Health experts have consistently raised red flags about the physical strain of heavy school bags on children, leading to back, neck, and posture-related problems
Dr. Tarun Singh
As the new academic year 2025-26 starts across the country, a familiar sight returns — schoolchildren bent under the weight of heavy backpacks, trudging their way to school. […]
“You’re saying I’m lying, but isn’t that what you’re doing right now?”
This sentence is a good example of accusatio — a powerful rhetorical and literary device used by speakers/writers to dilute criticism or blame by accusing the accuser of similar wrongdoing. It’s a way of turning the tables and potentially deflecting the focus of […]
Food: Himalayan monals are carnivore (insectivores) and herbivore (granivores, frugivores) pheasents. They feed on insects, seeds, tubers, roots, and berries.
Life span:10-12 years
Sound/s: Himalayan monals are very communicative and use various bird calls to express aggression, alarm, and attract a mate.
Habitat: Their native habitat extends from Afghanistan and Pakistan […]
Children need good role models to emulate and inspire them to achieve greatness. And what better role model than Mahatma Gandhi, Father of the Nation who master-minded and won India’s freedom struggle from the imperial Great Britain’s exploitative rule?
In the past few issues of the Kidzone section, we have been featuring excerpts from Growing Up […]
“Be the change that you want to see in the world”. – Mahatma Gandhi
Did you know that…
Mahatma Gandhi loved walking and for short distances it was his preferred mode of transport. But he also hopped onto trains, ships, bicycles, cars, horse carriages, bullock carts and once on an elephant, although never an airplane.
Suresh Subrahmanyan is a Bengaluru-based former advertising professional
Member of Parliament Shashi Tharoor is very much in the news these days for sundry reasons. Mostly positive, unless you are a Congress Party member deeply suspicious about this star parliamentarian from Kerala stealing the party’s thunder. His party bosses are not taking very kindly to his singing […]
This 21st century career, which involves creating computerised commercial artwork and designs, is a hot and happening career option
To the ever-growing list of tech-driven careers spawned by new IT and computer technologies, add digital art. This 21st-century career, which involves creating commercial artwork and designs using the computer, has emerged as a hot and happening […]
Luke Coutinho, the well-known Mumbai-based integrative lifestyle expert and Fit India Ambassador appointed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, recently (May 1) launched the Bharat School Menu and Lifestyle Plan for children in the three-14 age group. Excerpts from an interview with Reshma Ravishanker
Luke Coutinho
What is the objective of the Bharat School Menu […]
Several apps track infants to enable parents to improve infants’ feeding habits, sleep patterns and developmental milestones. Our pick of the best apps – Kiran Balimane
BabyTime
Platform: Android, iOS
This is a user-friendly parenting app that tracks infants’ daily routines and developmental milestones. Designed for new parents, it allows them to log information about important routines such […]
Dr. Snigdha Samanta is a consultant neonatologist and pediatrician at Rani Hospital and Research Centre for Children, Ranchi
The Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics and Indian Academy of Pediatrics guidelines stress the importance of educating adolescents about appropriate food portion sizes to maintain healthy weight and ensure overall well-being
In middle class India, sugar accounts for approximately 13 percent of the daily calorie intake of children aged 4-10, and 15 percent for children aged 11-18. This far exceeds the World Health Organisation’s recommended cap of 5 percent – Kiran Balimane & Cynthia John.
Prime minister Narendra Modi and the BJP/NDA government at […]
Sadhguru meditation can reverse brain aging by six years
An advanced meditation programme designed by Coimbatore-based spiritual guru Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev can reverse brain aging by almost six years, says a new study conducted by researchers at Harvard Medical School’s Massachusetts General Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Researchers measured meditators’ brain activity using sleep-based […]
Perhaps the most discussed subject on online parenting forums, Google searches, WhatsApp groups and offline conversations is children’s food and health. In the post-Covid era, parents have become hyper-anxious about children succumbing to infections such as the flu, viral fever, gastroenteritis, among other ailments. Fear of contracting common childhood ailments apart, a new, bigger worry […]
Your cover story ‘Ensuring boys don’t transform into brutes’ (PW May) is a thought-provoking feature on gender equality and the role of parents in raising good boys.
In Indian society, where traditional notions of patriarchy are ingrained in boys and girls from a young age, it’s difficult to break the cycle of toxic […]
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