I almost want to break out into a few halleluiahs after my recent visit to Kitab Khana. Let it not be said anymore that Mumbai moms are only subjected to workbooks, educational books and storybooks with the worst grammar on the planet anymore.
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Continuing our theme on summer camps, our Mumbai mums pick and choose their favourites in various areas. Do write in if you have any specific queries or add your picks to the comments section. The summer is round the corner and so are children’s vacations. Most of us are busy planning our holidays and looking [...]
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Its that time of the year when you are torn between screaming “Yay! It’s the holidays” and “Oh no! It’s the holidays”. Let’s go for the former we say, and check out what fun stuff you can get your kids doing so they are not getting YOU climbing up the wall! There seem to be so [...]
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A few years ago, when our son was just about two, he asked Santa for a guitar that he could ‘zhing’ on. Santa’s little helper went out in search of a suitable one and zeroed in on something called, Music Fun, Classic Guitar with shoulder strap.
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We have started talking ‘scrapbooking’ lately and from your feedback we can tell that we have found few enthusiasts. In this digital age hardly any of us bother to maintain photo albums, yet so many are worth printing, which brings us back to, print and then what? Scrapbooks are nothing but decked up photo albums, [...]
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I am so over walking around the day after Holi with pink ears and a pink scalp. You know what I mean – no matter how much you lather on the oil and scrub yourself raw afterwards the telltale stains remain. And this year with my kids all primed to play Holi, I shudder to [...]
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Apologies for sounding out of breath, but this one is for those of you up for swinging your schedule around tomorrow, March 17th. The Farmer’s Market, an initiative that brings organic farmers across Maharashtra in contact with healthy beavers like us is holding a one such tomorrow, March 17th from 3pm – 9pm at the [...]
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When I was in school I was tagged the prankster of my class. I loved pranks. [Confession: Still do!] So here’s one of my Holi pranks that I have gotten away with.
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It’s the time of the year to start dodging water balloons, water jets and pack away everything white. Holi may be fun and exciting, but I admit to shuddering at the thought of all the horrible chemicals touching my kids’ skin come March. While we have turned to buying organic colours, we decided to make [...]
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Start your foray into scrapbooking by making a keepsake of the past year, you can further customize this effort for yourself, your better half, one or all of the kids, your pet or even a family member or friend. Once you have decided who or what this scrapbook will cover, you can aggregate all the [...]
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