Actress Uma Thurman, who gave birth to her third child in July last year, wants to get back to work as she wants to strike a balance between her personal and professional life. “It isn’t the case that being a housewife doesn’t satisfy me. I love cooking, doing gardening and being there for my children. [...]
Dr Diana Monteiro My son is 10 and my husband and I are nearing 50. There is a huge communication gap and he feels more comfortable in the company of his friends and their families than with us. What do we do? As your child comes closer to teenage, you will find that he might [...]
Dr Diana Monteiro We are pretty well-to-do. My son is seven and we’ve been getting complaints that he takes others’ belongings. He comes back with things that are not his. Is he a kleptomaniac? What do we do? A child who is of school age should typically know that stealing is wrong. Children of all [...]
In this day and age, when tempers are short and patience is passé, there is a need to get to the root of it all. Parent coach Fathima Khader shows us how. Of the many children that Fathima Khader worked with during her career as Life Skills Facilitator, a girl from her Anger Management workshop [...]
Dr Diana Monteiro My daughter is 4. She keeps talking to an imaginary friend. Is this common in children or is there something to worry? In terms of social and emotional development, for children to have imaginary friends as a part of their ‘play life’ is not uncommon. Play is an important part of a [...]
Vinod Lal Heera Eshwar’s interactive books make reading and eco conservation child’s play. Vinod’s first book Let’s Plant Trees came with a simple message as evident in its title. But lest the idea slipped children’s limited attention span, he presented them with real seeds (of the Pongamia tree) incorporated in the book, goading them into action. His [...]
Almost 15 days after the murder of three children at Korvi Ched village, the grandfather of two of the children confessed to the crime and was arrested Wednesday, police said. Chen Busreddy, 70, an agriculturalist, claimed that he was neglected and mentally harassed by his son and daughter-in-law. He said they refused to give him money [...]
Actor Russell Brand says he is game to write his next autobiography, and hints it might even have some secrets about his marriage to singer Katy Perry. “I will write more ‘Booky Wooks’. Maybe I’ll wait until I get married again or have more children before I write any more,” said Brand, who split from [...]
Actress Kate Hudson is choosing her films prudently following the birth of her second son in 2011, as she does not wish to spend much time away from her children. “If someone says it’s a three-month shoot, I get a little shy because of Ryder in third grade and Bing being 19 months. It’s so [...]
However, Cameron did not offer any apology for the massacre. Amritsar: British Prime Minister David Cameron Wednesday termed as “shameful” the Jallianwala Bagh massacre of innocent Indians by British troops. “This was a deeply shameful act in British history. One that Winston Churchill rightly described at that time as monstrous. We must never forget what happened [...]
It’s David vs Goliath as Rajasthan take on Mumbai’s might
Kolkata: They have shown remarkable fighting spirit despite the demoralising spot-fixing scandal and the Rajasthan Royals will now look to upstage the mighty Mumbai Indians in the second qualifier here tomorrow to book, what would be, a dream final berth in the Pepsi IPL. On paper, Mumbai Indians may appear stronger but Rajasthan will be [...]
21 lawmakers back Chandigarh-born as top US judge
Washington: Ahead of an expected Senate vote on the nomination of Chandigarh-born Indian-American legal luminary Srikanth ‘Sri’ Srinivasan to a top US court, 21 lawmakers have penned their support for him. Srinivasan, 46, currently principal deputy solicitor general of the US last week won unanimous approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee for his nomination as [...]
It was like bereavement: Dravid on spot-fixing
New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid says dealing with the turmoil caused by the spot-fixing scandal, which has left his team’s reputation in tatters, has turned out to be as tough as handling “bereavement in some ways”. “I would not lie it was a very tough phase for us. It was a blow to [...]
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Reporter’s diary: Waste not flowers
A flower is most beautiful when it is in the garden, like a deer or a lamb seen in its natural habitat. If this wisdom is known to the mayor and the GHMC, they would not have wasted several hundred lovely flowers at the function declaring the GHMC’s plan to open 14 biodiversity parks on [...]
Reporter’s diary: Bravo, Naidu
TDP leader Chandrababu Naidu is a visionary. Few will doubt this considering what he did to give Hyderabad a modern face, and many of his welfare schemes are now implemented (of course, renamed after Rajiv Gandhi or Indira Gandhi). But many could not understand his logic of asking for a ban of `500 and `1,000 [...]
Reporter’s diary: Who’s this footloose at CCS?
For some time now, staff in the powerful central crime station are being cowed down by a sada home guard who is said to be close to a senior IPS officer. CCS staff whisper that he is the eyes and ears of the officer and therefore gets a free run. Recently, when three ruffians who [...]
Reporter’s diary: Jubilee Hills show
Talking of thick skinned civic officials, one could take a look at the picture above. Here the building contractors of the rich and the mighty make insulting gestures at law and the GHMC. It seems to say, “Right to walk? Forsooth! Building rules? My Right Foot!”
Reporter’s diary: GHMC, practice what you preach
So the GHMC preaches about how cleanliness is next to godliness and has all sorts of clean and green quotes in every other corner of its office and parks. But if you walk into the head office, you’ll wonder what stops the staff from practicing what they preach. The entire office is permeated with the [...]
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