Findings of a granddaughter
I found him. From his brief time at Sihala where he was filling in for someone. I found him. Without a name or a reference.
What makes your soul happy?
There’s something so satisfying about frying onions. The just perfectly caramelising onions, each strand separating from a perfectly fan-like slice and slightly twisting, glistening with the oil around it gives…
Food from the life past
My nannhiaal is from Jaunpur in UP (Uttar Pradesh) in India where my mother was born. When they came to Pakistan in the late 1950s, most of the family decided…
Paintings, Paintings Everywhere
One thing a childhood brimming with joy taught me. Allow your child to be bored. So they can entertain themselves in ways Pinterest nor You ever can.
The Grief of Isolation
It had been over three months that my three year old and I even sat in the car. My husband would sporadically step out for essentials with extreme precautions for…
Baby’s Day Out. Parking it.
Park is usually a constant in a child’s life. Except when you are born to hermits who love their nooks and books. Then it’s an expedition. My poor, forever Vitamin D deprived kid has a go at the Park Baby life and goes a little nutsy, making (non) snow angels in clumps of weeds and grass amongst other fun stuff.
Single. Ready to Mingle
If I’d get a nickel every time someone asks me to have another child, we won’t need to worry about Sass’s college money. However, in addition to retaining some semblance of sanity in my own life here is an unusual one that I wish to do for my child by keeping things single. Oops. Simple, I meant.
Tech Billionaires, their Parenting Choices and The Consumers.
The idea that Silicon Valley tycoons keep their own kids’ lives technology free has been beaten around to death. Is it right? Is it Conspiratorial? Is it Meh? Here’s my take.
Dodge Them, Love Them
Living with a toddler tests you every passing moment. Not necessarily just your patience but more so your tact to make a choice. Every time you feel the need for them to do something differently the choice you make to build or break their spirit.
Food for Fun
Where on one hand we get the oh-so-petite baby comments, we always get compliments on how she eats everything on the table. Here’s how she cracked it for us. Baby led weaning, is actually a lifestyle. Adopt Baby Led Life!