Paying It Forward
I have received my share of advice in more than a decade of being a mother. While I’ve patiently heard it all and discarded most, there were some gems that left a deep impression on me as a parent. With Read more
Category: Education
For the love of stories
Books have been an integral part of my life. Just as we are what we eat, I believe that we are what we read. In the mundaneness of my everyday life, of keeping house and bringing up children, books open Read more
Green GDP for India
Green GDP may be defined simply as a conventional gross domestic product figure adjusted for the environmental costs of economic activities. It is an economic index that quantifies and calculates environmental consequences of that growth. Thus, it gives importance to Read more
Nursery Admission Schedule Announced by the Delhi Government
The Nursery admissions in Delhi for the academic session 2021-22 will begin from February 18, 2021. Schools will begin admissions for students of Nursery, KG and Class 1 next week. The Delhi Directorate of Education has asked all the private Read more
Feel Your Feelings
Often when we are experiencing unpleasant emotions, we turn it off. We seek distractions. We deny their existence altogether. However when we do any of these and resist our emotions – they not only remain, they also get worse. “Disowning Read more
2021 Nursery Admission Process unveiled by Delhi Government
The centralised process for admissions to entry-level classes for over 200,000 seats in around 1,700 private schools, which usually commences in November or December, has been delayed by over two months due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Directorate of Education Read more
Circle of Life
Our childhood experiences influence who we become as adults, and even more so, who we become as parents. I can never truly think about what kind of a parent I am without exploring my own upbringing. As I delve deeper, Read more
Watch & Learn
While children might not listen to all that we say, they do watch all that we do. The old adage that ‘actions speak louder than words’ couldn’t be truer and I learnt this lesson many years ago. It was a Read more
The Human Metamorphosis – still becoming
I chased and craved the me I used to be, for a long-long time. Somewhere growing up, life events brought so many changes that I no longer identified with who I used to be, didn’t like the current me because Read more
Is India ready for Sustainable Development?
“The problem with following the herd is stepping in the crap it leaves behind”. Conventionally, all economies are running for higher GDPs, economic growths, short term profits and new business gains. But the real basis on which economies ‘thrive’, i.e., Read more