Category Children
Mama’s Bank Account – “Is Good!”
Mama is resourceful when it comes to finding financial solutions. After all, she had two banks, didn’t she?
School names, did you say?
What do parents look for when they want to admit their children to a good school?
Children! exercise to score – in exams
Contrary to what children and even parents believe, games and physical exercise of any kind actually aid good academic performance.
Summer Camp with a Difference
Chockful of talent at the lively summer camp for underprivileged children.
A ‘no-camera’ moment
Sometimes an image captured by our eyes and imprinted in our memories is more enduring and evocative than one captured on film.
‘Full Family’
The happiest was the younger brat, for not only had his elder brother got admission to his chosen college, but we were also a ‘full family’ after having been separated for the whole day!
The Book Thief – Death tells a story
At the cost of sounding morbid, I would say that Death personified by Markus Zusak in The Book Thief completely fascinates me. He is shown as not only having a heart, but also compassion.
Library Aunty
Most of the children who came to her library knew her only as Library Aunty and the name stuck.
Comics – good or bad for children?
Comic books might not have literary value but those like Amar Chitra Katha have brought the myths, folk tales, epics and biographies within the grasp of even primary school children.
Chacha Chaudhary comics and the reluctant reader
What an experienced librarian, a frantic mother and dozens of children reading books in our living room couldn’t do, was accomplished by a little girl, who turned the boy into a reader!
A tale of two books
Writing a biography is not easy. It gets tougher when it is about the childhood of eminent personalities. But it is most challenging when the target audience is children.
Children and the Holocaust
Life is not all about rosy things, though we would like to protect our children from suffering and depressing stuff. Letting them see the world in all its goodness and ugliness through a well written book is perhaps the best way to sensitise them.
The Cybernag 
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