The number of overweight children in India has doubled in recent years, with a quarter of children considered overweight or obese. Causes of obesity in children include unhealthy food choices, lack of physical activity and family eating habits. This rise in the number of overweight children is disturbingthem, because it causes health problems and can lead to social problems. Overweight …

She’s an innocent little girl Unknown about the people in this world Who think it’s a curse that she is born. It has nothing to do with her but her gender She has to suffer because she is her. She grows up while listening to those painful words Which she hears from the crowd Those words struck her like a …

‘What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare.’ William Henry Davies Life is changing. We are all trying to cope with its fast pace. No sooner than we are born, the race begins. Parents are in a hurry for their children to learn just about everything. They want to groom them into …

My placements have been in a whole array of different types of schools as my husband, an army officer was posted to various states of India. It has been a long journey, more than a quarter of a century, teaching children in the primary stage of their lives. You would be amazed to know that the kids of a particular …

Success is a journey, not a destination. ” The doing is often more important than the outcome ” — Arthur Ashe I often ask myself what is success — getting good marks, being a obedient child. What is success for me? How can I achieve it? After days of thinking I realized that doing something fruitful which brings a smile on …

The importance of mathematics in daily life cannot be questioned. Mathematics finds its application in the fields of science, technology, economics, business, commerce and computer design and functioning.These fields may be advanced applications for the layman. However even a simple common man find his math useful in his day to day life. Consider a housewife going for groceries shopping. She …

In a dusty, dark corner of a very old house, sits the tall, wooden worn out clock. It has seen its share of memories and pain, keeping perfect time with a tick and a tock. From weddings to funerals, losses and gains, sorrows and days filled with fun. What once was brand new, through the passing of days, has wrinkled …

Trees are third form of god, Their branches are like brown rods……… Leaves of trees are green, Which are full of hygiene………… They give us so many things, That we can’t even think………… Almost all trees survive for years, But they can’t survive for long if their leaves are eaten by a deer………… They give us fruits, vegetables and gum, …

Boredom, an essential self evaluator! A necessary component missing from today’s holidays! How many times have we heard our children complaining of being bored? It is a virtually impossible memory to rake up for us as parents. And why is that? Are we to be blamed? What is the advantage of being bored? What did we gain from being bored? …

Suitcases and be off to your favorite grandpa’s place. Plucking mulberries or mangoes from the highest branch was the most extreme form of adventure while your grandma would stuff you up all the time complaining about how weak you’ve become and not to forget , the moon would take its place right above your ancestral house’s roof amidst the grandpa’s …