Parenting and Kids

The regrettable truth is that Diwali didn’t hold nearly as much meaning for me during my childhood as it does now. In fact none of the Hindu holidays did, mainly…

For a lot of us parents here in Austin, it is the First day of Kindergarten! I remember expansive grounds and what seemed then like an enormous building dwarfing my 3…

      To be honest I don’t know too much about the “Mommy Wars,” at least not in the context of the sociocultural phenomenon. What I do know is…

I’ve been both stay at home and not stay at home mom. The ‘working’ never stopped. And neither situation, in my opinion, is as rosy or as fraught with negative…

      Summer is in full swing, as are, I imagine, parents’ anxieties about children losing their academic progress in the face of family vacations, late-night sleepovers, and endless…

        I shouldn’t be writing about motherhood today. Today my husband is in Alabama instead of here in Austin, which is where he has been for the past…

Spring break season offers the chance to get away to beautiful destinations, often, if not always including sandy beaches amidst azure skies and turquoise oceans. In college, you go because…

One of the many wonderful things about spring is the abundance of spring holidays! As a Hindu I celebrate Holi,but as an American-born, um, Indian-American, I have a somewhat pluralistic approach to celebrating holidays. 🙂 …

This is a delightful and delightfully sing-songy story about a witch who welcomes all who ask for a ride on her broom, and in the end she is repaid for her kindness.

My vegetables enshrined Daughter is not inclined Soup and salads are not a choice I cook them in every style Battered and bruised But still not rejoiced Many weeks of…