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Rati Ramadas Girish
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Support System: As cliques go, parents are a class apart
As soon as you have a baby you are automatically enrolled into the group. If you wish to seek them out, they are everywhere.
Rati Ramadas Girish
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Who’s smarter: A questioning baby or a parent with all the answers?
A child’s million queries can make you question your own lack of curiosity.
Rati Ramadas Girish
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The pains (and pleasures) of working from home while bringing up baby
A growing child requires constant attention and answers to million questions, making it close to impossible to carve time out for work. But there are compensations...
Rati Ramadas Girish
Trending
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Over 17,400 citizens write to EC seeking action against PM Narendra Modi for hate speech
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Australian journalist leaves country amid visa troubles, says ‘too difficult to do my job in India’
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Dubai: How a high-altitude jet stream, not cloud seeding, created a storm ‘the size of France’
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The Jammu and Kashmir voter who is fighting corruption in job recruitments
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‘The Kerala Story’: Why did Catholics re-release a Hindutva movie days before polling?
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The sheer joy of bringing up baby and dog together
We have been raising two babies. One slightly ahead of the other in the learning curve.
Rati Ramadas Girish
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To get the right answer from your child, don't underestimate the power of a simple question
Some days a simple, "What did you do at school?" just doesn't cut it. So I have to dig, and prod, and coax, and cajole.
Rati Ramadas Girish
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Come rain or come shine, all seasons are playtime for children. Why not for us grown-ups?
‘It is too hot to play’, ‘it is raining outside’ – why do we insist on sheltering children from the outdoors?
Rati Ramadas Girish
Video
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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Eco India: How can India deal with its mounting tyre waste?
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Don’t be fooled, that sandbox in a children’s playground is a social minefield
Life in a playground is not all ha ha hee hee.
Rati Ramadas Girish
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Raising a child in the West is an intensely lonely affair. Not so in India
Of course it takes a village to raise a child, but even in urban India, help will always be given to those parents who ask for it.
Rati Ramadas Girish