tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49561098232285014522024-03-14T09:27:08.504+01:00Indian MommiesWe are in this togetherB o ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351744309107088656noreply@blogger.comBlogger84125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956109823228501452.post-27157275759695588782012-08-26T23:35:00.001+02:002012-08-26T23:35:55.952+02:00Just Married, Please Excuse by Yadhodhara Lal.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The very talented and funny <a href="http://www.yashodharalal.com/" target="_blank">Yashodhara Lal </a>whose blog I have been following for a long time is out with her first book as well. Congrats Y and wishing you all things wonderful!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"></span><br />
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1. You write a post on your blog, describing an incident aboutsomething funny that has happened to you as a part of married life, preferably when you were 'Just Married'. (By 31st August 2012)</div>
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2. HarperCollins and I select the 20 best entries and they will be sent copies of my book; and 10 Delhi-based bloggers get to join me and VK Karthika, (Chief Editor of HarperCollins and all round super-cool person) for a leisurely Saturday lunch at the new Mamagoto outlet in Gurgaon for some really great food ( I'm told the Khan Market outlet is never less than packed, and for good reason). Oh, and there'll be some good conversation too :).</div>
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1. The Title of your post should be The 'Just Married, Please Excuse' Contest </div>
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3. Please leave a link to your entry in Y's comments section to this post.</div>
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4. In case you don't have a blog of your own, do leave your entry in the comments section to Y's post. In case you face issues while commenting, email your story at yashodhara dot lal at gmail dot com (But only up to two such comment/email entries can win, so you better make it funny)<br />
5.Note -If you're not married, but still want to participate, you can do it - just tell us about a funnyJust Married story about someone you know! </div>
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B o ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351744309107088656noreply@blogger.com75tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956109823228501452.post-34531527713819257902012-08-23T22:02:00.001+02:002012-08-23T22:02:30.661+02:00You Never Know When You'll Get Lucky by Priya Narendra.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">When I said its raining books this season in my last post, I was nt kidding. Blogger Priya Narendra is out with her first book "You never know when you'll get lucky". And there is a fun contest to participate. Take a picture with Priyas book and send it to <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;"><a href="mailto:ureadshop@gmail.com" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">ureadshop@gmail.com</a> and lucky winners will get books worth Rs.2000. Click the banner for more details. Hurry up and win!</span></span><br />
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B o ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351744309107088656noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956109823228501452.post-32463580879474189532012-08-23T15:01:00.000+02:002012-08-23T15:01:19.930+02:00Have you seen this? by Arthi Anand Navaneeth.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Its raining books this season from loads of fellow bloggers and one special book is written by none other than Art Navy from our very own IndianMommies corner! :) We are so proud of you, Art! Cant wait to lay my hands on the pretty book.</span><br />
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B o ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351744309107088656noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956109823228501452.post-10767909023436596232012-06-03T23:11:00.000+02:002012-06-03T23:11:47.679+02:00Please Vote for a Worthy Cause.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">Our society believes that girl children are a liability. They have always been targeted. New born girl children have been killed and abandoned for decades. Ultrasound technology has only made this worse. Girls children are being aborted as early as 20 weeks, while still in the mother’s womb. Which is less humane, no body can tell.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">Many of us feel strongly for this and due to many reasons, we have been arm chair activists.<strong> Now is a chance to be an arm chair activist AND make a difference.</strong></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.aartiforgirls.org/" rel="nofollow" style="color: sienna;" target="_blank">Arti Home For Girls</a> is an orphanage for abandoned girls children based out of Kadappa, Andhra Pradesh. Its founder Sandhya, has been working with abandoned girl children and women forced to abort their unborn girl children for the past 20 years. She has contributed in many levels and has made a difference in the lives of more than 1000 girl children.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">Arti Home is participating in the IMPACT CONTEST. Winning this contest will give many unborn children a chance of survival, women a possibility to stand up for their girl children, educational and vocational training for the abandoned girls.</span></div>
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</div>B o ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351744309107088656noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956109823228501452.post-39382856854053390972012-04-25T21:04:00.000+02:002012-04-25T21:04:18.634+02:00Summer Reading Program in Hyderabad.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://utbtkids.com/" target="_blank">Utbtkids</a> has designed a summer reading program for Treasure House in Hyderabad. The description makes me wish I were a kid and that I lived in Hyderabad! :) </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>For <strong>children age 6 – 9</strong>, THE BUTTERFLIES BOOK CLUB. The underlying goal of this book club is to make children aware of other genres. The world of books is not just magic, fantasy and what-ever-my-older-sibling/friend-is-reading. There is fiction, non-fiction, drama, picture books, chapter books, environmental issues, humor, classics, mythology, history, exploration/discovery/voyages…. and many more. Catch them young, when they have started reading independently and introduce them to the different choices so that they pause at their age level and explore choices at level instead of jumping to what is popular and run out of choices soon. I call this, my ‘prevent children from getting lost in the adventure/magic/mystery Bermuda triangle’ mission. Children will interact with Sridala Swami, author of Cheenu’s Gift and Sandhya Rao, editor of Tulika Publishers.</i></span></div>
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</span></div>B o ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351744309107088656noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956109823228501452.post-27634660951047644182012-03-29T18:57:00.001+02:002012-03-29T18:58:22.686+02:00Child Sexual Abuse Awareness Month - April 2012.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://csaawarenessmonth.com/" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 190px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6mjSSN7RQX0/T3STdZh-TRI/AAAAAAAAEh8/B6Ax19FwtUI/s200/logo-csa.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725363159573613842" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><p style="line-height: 19px; ">Remember April 2011 on Twitter, Facebook and blogs? We talked about Child Sexual Abuse – the hows, the wheres and the whens. We were overwhelmed by the response it generated, humbled by the weight of the personal stories of despair and courage.</p><p style="line-height: 19px; ">It’s that time of the year again and we’re going ahead with Child Sexual Abuse Awareness Month – April 2012.</p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><p style="line-height: 19px; ">Do you have a story to tell? Tips to share? A video, a link, an ebook? As a parent, as an adult, as a child? As before, we honour all requests for anonymity.</p><p style="line-height: 19px; ">Bring your experience and your expertise to this awareness initiative via</p><p style="line-height: 19px; ">Blog posts with the logo (you can copy the image above), linkback to our blog, with the words “CSAAM April 2012” in the title<br />Twitter posts or links to @CSAawareness, tagged “#CSAAM”<br />FB notes linking to our Facebook page<br />Emails to csa.awareness.april@gmail.com<br />Or just simply show support by displaying the Picsquare badge on your site/page/profile</p><p style="line-height: 19px; ">This year, we hope to increase our focus and reach with our new CSAAM App and our sensitisation workshops. You’ll find both in our blog come April 2012.</p><p style="line-height: 19px; ">Stay tuned at <a href="http://csaawarenessmonth.com/">http://csaawarenessmonth.com</a>/</p></span></span></span>B o ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351744309107088656noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956109823228501452.post-58399185938928158332012-01-13T08:31:00.005+01:002012-01-13T09:36:38.196+01:00Congrats, Kiran!<a href="http://thereluctantdetectivebook.blogspot.com/" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 152px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DK62sAVsdAM/Tw_gdaTyYQI/AAAAAAAAEgE/E6ypH6qDeZQ/s200/kaylarge.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697018849530110210" /></a>If you have nt heard already, the fantastic blogger and a good friend (ahem!), <a href="http://karmickids.blogspot.com/">Kiran</a> <a href="http://thirtysixandcounting.wordpress.com/">Manral</a> is out with her first book, The Reluctant Detective! Im sure whoever reads her blog knew it was coming since she is a wonderful, wonderful writer. <div><br /></div><div>To learn more about the book, visit Kiran's brand new website <a href="http://www.flipkart.com/books/9381626115?_l=gWxQa0snNjHUHKJhnj_y0w--&_r=vdyfFG0%207SUoVP49c%20Wirw--&ref=fb27c9f0-eb5f-4055-a621-5e7c2a676d4a">http://www.thereluctantdetectivebook.blogspot.com/</a><div><br /></div><div>You can buy the book from Flipkart <a href="http://www.flipkart.com/books/9381626115?_l=gWxQa0snNjHUHKJhnj_y0w--&_r=vdyfFG0%207SUoVP49c%20Wirw--&ref=fb27c9f0-eb5f-4055-a621-5e7c2a676d4a">here</a>.</div><div><br /><div>I love the cover and I cant wait to get my hands on it. Wishing you all things wonderful, Kiran!</div></div></div>B o ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351744309107088656noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956109823228501452.post-40744532428204788952011-10-21T17:30:00.005+02:002011-10-21T17:38:46.880+02:00Crocus 2011.<a href="http://www.saffrontree.org/"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 246px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EFlwvz19lJQ/TqGRvEMqKbI/AAAAAAAAEH0/0xh5VUrtaNI/s320/Crocus-flyer-hi-res-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665970043975510450" /></a><br />Crocus 2011 is here! <a href="http://www.saffrontree.org/">Saffron Tree's</a> annual festival of books is about to begin! ST is turning five and the theme this year is the FIVE ELEMENTS. Click <a href="http://www.saffrontree.org/2011/10/elements-in-balanceat-crocus-2011.html">here for Sandhya's beautiful introductory post</a> and keep checking the web site for more. Reviews, art & crafts, interviews, competitions,... they got it all!B o ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351744309107088656noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956109823228501452.post-30624540242768095822011-09-30T21:03:00.006+02:002011-09-30T22:07:16.422+02:00Violence Against Women Awareness Month.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Similar to the <a href="http://csaawarenessmonth.wordpress.com/">CSA Awareness Month</a>, October is going to be Violence Against Women Awareness Month. </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /><a href="http://vawawareness.wordpress.com/"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 129px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-db_H94SRnRE/ToYTqgL7LGI/AAAAAAAAEGs/ErTVb8KE9dI/s200/vawa.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658231602752990306" /></a><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Heres what the core team has to say about it:<br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="width: 985px; position: relative; "><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on" style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.4;">We know the subject is very wide and includes multiple aspects. To ensure that this awareness campaign is </span></span></i></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on" style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.4;">effective, we have limited our scope to the following aspects:</span></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.4;">1. </span></span><b style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.4; ">Domestic violence</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.4;"> – physical violence by husband/partner, other family members etc</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.4;">2. </span></span><b style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.4; ">Violence against girl child</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.4;"> – including deprivation</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.4;">3. </span></span><b style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.4; ">Sexual violence</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.4;"> – including marital rape, date rape</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.4;">4. </span></span><b style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.4; ">Emotional/psychological abuse</b><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.4;">5. </span></span><b style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.4; ">Dowry-related</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.4;"> </span></span><b style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.4; ">violence</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.4;"> – including bride burning</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.4;">6. </span></span><b style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.4; ">Female infanticide</b><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.4;">7. </span></span><b style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.4; ">Acid attacks</b><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.4;">We invite you to support and strengthen VAWM Oct 2011 as only you can. You can...</span></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.4;">Keep up with our </span></span><a href="http://vawawareness.wordpress.com/" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.4; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(204, 102, 17); "><b>blog</b></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.4;">.</span></span><br /><br /><span style=" line-height: 1.4; font-size:13px;"><b>Write</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.4;"> about it and send your blog post links or writeups to </span></span><b style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.4; ">vawawareness at gmail dot com</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.4;"> </span></span></i></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on" style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.4;">(confidentiality and anonymity respected, as always).</span></span><br /><br /><span style=" line-height: 1.4; font-size:13px;"><b>Tweet</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.4;"> about it – don't forget to add </span></span><b style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.4; ">http://twitter.com/#!/VAWMonth</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.4;"> .</span></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.4;">Join in the </span></span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Violence-Against-Women-Awareness-Month/105254826233654" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.4; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(204, 102, 17); "><b>Facebook</b></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.4;"> discussions.</span></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.4;">Show your support with the </span></span><span style=" line-height: 1.4; font-family:Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;">badge.</span></b></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.4;">It's the season that celebrates the power of women. Come join in our </span></span><a href="http://vawawareness.wordpress.com/tag/stree-shakti/" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.4; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(204, 102, 17); ">Stree Shakti</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.4; "> special posts.</span></span></i></span></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:12px;"></span></span></div></div></div>B o ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351744309107088656noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956109823228501452.post-43058987841348243752011-04-04T16:23:00.003+02:002011-04-04T16:28:36.591+02:00Twitter Chat on Child Sexual Abuse.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Anuja Gupta founder of</span></span><a href="http://www.rahifoundation.org/home.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> RAHI Foundation</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> is going to a twitter chat on the issue of Child Sexual Abuse on 5th April between 4:30 pm and 5:30 pm.<br /><br />We will be tweeting with a hashtag of #CSAAM, please login in to twitter at that time for the informative. The chat will be Q&A based and if u have any questions you want her to answer please leave them in the comments or tweet them to us at @CSAAwareness with a hashtag of #CSAAM<br /><br />A little about RAHI and Anuja<br /><br /><i>About RAHI –<br /><br />The RAHI Foundation is a support centre, based in New Delhi, India. It is the only centre of its kind in the country that specializes in working with adult women survivors of incest and childhood sexual abuse and offers services that are uniquely important to their recovery process. The centre is dedicated to providing individual and group services for survivors aimed at their psychological, emotional, sexual and spiritual recovery.<br /><br />The Foundation was established in August 1996 on the basis of the prestigious Fellowship for Population Innovations of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation received by Anuja Gupta, Director of RAHI.<br /><br />Website – http://www.rahifoundation.org/home.html<br /><br />About Anuja Gupta<br /><br />Anuja Gupta is the Founder & Executive Director at RAHI Foundation, a centre for the prevention and healing of incest/child sexual abuse.<br /><br />Anuja and her work at RAHI<br /><br />Anuja started RAHI (Recovering and Healing from Incest) Foundation in 1996. RAHI is a support centre for adult women survivors of incest and child sexual abuse (CSA) and an education, advocacy, training, research and communication in the field.<br /><br />RAHI is the only organization of its kind in India.<br /><br />In Anuja’s words – “I am an incest/CSA educator, trainer and counselor. I do individual and group therapy with adult women survivors and their supporters, and with non-abusive family members of child victims. My therapeutic approach is a blend of feminist counseling, narrative therapy, cognitive behavior therapy and psychodrama.<br />I conduct training with mental health professionals, students and social workers and lecture and present extensively on the subject at universities, schools, conferences, NGOs and other forums in the country and abroad. I help start and mentor other organizations and support groups working on child sexual abuse in the country.”</i></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Cross posted from the </span><a href="http://csaawarenessmonth.wordpress.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">CSAAM</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> website.</span></span></div>B o ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351744309107088656noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956109823228501452.post-35293821258701049822011-03-30T14:23:00.003+02:002011-04-04T16:14:44.179+02:00Are you an adult who survived Child Sexual Abuse?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">We all carry our own demons. Memories we have buried in our subconscious which we wish never to confront again. But maybe writing about our experiences would provide a much needed catharsis. We, at CSAAM April 2011 invite you to tell us YOUR story. Anonymous stories are welcome. We want to know what happened, how it affected you as a child, as an adult. We want to know how you dealt with the pain. Email us your stories at csa.awareness.april@gmail.com. Talk about it. Don’t bury your experiences.<br /><br />- The CSAA Team.<br /><br />ps.<br />You can also send your story as a comment here if that will be easier. And I will post it in the </span></span><a href="http://csaawarenessmonth.wordpress.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">csaawarenessmonth</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> blog.</span></span>B o ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351744309107088656noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956109823228501452.post-2430441963630850612011-03-28T23:09:00.012+02:002011-03-28T23:38:16.408+02:00Child Sexual Abuse Awareness Month - April 2011.<a href="http://csaawarenessmonth.wordpress.com/"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VOL0jTfOqzw/TZD_mdkSoBI/AAAAAAAADhE/ctYdlgnSCjg/s200/CSA-logo.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589248173803741202" /></a><br />All through April, there is going to be a lot of discussion, posts, expert opinions, helpful information, point to ponder, statistics, dos and donts about Child Sexual Abuse Awareness across many blogs. If its one blog you should nt miss reading, it is this - <a href="http://csaawarenessmonth.wordpress.com/">http://csaawarenessmonth.wordpress.com/ </a><br /><br />The blogathon begins on April 1st. <div></div><div>Please support the initiative. Here's how.<br /><br /><br />If you would like to add to the discussion or know somebody else who would, please note that entries are welcome.<br /><br />a. mailed to csa.awareness.april@gmail.com OR<br />b. posted as FB notes and linked to <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Child-Sexual-Abuse-Awareness-Month-April-2011/196122037087826">Child Sexual Abuse Awareness Month Page</a> OR<br />c. posted on your own blog with the logo and linked to <a href="http://www.blogger.com/csaawarenessmonth.wordpress.com/">the main blog</a> OR<br />d. linked or posted on Twitter tagged twitter.com/CSAAwareness OR<br />e. sent via some/all of the above methods<br /><br />If you are wondering what to write about, the list of topics is available <a href="http://csaawarenessmonth.wordpress.com/2011/03/26/list-of-possible-topics/">here</a>. Or you can choose your own topic related to CSA. Anonymous contributions are accepted and requests for anonymity will of course be honored. Bloggers can publish guest posts too.<br /><br />Please remember to send in a mail with all necessary links or just your input to csa.awareness.april@gmail.com <div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Hats off to <a href="http://thirtysixandcounting.wordpress.com/">Kiran</a> and <a href="http://monikamanchanda.wordpress.com/">Monika</a> who have been working hard round the clock to put everything together.<br /></div></div>B o ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351744309107088656noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956109823228501452.post-78739634064209186292011-02-27T22:28:00.002+01:002011-02-27T22:31:50.786+01:00The Fungle.<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><div>This is a fun website for kids. Ashu and I explored the beta version of <a href="http://www.thefungle.com/">The Fungle</a> together a couple of days back and as expected, the kid is hooked. As a beginner reader, Ashu was nt able to read everything on her own and needed my help to navigate in the beginning. Then I left her alone with it and came back 10 minutes later to see her dressing up her avatar, listening to a story and then playing a game! But being the scaredy cat that she is, she asked me to help because she was afraid of the snake that appeared in the game! Its nice that the stories and books are read alongs since she can listen to them. And I like the fact that theres an option of switching off the read along for kids who can read.</div><div><br /></div><div>And like I wrote to <a href="http://www.thefungle.com/company/">Narayanan</a>, the CEO, the Bee Mail idea is pure genius. Ashu went to bed asking if she got a bee mail! :) We cant wait for the Fungle to go live.</div><div><br /></div><div>Please check it out if you are interested.</div><div><br /></div><div>Heres <a href="http://utbtkids.com/2011/02/26/the-fungle/">Utbt's review of The Fungle and a short interview with the CEO</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>Cross posted at <a href="http://boosbabytalk.blogspot.com/2011/02/fungle.html">http://boosbabytalk.blogspot.com/2011/02/fungle.html</a></i></span></div></span>B o ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351744309107088656noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956109823228501452.post-41826109231459054072010-08-13T15:07:00.003+02:002010-08-13T15:32:25.567+02:00RIP, Tejaswee.<a href="http://indianhomemaker.wordpress.com/">IHM</a> lost her daughter, <a href="http://blabberblah.wordpress.com/">Tejaswee</a> to Dengue on 11th August. It was heart breaking to receive the news. May God rest her soul.<div><br /></div><div>Im in awe of IHM and <a href="http://indianhomemaker.wordpress.com/2010/08/13/she-will-live-forever-in-our-hearts/">her positive post</a>. Hugs, IHM.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>B o ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351744309107088656noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956109823228501452.post-56974801751577341732010-05-01T21:06:00.005+02:002010-05-02T23:24:27.701+02:00Mother's Day Special Event from Indusladies.<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I0d8OdklDvk/S9x9FkwpmcI/AAAAAAAACn4/KpNwJlxG7N4/s1600/banner16-300x250-1.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466381582441486786" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 167px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I0d8OdklDvk/S9x9FkwpmcI/AAAAAAAACn4/KpNwJlxG7N4/s200/banner16-300x250-1.gif" border="0" /></a> <div>Indusladies.com, with over 5 lakh monthly visitors, is one of the largest websites for Indian Women. For the upcoming Mother's Day, they are producing a "Mommy Blogger's ebook" with a list of all Indian Mommy bloggers and their best 5 posts. They plan to send that ebook to all their 90,000 members and also promote it among our 6000+ facebookfans and twitter followers. </div><div><br />Participation ends on May 6th. <a href="http://www.indusladies.com/forums/announcements/93175-mommy-bloggers-list-mothers-day.html">Click here</a> for details. </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><br /><br />Update:</div><div>I am also copy pasting the details from the website here.</div><div> </div><div><em><br /><br />If you would like your blog to be included in that list, please email (to </em><a href="mailto:partners@indusladies.com" target="_blank"><em>partners@indusladies.com</em></a><em>) the following as soon as possible and before 6th May. </em></div><em><div><br />1. Your blog URL</div><div>2. Your blog Name</div><div>3. A 5-8 line description about your blog (or about yourself as a blogger)</div><div>4. Link to 3-5 of your most popular blog posts.</div><div><br />We hope to hear from you. Please forward to your fellow bloggers as well. </div><div><br />Indusladies Team.<br /></div><div>P.S - If you have any questions, please email </em></div><a href="mailto:partners@indusladies.com" target="_blank"><em>partners@indusladies.com</em></a><em>. </em>B o ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351744309107088656noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956109823228501452.post-21166985362901394402010-02-24T22:31:00.004+01:002010-02-24T22:42:07.696+01:00Its poll time!<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Please go to Utbts for her latest poll on Language Development. She always comes up with interesting research on child development and I cant wait to know the results this time. Go here - </span><a href="http://utbtkids.com/2010/02/23/time-for-the-next-poll/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">http://utbtkids.com/2010/02/23/time-for-the-next-poll/</span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">And to Shrutis for the February Artsy craftsy challenge. The voting is open at </span><a href="http://mindfull-meanderings.blogspot.com/2010/02/vote-now.html"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">http://mindfull-meanderings.blogspot.com/2010/02/vote-now.html</span></a><br /><br />Thank you.B o ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351744309107088656noreply@blogger.com46tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956109823228501452.post-64988451788125268902010-02-12T15:59:00.003+01:002010-02-12T16:29:28.020+01:00Valentines Day Crafts.<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I0d8OdklDvk/S3Vy7tIPipI/AAAAAAAACIY/T9YWRovtJTw/s1600-h/heart_mouseg_thumb.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437378495171758738" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 74px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 100px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I0d8OdklDvk/S3Vy7tIPipI/AAAAAAAACIY/T9YWRovtJTw/s400/heart_mouseg_thumb.gif" border="0" /></a><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">My daughters music class teacher did a fun craft today and I thought I ll share it here. Even though I ve visited the DLTK craft site so many times for inspiration, I ve never printed their ready made templates before. Today I was searching for the template the music teacher had used and found many more cute ideas. For some fun heart shaped animal crafts, go here - </span><a href="http://www.dltk-holidays.com/valentines/crafts-animals.htm"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">http://www.dltk-holidays.com/valentines/crafts-animals.htm</span></a></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I0d8OdklDvk/S3Vy78ywUqI/AAAAAAAACIg/jxnH1LyKmlE/s1600-h/penguin_hearts2_thumb.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437378499376599714" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 82px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 100px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I0d8OdklDvk/S3Vy78ywUqI/AAAAAAAACIg/jxnH1LyKmlE/s400/penguin_hearts2_thumb.gif" border="0" /></a> <div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">For the heart shaped mouse template and many more cute ones, go here - </span><a href="http://www.first-school.ws/theme/animals/crafts/heart-shape.htm"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">http://www.first-school.ws/theme/animals/crafts/heart-shape.htm</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> The penguin card is very cute too. Thats the one Im planning to make with my older daughter today. Since all she has to do is cut out the shapes and then glue them looking at the picture, it should be easy. Also less work for me! :)</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />Or if you are immensely talented like <a href="http://littlefoodjunction.blogspot.com/">Smitha</a>, you can <a href="http://littlefoodjunction.blogspot.com/2010/02/with-love-3-valentines-day-is-most.html">make a Valentine Pizza</a> or <a href="http://littlefoodjunction.blogspot.com/2010/02/with-love-4-valentines-day-is.html">bake wonderful cookies </a>or <a href="http://littlefoodjunction.blogspot.com/2010/02/with-love-2-lets-celebrate-love-by.html">make fruit lollies</a> or even <a href="http://littlefoodjunction.blogspot.com/2010/02/with-love-love-is-in-air-with-valentine.html">a heart shaped fried egg</a>. :) Me? I ll stick to the ready made craft templates thankyouverymuch and may be ask the husband to get inspired by her blog! ;)</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span> </div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><br /><br />Happy Valentines Day everyone! Let Love rule! :)</span></div>B o ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351744309107088656noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956109823228501452.post-80970912269397051802010-01-21T10:34:00.004+01:002010-01-21T10:46:14.368+01:00Blog Contest - Artsy Craftsy Challenge.<p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Shruti at </span><a href="http://mindfull-meanderings.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">http://mindfull-meanderings.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> organized a fantastic artsy-craftsy challenge. Im sorry Im too late in announcing the contest but take a look at the all the entires here - </span><a href="http://mindfull-meanderings.blogspot.com/2010/01/artsy-craftsy-jan2010.html"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">http://mindfull-meanderings.blogspot.com/2010/01/artsy-craftsy-jan2010.html</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> All of them are mind blowingly good and one can get loads of idea to keep the little fingers busy! :) Please vote for the entry you like best. The voting ends on 28th Jan.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Way to go, Shruti. Hope there are more contests coming up.</span></p>B o ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351744309107088656noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956109823228501452.post-73594586287646831502009-11-03T22:21:00.004+01:002009-11-03T22:36:38.815+01:00Karadi Tales Twitter Contest.<div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Karadi Tales is all set to give away exciting prizes to 10 winners in the next 10 days! For details, go here - </span><a href="http://karaditales.com/FormBlogDiscussion.aspx?BlogTitleId=4"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">http://karaditales.com/FormBlogDiscussion.aspx?BlogTitleId=4</span></a><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I ve copied the details from the link below:</span></div><div><blockquote><p><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Do you have a story to tell? Can you tell your story in 6 words and under<br />140 characters? Intrigued? Read on! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /><a href = "http://twitter.com/karaditales" target ="blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399993870552986114" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 185px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I0d8OdklDvk/SvCh0JuY8gI/AAAAAAAABfo/EeF0T1gLJWU/s200/tweet_karadi.jpg" border="0" /></a>Everyday, from November 4 to 13, Karadi Tales will post a new theme on<br />Twitter, inviting everyone to contribute with their 6 word stories based on it.<br />We will declare the best entry the next day and the winner will win<br />himself/herself a gift hamper containing an assortment of Amar Chitra Katha<br />collections and Charkha audio-books.<br /><br />Inspired by www.sixwordstories.net,<br />we tried this idea within our organization.<br />We gave ourselves the theme:<br />Karadi Tales tagline<br />Our winning entry: Surrogate Grandmother. Stories on<br />compact disc.<br />Our winner: Shobha Viswanath! :)<br /><br />Get the idea? Geared<br />up for 2 weeks of fun? Here’s what you need to do:<br />Step one: Follow us on<br />Twitter (twitter.com/karaditales)<br />Step two: Check out the theme of the day<br />Step three: Reply to the tweet with your 6 word story<br /><br />It’s going to<br />be a whole lot of fun! We promise we’ll be completely fair in judging the best<br />entry.<br /><br />Will You Tweet With Us?<br /><br />PS Spread the word! Get<br />your friends and family to participate!<br /><br />PS Is anyone wondering why we<br />are doing this? It shall be revealed on November 14!<br /><br />Please note: We<br />don't have the budget to ship prizes overseas .. so if any winner lives outside<br />India, we can either ship his/her prize to an address in India or offer him/her<br />our downloadable products! </p></span></blockquote></div>B o ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351744309107088656noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956109823228501452.post-80548082276657181742009-10-27T08:29:00.004+01:002009-10-27T08:35:51.060+01:00Celebration of Reading Other Culturally Unique Stories.<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I0d8OdklDvk/SuaiCsm_pFI/AAAAAAAABew/xEYWX_SB9RU/s1600-h/CROCUS_2009_original.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397179370668270674" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 247px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I0d8OdklDvk/SuaiCsm_pFI/AAAAAAAABew/xEYWX_SB9RU/s320/CROCUS_2009_original.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><p> </p><p> </p><br /><br /><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><a href="http://www.saffrontree.org/">Saffron Tree</a> has a book festival going on - CROCUS 2009 in which they are reviewing culturally unique books from all over the world. Its not just reviews but author interviews and games too. <span style="font-size:78%;">(to quote </span><a href="http://utbtkids.com/"><span style="font-size:78%;">Utbt</span></a><span style="font-size:78%;">.)</span> The reviews by themselves are brilliant. Go check it out now.</span></p><br /><br /><p></p>B o ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351744309107088656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956109823228501452.post-23723995042807328572009-09-19T13:12:00.004+02:002009-09-19T13:20:13.191+02:00Children's Library Must Haves.<p>Check out Ras post on Childrens books. She has a wonderful list of books which are must-reads for kids and adults, as well!</p><p><em><a href="http://punarjanman.wordpress.com/2009/09/18/must-haves-in-a-childrens-library/">13. The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster. Was delighted when I met Chox recently for all of twenty minutes and her two precious girls and the elder one had her nose buried in this book. Please READ THE BOOK FIRST before watching the film! I received a second-hand copy from friends of my parents who lived in the US, whose son had read it. Read it ’til the pages fell out. It’s all about a bored little boy called Milo, who gets a magic tollbooth as a present and enters a world that isn’t so boring after all. This is a book that reveals something new after each re-reading-it’s full of puns and wordplay and mathematical fun.</a></em></p>B o ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351744309107088656noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956109823228501452.post-19687856263823881082009-06-16T18:44:00.008+02:002009-06-16T20:14:26.723+02:00The one with the fake mommy blogger.<p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I solemnly swear that I am a mom of two little girls. Trust me, ok? And now go read this bit of news about a blogger mom who faked her babys death <span style="font-size:85%;">(are you sitting down for this?)</span> to get hits in her blog!</span></p><p><em><a href="http://www.parentdish.com/2009/06/15/blogger-fakes-babys-death/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Twenty-six-year-old Beccah Beushausen had captivated readers with her story of a single mother facing a difficult pregnancy. Her blog, Little One April, drew thousands of readers, who offered prayers and support and help. On June 7, when she posted about her baby's birth and subsequent death hours later, her site had nearly a million hits.</span></a></em></p><p><em><a href="http://www.parentdish.com/2009/06/15/blogger-fakes-babys-death/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">But when Beushausen posted a photo of Baby April, readers got suspicious -- the baby wasn't a baby at all, but a Reborn doll, a baby doll made to look exactly like a newborn. And that's when Beushausen's story began to unravel.</span></a></em></p><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Read Beccahs apology here:<em> </em></span><a href="http://littleoneapril.blogspot.com/2009/06/i-am-sorry_14.html"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><em>http://littleoneapril.blogspot.com/2009/06/i-am-sorry_14.html</em></span></a></p><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I0d8OdklDvk/SjfTJEDZxFI/AAAAAAAABZE/YSJeio4iJao/s1600-h/reborn-doll.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347975235186050130" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 207px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I0d8OdklDvk/SjfTJEDZxFI/AAAAAAAABZE/YSJeio4iJao/s320/reborn-doll.jpg" border="0" /></a>I dont know whether to feel sorry for her or angry. But the tonnes of people who followed her blog - how betrayed they must feel! No one likes to be screwed, especially emotionally! What is this world coming to, huh? Above is a picture of a similar Reborn doll like the one Beccah used in her blog. Can someone get it for me, pretty please? I would like to shock my mom the next time she visits me! ;)</span><br /></p><p><span style="font-size:78%;">Link via <a href="http://penningmythoughts.com/ddmomsweblog/">DDMom</a>.</span></p>B o ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351744309107088656noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956109823228501452.post-24124957203586432072009-06-10T10:23:00.004+02:002009-06-10T10:31:39.626+02:00Congratulations, Parul!<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Its exciting that a blogger whos linked here in the sidebar and who I read regularly is out with her debut novel. Congratulations, Parul! We are proud of you!<br /><br /></span><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I0d8OdklDvk/Si9uhsIF_HI/AAAAAAAABYs/S-PZ_Ogz8II/s1600-h/BringingUpVasuCVRlores.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345612807771913330" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 144px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I0d8OdklDvk/Si9uhsIF_HI/AAAAAAAABYs/S-PZ_Ogz8II/s200/BringingUpVasuCVRlores.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> Check out her announcement.</span><br /><a href="http://orangeicecandy.blogspot.com/2009/06/one-where-i-cant-stop-grinning.html"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><em>"Oh my god, oh my god, I screamed (silently, remember Adi was sleeping) and then, oh my god, oh my god for effect. I followed it up with some oh my god, oh my god for good measure and then stood up and jumped up and down several times. I then proceeded to run from one end of the house to another at a somewhat high speed, breathless and unimaginably happy."</em><br /></span></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">You can read the blurb there too. Cant wait to lay my hands on a book a "friend" wrote! :) Good luck, Parul. </span>B o ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351744309107088656noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956109823228501452.post-56185151829654608852009-04-29T16:08:00.003+02:002009-05-04T14:10:41.747+02:00Mothers Day Contest.<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Im too late to announce about the contest. But the polling is still on. Im talking about the Indus Ladies Mothers Day contest. </span><a href="http://www.indusladies.com/forums/blogs/phoenixritu/mothers-day-competition-1717/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Please go here for the contest details</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The poll is here - </span><a href="http://indusladies.com/partners/poll.php"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">http://indusladies.com/partners/poll.php</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> Its open until 9th May.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">For the second and final round of voting, go here - <a href="http://indusladies.com/partners/poll1.php">http://indusladies.com/partners/poll1.php</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">And you can read all the entries here - </span><a href="http://www.indusladies.com/forums/blogs/phoenixritu/thank-you-so-much-people-1850/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">http://www.indusladies.com/forums/blogs/phoenixritu/thank-you-so-much-people-1850/</span></a></p><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Good luck, contestants! :)</span></p>B o ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351744309107088656noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956109823228501452.post-9944170664798448552009-04-01T22:03:00.005+02:002009-04-01T22:32:13.007+02:00Learning Disability Awareness.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaXGQAVQevPWdBmkUqtajYhVWd3JdZOcWEqqOeiqU5sN07OJtW7DpgAWW8UqtzxSRJsOrNDvpJOyZ07v5RW-5sCPL8tA6gr1QnRYf_KXqrkpV2xR0IeZeZEc-6G-LL4FkVw17X1WCOvGtP/s1600-h/ld-logofinal.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319821325914228146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 263px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 209px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaXGQAVQevPWdBmkUqtajYhVWd3JdZOcWEqqOeiqU5sN07OJtW7DpgAWW8UqtzxSRJsOrNDvpJOyZ07v5RW-5sCPL8tA6gr1QnRYf_KXqrkpV2xR0IeZeZEc-6G-LL4FkVw17X1WCOvGtP/s320/ld-logofinal.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div></div><p><a href="http://karmickids.blogspot.com/">Kiran</a> came up with this idea to dedicate the month of March to the awareness of Learning Disabilities in Children. Many bloggers have contributed valuable information and tips on this subject. Check them out.</p><br /><p>Tharini on <a href="http://winkiesways.blogspot.com/2009/03/types-of-learning-disabilities.html">Types of Learning Disabilities.</a></p><br /><p>Lak writes about <a href="http://emotionallyhighstrung.blogspot.com/2009/03/learning-disabilities.html">the self esteem of a child with learning disabilities.</a></p><br /><p>Kiran - <a href="http://karmickids.blogspot.com/2009/03/learning-disabilities-awareness-post.html">How Parents can work with their child.</a></p><br /><p>GnD on <a href="http://itsallrelative-blog.blogspot.com/2009/03/diagnosisld-whats-next.html">Treating/managing the disability.</a></p><br /><p>Cee Kay on <a href="http://my2centstoo.blogspot.com/2009/03/adhd-and-learning-disabilities.html">ADHD.</a></p><br /><p>Cee Kay on <a href="http://my2centstoo.blogspot.com/2009/03/being-advocate-for-your-child.html">Being an advocate for your child.</a></p><br /><p>Sue talks about her brother - <a href="http://sunayanaroy.blogspot.com/2009/04/examining-disability.html">Examining Disability.</a></p><br /><p>Priya talks about her daughter - <a href="http://priyainsuburbia.wordpress.com/2009/03/13/life-with-e-we-have-come-such-a-long-way/">"We Have Come Such A Long Way"</a></p><p>Will update the post as and when more posts come up. Please leave a link in the comment section if you have any information or experience to share on this subject. Thanks.</p>B o ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351744309107088656noreply@blogger.com6