I am fourteen and attending a six week summer program for gifted high school students at Cornell University. It is being a wonderful experience. Living outside my parents house has been a massive relief. Being surrounded by other students interested … Continue reading Hope (A to Z Blog Challenge – “H” – April 2019)
I’m not entirely sure why but after my last day of work before leaving to move to a yurt and start life as a full time parent, I quit cutting my hair. On that same day I threw away my … Continue reading Grizzly (A to Z Blog Challenge – “G” – April 2019)
It’s approaching 8:00 at night, the time a three year old like me should be thinking about settling down in bed with a book. I have no such intention, though. I’m shrieking with joy, running at top speed behind Charlie, … Continue reading Fun to Fear (A to Z Blog Challenge – “F” – April 2019)
This morning over on Reddit, I saw an article posted about a 5 year old girl who had been placed in a 3.5 metre x 2 metre (about 7′ x 12′) storage closet at school as punishment for “kicking a table”. Continue reading Discipline (A to Z Blog Challenge – “D” – April 2019)
I’m bending the rules a little bit today with this one, using the word “Car” as a starting point and then, because I was telling this story in Hindi class this week, sharing the story in Hindi. It’s bending the … Continue reading दो कहानी बड़ी पुरानी (A to Z Blog Challenge – “C” – April 2019)
I’m fourteen years old and thanks to my cousin Al, I know the path my life is going to take. There is only one person in my family who has ever gone to college and it’s my cousin Al. Like … Continue reading Al’s Library (A to Z Blog Challenge – “A”- April 2019)
It’s 2018 and I am in a taxi leaving Jaipur. We pass a large building on Ajmer Road in the outskirts of town. Karan, our driver gestures at it and says “That’s the new Pepsi factory.” I and the other … Continue reading Spend Wisely – Others Depend on You
