An Elder Sibling: A Blessing?
Some children feel that being the single child or a grandchild has loads of advantages: undivided love of parents, uncles, aunts and grandparents. Even gifts and all goodies are not…
Soap Making Workshop For Children
On December 16, a soap brand arranged a workshop at A Block Extension in Central Park. Making soap with the “melt and pour” method is a well-liked and simple technique…
Brightening Lives
As the season of Diwali approaches, an inspiring initiative takes center stage – Unnati (a school of learning) organised various competitions like diya decoration, thali decoration, diwali greeting card making,…
Spootackular Halloween Fun
Halloween’s origin can be traced back to the ancient Celtic festival known as Samahian. It is celebrated every year on 31 October. It is believed that on that day the…
Supporting Yoga for Children
Bachpanshaala, under the guidance of Nandita Chopra, has been revolutionising the educational paradigm by integrating yoga and diverse extracurricular activities into their curriculum. Recognising the benefits of yoga beyond physical fitness,…
Prabhat Pheri
Retreat residents participated in Prabhat Pheri this year with as much enthusiasm! From senior residents to children all were part of the ceremony and were seen participating in the event…
Two Non-Resident Executive Committee Members Give Out-of-Turn Membership to Their Own Children
Resident Committee Members Divided Against the Issue Four months ago, in the July 2023 issue of Samvada, we carried an article asking why the Club committee had raised membership rates. We…
Parental Pressure On Children During Exams
All parents are in the same boat when it’s about exams or sports competitions, and when we feel the pressure we pass on the same to our kids. One of…
Def Col Children on NDTV Pollution Debate
With the onset of Winters comes the permanent problem of POLLUTION with AQI touching to level going over 400 + which is severe and is like smoking 200 cigarettes in…
‘Sparsh’ Brings the Joy of Reading to Visually Impaired Children
Prompted by a casual observation that Books for All (BFA) is not providing books to Blind Students, BFA launched SPARSH in October 2023. ‘Sparsh’ means ‘touch’ and it beautifully symbolizes…
