Category: Grand Parents

Education, Grand Parents, Kids, Vancouver

University Highlands Elementary

Overnight, my impression about a local elementary school underwent a sea change. Of course the building and the surroundings of the school are impressive but one soon realized that the quality of the school went beyond ABCD or the usual studies. Just one function after lunch on a particular day was so thrilling that the …

Facts and Fiction, Grand Parents, Issues in India, Politics in India

Of facts and …

Of late, we hear ‘distorted’ versions of ancient India’s scientific achivement. But, before we dismiss all such stories as baseless, we have to lend our ears to what our great grandpas had to say about certain unique aspects of Indian “discoveries”. It may appear to be baseless but as pointed out by our grandpas, “ …

Facts and Fiction, Grand Parents, International, Kids, Ooty, P U Krishnan, seasons, Travel, Vancouver

The art of settling down!

Back home after a gap of eight months is a strange experience. Off and on you are haunted by the happy-go-lucky experiences you had had, all these days, with your kith and kin. Simultaneously, you have to struggle a bit to regain the routine life. Yeah, its calls for a lot of diplomacy and patience …

Grand Parents, Kids, Parents, Vancouver

The Child-Grandma Management!

“A for?” “Apple” “good… B for?” “Bonda” “Bonda?… C for?” “Chappathy” “Chappathy?” The mom is upset and the grandma of the toddler buds in, “why are you upset? Chappathy or cat, don’t be so strict. Let the kids have freedom to utter any word. What matters is, to keep them in good humor” “OK, OK” …