This is an account of a seven year old boy and his journey of writing and ultimately publishing a book, sent to me by his mother. So … When our son said he wants to write a book, we were like – OK go ahead! At that time we didn’t really think that he willContinue reading “When a 7 year old homeschooler publishes a book….”
Category Archives: Life in Mumbai
Our new Ashok One Hospital opens on 1/1/2018
via Opening of Ashok One Hospital on 1/1/2018 — Ashokhospital’s Blog
A tribute to Jeremy Fernand
Max and Gillian went through a parent’s worst nightmare, the death of their son Jeremy Fernand. Jeremy was only 19 years when he fell off a running train on the 26th of November 2017. He succumbed to his injuries at Cooper hospital in Mumbai. It was a shock to his parents and to all ofContinue reading “A tribute to Jeremy Fernand”
A tribute to Jeremy and his family
Max and Gillian went through a parents worst nightmare, the death of their child Jeremy Fernand. Jeremy was only 19 years when he fell off a running train on the 26th of November 2017. He succumbed to his injuries at Cooper hospital in Mumbai. It was a shock to his parents and to all ofContinue reading “A tribute to Jeremy and his family”
Unplugging to connect
I had to do something drastic to connect back to my teenage son. Guess what? He is in the tenth grade now and for the past few months I have been watching him spend hours…well not studying as in from his textbooks, but watching you tube videos or playing mine craft. So this week finallyContinue reading “Unplugging to connect”
Homeschool Info Meet at Mumbai [HIM Nov 2017] and the growing interest in homeschooling
Over the last few years there has been a growing awareness of the existence of alternatives to Institutional schools as a way to educate children. This has resulted in those who chose such alternatives years ago now coming together to hold meetings to explain what these alternatives are, especially homeschooling. Yesterday Mumbai homeschoolers organised aContinue reading “Homeschool Info Meet at Mumbai [HIM Nov 2017] and the growing interest in homeschooling”
Air pollution increases risk of childhood obesity and diabetes
A few days back I saw thick black smoke emanating from an illegal roadside garage and stopped to see what was happening. I was shocked to see two men from a roadside garage burning wires made of copper and insulated with PVC, apparently to extract the copper. In the bargain they were spreading carcinogenic fumesContinue reading “Air pollution increases risk of childhood obesity and diabetes”
Love, power and a sound mind 