Songs From the Wood

Maya cruised past her 19th month birthday last week. She is 34.5 inches tall and weighs 27.25 lbs, numbers that put her in the 97-98th perce...

First, an apology to my readers. I've let trivia overwhelm me. That combined with a few other things have prevented me from updating my ...

"All kids lie. Almost all kids will experiment with lying at least by the age of four. And if they start when they're younger, you ...

Maya's imitating us has taken her into the prank zone. When Shanthala does not want to open a bottle that Maya presents to her (because ...

Last week, Maya passed her year and a half mark. She commemorated the event by calling me "Papa" for the first time. Till then, Sh...

I suppose it all began when I started getting tired of constantly changing CDs. Maya's love of music has only matured as she's aged....

There are many books that address animal behavior and attempt to explain them. I was disappointed by many of them, because they didn't s...

From an article in NYT two days ago: This is morning in America in the Internet age. After six to eight hours of network deprivation — also...

Countless stories I heard growing up, involved animals as the main characters. In Indian mythology such as Ramayana and Mahabharata, animals...