Category: Stories

Me or Money

By Chief Editor

    If you leave your kid with a daycare lady, will she be able to love (interact) your child the way the child’s mother would have loved? No is the default answer to that however there are exceptions. My passion for working, insufficiency of money to manage a home, and similar other excuses that…

Annmol’s Necklace

By Chief Editor

Ann:              Why do I, why doesn’t Parukutty? Appa:            Hai mol’u….How was your day at school today…what all did you learn? Ann:              Appa, why did Amma make me wear the big gold chain and bangles when we went yesterday to aunt Poorna’s wedding? Appa:            that’s because Mol’u will look beautiful if you wear that chain, ring…

Mathematics of Time

By Chief Editor

Exactly eighteen days back that fine morning, the sunrise was a bit early at around 05:30 am and my mobile phone started ringing. I usually don’t wake up that early so it was highly unlikely that it was a missed alarm. It was quite odd since I wasn’t expecting anyone’s call that early and so…

Teasing a Child

By Chief Editor

Lakshmikutty is a bit too shorter than all her friends at school while she is taller than most of her playmates in the neighbourhood park. Her elder brother Shravan is 6 years elder than her but she doesn’t call him Anna (elder brother) most often unless her grandparents insist. She doesn’t like his habit of…

“I will kill you”

By Chief Editor

Georgie became 5 years old last week. It was a hot and dry day and I decided to water my kitchen garden before Georgie woke up after his short afternoon nap. It was quite unusual that he sleeps immediately after he reaches home from school. Now that he has become all the talkative over the…