Why I Am Pulling My Kids Out of Preschool

It wasn't an easy decision. I have had nights and nights of sleeplessness over this. I still second guess myself multiple times a day. Am I doing right by my kids? Will I be depriving them of something by choosing to homeschool? I don't know. But what I do know is that sending them to...

Shahi Tukray and a Lesson in Child Psychology

My four year old is the fussiest eater on the planet. I have to do crazy stuff to get him to have three square meals a day. BUT lately, there is a sudden interest in cooking. I usually have him get his toy kitchen set while I cook and he has a lot of fun...

I Work To Be The Best Mom I Can Be

I think it goes without saying that being a mom is hard work. There have been countless days when I have felt like a failure, told myself I wasn't cut out to be a mom, and wanted to throw in the towel. But where do I throw the towel? The bad days seem to go...

Digital Stranger Danger – When Games Become Predator Hunting Grounds

Photo by Alvaro Reyes on Unsplash   A few months ago, I found myself in a very tricky position when I found out a young relative was playing an online game notorious for its chat rooms, and had made a 'friend' who was asking for a Skype ID. The child was barely ten. He didn't...

The Tipping Point

I found myself addicted to online shopping. The accessibility, ease, and comfort of buying stuff online grew on me like a second skin and I would spend hours browsing different e-stores, adding stuff to carts, abandoning them sometimes, but mostly checking out and accumulating things. And that is the problem with getting things. You buy...

The Simple Life – A Series

I was introduced to the concept of Anti-consumerism by a very charismatic Drag Queen. Kimberly Clark's blunt, funny but on point social commentaries and her anti-haul videos brought about my first realization of how hyper-consumer culture, advertising and hyped user narratives are making us nothing but wasteful consumers. We buy things we do not need,...

Review: Glimmerglass Girl by Holly Walrath

Thank you, Finishing Line Press for the ARC copy of Glimmerglass girl by Holly Warlath. This chapbook is daring, raw and everything poetry dealing with feminine identity should be. I had a hard time pausing in between poems because each left me wanting more. But these poems are meant to be tasted and savored. They...

The Cow’s Spots – Toddler Activity

One of my son's favorite animals are cows. He carries his Cow Puzzle-pal book everywhere making it moo at everyone and himself. So while browsing through Pinterest, I came across a cow puzzle activity. Since he is really bored of his puzzles at the moment, I decided to change it up a bit. The activity...

The Colors Around Us – Learning Through Play

It's fairly simple. The more you expose your child to information and experiences, the more they will soak it up. We have recently started colors and even though we aren't really able to recognize colors correctly, we are slowly getting there. The key is not to sit with your child and 'make' them learn. Instead,...

Centre of excellence

My brother has recently started blogging about social evils and we as a society are delineating into a terrain that is degenerative and destructive. Give him a read, folks!

(The amazing illustrations are his too.)

Bakhti's Asylum

The air near this building was surprisingly heavy in this city. Every second of exposure grew on you in a way that you started forgetting your self identity, and your roots started becoming hazy to you. It was so poisonous that Bakhti had to wear his CBRN Gas Mask just to get close.
He was puzzled. Everyone called this a place of promise; a haven for enlightenment. But he saw nothing but a shabby battered old building with its pillars broken down and its bricks giving way. This was a place where the great people of this city paid large amounts of money to get their cultural values and heritage wiped out from the minds of their progeny.

This was one of the modern private schools, where local culture went to die, where a sick capitalist ideology was injected inside the cerebellums of innocent young boys and girls. An ideology…

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Impulse Buy: Hand Creams, Anyone?

I am a lazy ass and look like a hobo most days because I simply can't be bothered to put some effort. I don't own a collection of lotions, potions and creams, only the most basic stuff.  The only thing I am a teeny bit concious about is my lipstick shade. I absolutely love all...

Dinosaurs Love Underpants!

This book is often talked about on this book group that I am part of, mostly because of its name and hilarious cover illustration. I figured my kids' library definitely needed this one. And now we finally have it! Dinosaurs Love Underpants has lovely vibrant illustrations which go really well with the text. It is...

Lippie Review! – Rimmel Moisture Renew Lipstick in Heather Shimmer

My current obsession is most definitely lipsticks. Lazy old me makes it a point to put on a different shade every morning because I have realised that a good lip color is a real pick me up for me. Today I'll be reviewing Rimmel Moisture Renew Lipstick in shade Heather Shimmer (220). I got this...

Lippie Review! Smashbox Always On – Girl Gang

Liquid lipsticks are all the rage these days and with all the options available, a little confusion (read: obsession) is inevitable when you embark on the quest of finding the perfect one for you. Here's a review of a gorgeous shade from the Smashbox Always-on Liquid Lipsticks line. Infused with the Smashbox Primer Oil Complex,...