I am from Bangalore and I like to say ‘born/bred/buttered’ in Bangalore! I was born into a business family – the younger of two daughters – my dad was in the agarbathi(incense sticks) business.  My parents have always been extremely supportive to this day in everything I have done and been through.  Dad turned 99 in April and Mom turned 88! I spent my childhood in Bangalore – studied at The East West School, NMKRV Junior College, Mount Carmel College and

-by LAKSHMI MITTER 4-6 age group This is the age group that loves colour, lots of small stories and pictures. The Colour Thief, written by Stephen Aitken & Sylvia Sikundar and illustrated by Sandhya Prabhat is a book that has a riot of colours, pictures and a beautiful short story that will definitely capture the imagination of young minds. The book is about a grouchy giant who lives in a dark cave and hates colours. He makes it a point

Hi! I am Lakshmi Mitter, the founder of MerryGoBooks – a service that creates personalised children’s books, that are fine tuned to specific interests of every child. I have also written several short stories for children that have appeared in children’s newspapers and magazines such as The Hindu Young World, Magic Pot, Deccan Herald and Intelly Jelly. Five of my picture books are available on Amazon. In addition to writing entertaining stories for children, I strongly believe that creating awareness

By Avinash Gujral Dear Beeji…. My mother died thirty two years ago. She passed away suddenly one morning while she was reading the newspaper giving us no chance to say a goodbye or be prepared for the loss. She was sixty seven at that time. I am seventy one now.  For the last few years, I am leading a retired life, after having an active working life for 37 years. With no specific duty hours and no fixed domestic responsibilities

The advantage of living in a different country is, you can get away playing the tourist (read playing goofy) and go down the path less travelled. So here we were, on a Saturday afternoon with the daughter fulfilling her social commitments, leaving the two of us to explore the ‘many wondered’ city we’ve moved to. We had zeroed in on a restaurant in a quaint street for lunch. Minus the daughter we could afford gastronomic adventures. With GPS holding our

Journeying through the myriad alleyways of lifeI found myself in a graveyardProclaiming epitaphs…And soon I was laying flowers, lighting candlesOn those tombstonesCoffins buried deep beneath the bowels of the earthEach telling a different story of love and lossOf milestones crossedAnd broken dreams that had perishedOn my way to the final destination… Nightfall was just a few minutes awayI could see the raging halo cool downInto a more soothing flaming orangeAnd as it sank down the distant horizonThe sky singing lullabies

I am a mom blogger and share my experiences on various groups.  It’s been almost 9 years now that I have been doing this.  In this long span, I have had many moms approach me personally.  Some have wanted to consult me regarding their problems, some have appreciated me, and then there have been many moms who have confided in me and vented out during their bad days when they had no one to speak to or understand them.  Being

लाडो!!!“कल तक जो नन्ही सी लली थी!!कोमल सी जूही की कली थी।” आज इस गीत के एक एक शब्द में जीवन का साक्ष्य नज़र आ रहा है।पहले तो हम बेटियाँ एक ही बार विदा होती थी “शादी के वक़्त”,और उम्र भर के लिए पराई हो जाती थी।आज के दौर में तुम्हे पढ़ने भेजना भी तुम्हारी विदा सा ही कठिन है। जब तुम्हे पहली बार हाथो में लिया तो मानो तुम्हारे साथ पुनः जन्म लिया हो।तुम संग फिर से मैं भी

I am Nidhi, mother of two, Aanya and Invicta Veritas! While Aanya is 5, Invicta is completing 7 years this August. As you can imagine, having two babies can at times make you feel like a referee, I am no different and find myself caught up keeping an eye both the kids. My idea of a rewarded life is to try balance my time between the two and make sure that neither feels left out. While Invicta takes up the

“If you see something beautiful in someone, Speak it” ~ Ruthie Lindsey We live in a world where we hear lots of negative words which try to pull us down rather than the words of encouragement and positivity. Imagine a world which is completely filled with inspiring words, compliments, gesture of kindness, spreading full of positive vibes or motivating each other to realize their dreams. Woah ! That will be at its best and it’s possible only if people started