Author: Moumita Basu

Of Tears and Satyamev Jayate

Editor’s Note: Durga Puja celebrates women and her power to conquer it all. On this occasion here’s a wonderful article about the girl child by our member Moumita1. Share your thoughts with us here. Dear Aamir Khan,  How did you do it? How did you get this idea of a television series such as Satyamev Jayate? I always knew that you thought different, but this is different with a big D! In the era of celebrities using star power to promote brands, products, games shows and cricket, you decided to promote social awareness, and how!! Tackling the issue of female...

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Good Parenting Tips to Discipline Toddlers

When my child was a toddler, my father-in-law had told me that as a parent I should only start disciplining her when she becomes three-year old. Until then children are delicate, prone to abuse and need loads of love. It was difficult for me to understand why toddlers cannot be disciplined at that age, but as my child grew up, I learnt the true meaning of those wise words. To understand what we are saying, children need at least a modicum level of cognitive abilities, which only develop after a certain age. Before that, they are just a mass...

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How to Build a Social Support System to Help You in Crisis

It pays to build a circle of caring people around you. People who will be your friend, people who share a common interest with you, and people who can later on become your support system in case of a crisis. Here’s how we can build this support system around us. Stay in Touch If you are moving to a new city or country, it’s always better to stay in touch with your friends and relatives over there, even before you make the big move. Today, in the age of social networking, it’s possible to revive friendships at a click of...

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Ten Tips on Getting Yourself Ready To Work from Home

Are you a housewife, with children and never worked before but would like to earn a bit of money? Are you are a mother who was working, but think working full time is too tiring now that you have a family? Working part time from home can be very lucrative. Now that your children are off to school, work from home is a great idea for you.  If you are answering yes, to any of the questions, then the ten tips are for you. 1- Decide On Your Profession Just because you have decided to work from home does...

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Teach Your Children to Be Safe On Internet Social Media

Children are becoming more and more prominent on various social media sites. Often by bending the rules.  This can be a hugely dangerous condition because they can become vulnerable to assaults from adult predators. Thus comes the question of teaching our children the right value and also know how to keep our children safe on the internet. Supervision The dangers are too many for letting children access social media sites without supervision. Moral Values By allowing our children to break a rule by lying, we are offering wrong moral signals and bad role model to our children, who may take...

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