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Toys and Gift Ideas for Space Lovers
“Space is for everybody. It’s not just for a few people in science or math, or for a select group of astronauts. That’s our new frontier out there, and it’s everybody’s business to know about space.” Christa McAuliffe The Universe is an incredible place, with stars, planets, galaxies, black holes – a little that we Read more
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Books for 4–6-year-old
“Books are a uniquely portable magic.” – Stephen King Reading is a habit that is best inculcated since childhood, and it is never too early to begin. For the first few years of my son’s life, I bought large sized picture books for him. I told him stories, pointed out the pictures and told him Read more
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Gift Ideas for 5-7 Year Old Kids
This is the age when children transition from little kids to grade-schoolers. They are slowly learning to read and understand, have better motor controls and can start thinking a little independently. This is the age when they start developing likes and dislikes, have a lot of creative firepower and an equally high amount of energy. Read more
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Gift Ideas for Tweens (8-12 year old)
“Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.” ― Mary Oliver 8–12-year-old is an age when a child’s individuality starts shining. They start understanding their likes and dislikes better and start forming their opinions. This is also a great age Read more
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Raising Children as a Feminist
“A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.” ― Gloria Steinem Am I a feminist? I am. Do I shout it out or display it on every platform or mention it in every conversation? No, I don’t. Does that make me less of a feminist? No, I don’t Read more
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Protein Rich Vegetarian Foods
“One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating.” – Luciano Pavarotti I know many parents who worry about their child getting enough protein on a vegetarian diet. While it is easier to get the daily requirement Read more
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Book Review – Wonder
“I wish every day could be Halloween. We could all wear masks all the time. Then we could walk around and get to know each other before we got to see what we looked like under the masks.” R. J. Palacio, Wonder My son is an avid reader. He devours books like there is no Read more
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How We All Can Contribute to Fight Climate Change
Environment is no one’s property to destroy; it’s everyone’s responsibility to protect. Mohith Agadi 5 June is World Environment Day, and this is as good a time as any to remind ourselves of the seriousness of the impending catastrophe that we are heading towards. As we are all aware, Earth’s temperature is rising steadily. As Read more
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Horse Gram/Kulthi – The Super-food You Don’t Know About
“Your diet is a bank account. Good food choices are good investments.” Bethenny Frankel When we talk of vegetarian sources of protein, we think of pulses, black gram, red gram, kidney beans. We usually forget one of the richest sources of protein and other minerals – the horse gram. A horse gram is a short, Read more
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10 Interesting Facts About Brain
“I consider that a man’s brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose.” Arthur Conan Doyle Brain is the control centre for all living things. We have heard everyone say that for humans, the brain is the biggest differentiator from other animals, the Read more
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