discovery of the day
“if I pull my hair, it dosen’t come out”
whatever happened to nursery rhymes…?
This is a really cool story of a little girl named Cleopatra… Pavel Stratan, father of Cleopatra, was in a studio recording a song with 3 years old Cleopatra hanging around. Impulsively, she grabbed a microphone and started singing along with Pavel. Everybody was stunned so they ended up recording the song with Cleopatra performing […]
investment planning for a child
Following Maxim’s example, I felt that Abhinav should have a bank account of his own as well. Visited the nearby Canara bank and found that its quite easy to do so. And also found that there was a good policy (that would help me save some tax as well!). A parent could buy this insurance […]
can television add value to an infant's education?
Abhinav has learnt quite a few rhymes and vocabulary from watching videos, so I used to think the answer was yes, to a certain extent of course. But this article from Time magazine was quite surprising. Television often helps as an alternative babysitter or maid, but there are claims that it can add value to […]
parent's inculcation of silence and listening adds real quality to bonding
For some stint of indiscipline, I had almost discontinued practice of observing silence daily, for a few months. I felt that even though Abhinav was right there with me, I was still missing him. I was missing the depth of the bond that deepens with this practice. Once I got back on track, I’m able […]
story of the monkey and the buffalo – and now tiger
There is a Jataka tale we tell Abhinav sometimes… One time lived in some forest region as a wild buffalo-bull of grim appearance, owing to his dark complexion and being dirty with mud. But the Buffalo had quite a calm temperament. One mischevous Monkey however, aware of the buffalo’s calmness, was not afraid and liked […]
how to feed him
After what to name him, sooner or later came the next inevitable question how to feed him. And answering this question requires all the patience, creativity, imagination, energy that we can muster, and then some more! Our boy had no problems eating initially… but over time he just refused to eat… anything… He’d just play […]
assault on innocent victim's laptop
In retrospect, it was no doubt a carefully plotted disaster. But to begin from the beginning, the assailant gradually approached unsuspecting owner who was sitting on the sofa with the laptop, engrossed in, no doubt affairs of world-saving importance. Ok actually he was video conferencing with his sister who lived at the other end of […]
movie: bal ganesh
Here is a movie I probably wouldn’t have watched if not for Abhinav… Bal Ganesh had Ganesh’s story wonderfully animated with some snappy music. Conceptualisation is amazingly creative with the combination of ancient mythology with some modern concepts. Here are some videos on the net… Shiva’s Tandav dance… Well it did look like Abhinav’s first […]
sleeping habits of a baby
Sometime back we had dinner with a German couple with their baby at our house, it was really a lovely evening. And first time I heard anybody who has tried the Ferber method… they said they were pretty succesful at it… I had read about this earlier, but read it again. It may not be […]