When Cathleen set out for college four years ago, she planned to major in Psychology and Interior Design – her two loves. She was particularly interested in Criminal Psychology and we used [...]

It began when our shipment of Tulika Books arrived. We had saved a little stash of money and we decided to splurge on a whole stack of high quality children’s picture books, recommended by [...]

OK, so no one likes to go. But for Moy Moy (and her mother), going to the dentist is like major surgery. Because her jaws are reflexively clamped shut and because she has sensory issues when [...]

This man is sitting in my office. I am one of those people who expects miracles and coincidences as a regular feature of life, but even I have trouble believing how this one came to pass. Several [...]

After Mom died, Lucy kept discovering interesting things she had left behind. One of the most fascinating was a do-it-yourself autobiography which someone must have given her (it was definitely [...]

Bread baking is a twice a week event in our house. I usually start it at around seven in the evening on those days when I want to be forced to stay up late to do some writing work. Since the [...]

His name is Ram Chandra.

Everybody who ever washes the dishes in our house (there are several people) puts the blue tray as you see it here. Every time I notice, I move it to the spot where I think it belongs, which is [...]

Ravi is a Luddite both by nature and by persistent discipline (meaning he cultivates his Luddite Image). He has never learned to drive and finds most technology baffling and a waste of time. I [...]

Many years ago, Ravi came up with a crazy idea: “Let’s cover the roof with white sheets,” he said one particularly scorching hot day. “I’m sure it will cool the [...]