In collaboration with Tulika Books, we present book reviews every month of new age stories and age old fables, to preserve and promote the habit of reading amongst all children. Nature does not discriminate. Nature invites, intrigues, and inspires all equally. In The Gular Flower, it is…

Popular American children’s fiction writer Kate DiCamillo once said, ‘Reading should not be presented to children as a chore, a duty. It should be offered as a gift.’ Numerous studies have highlighted the benefits of inculcating the habit of reading early in childhood. Apart from…

WILL YOU ROLL DOWN YOUR WINDOW? A small boy stops at your car Squints through the sun As he asks you to lower your window.   Some click their tongues with frustration Tap the window to drive the children away Maybe their excuse is that…

An autorickshaw spots mother-daughter duo begging near a railway station Aarti was a four-year-old living with her parents in Karnataka. She was the only child to her parents. Her father was the sole earning member of the family and her mother was a homemaker. Her…

Each year, 2nd April is observed as World Autism Awareness Day, with the aim to raise awareness about the autism spectrum disorder—a range of conditions characterized by some degree of impaired social behavior, communication and language, and a narrow range of interests and activities that…

WE NEVER KNEW – HE WAS ONE OF US We are often asked to stay vigilant Danger lurks everywhere But what happens When danger presents itself as a friend Children often look after themselves They look around and stay safe But when the one who…

It took a whole year, will take some more than that, but we are finally seeing some semblance of normalcy. People are returning to work, taking mini vacations, catching up with friends, many activities have resumed with all the precautions in place, and so have…

DONATE TO HELP CHILDREN LIKE KAREEM GO BACK HOME Where we found him Another separation story observed when a bangles seller’s son “Kareem” got lost at Ghaziabad Railway Station. Straying around the platform all alone, Kareem was found by our team on the noon of…

EVERY DROP COUNTS The lips of children are parched India is parched Water that is part of us Is still scarce for drinking Children walk barefoot Across the desert than India has become Searching for water Sadly, unlike camels The children couldn’t take back gallons…