work, too frayed brains, relentless pursuits of targets and lesser of what we should be doing the most: enjoyingRead more

HELLO! Most of you are (hopefully) avid readers of my blog. I don’t claim to be an expert, but have shared with you excerpts about my life and parenting successes a.k.a fails! On a normal day, the hours commence as a  jog little jog, gear up into a sprint and then end as a marathonRead more

Thank you BabyChakra for sponsoring this post. All the opinions in this article belong to me. Everyone needs a friend to fall back on. Especially when you become a mom. Someone to help you when the baby is crying her lungs and you lose your mind to mush! Someone who would understand why you need thatRead more