Dear Penguin, You are ten. And somehow, that number reminded me to sit down and try to remember. Not the photographs or the videos. Nor the milestones neatly recorded in vaccination cards, school files and my phone gallery. I mean the days themselves. About how they felt, tiring or sad or happy. And I have […]
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We worship Durga during Navaratri. But what does that teach our sons about the women around them? A mother’s letter to her son about Shakti, feminism and respect.
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When Penguin was born, I promised to show you the world through stories and small adventures. Not just books. Not just screens. Real places. Few wanderings, temples, forests, and every little discovery that stitched meaning into life. Over the years, our Sundays became tiny adventure. Tiny journeys. Some days we read together. Some days we
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Dear Penguin, What do you say to a child growing up safe and loved, when millions of children like him are running from bombs? I didn’t know how to start.Then I read The Beekeeper of Aleppo. We live inside a bubble. A warm, safe one of bedtime stories, tiffin boxes, and birthday parties. We talk
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As a digital marketer and a mom to a curious tween, I didn’t expect a slim beige book from the 60s to remind me of modern truths. But The Greatest Salesman in the World did… in scrolls, no less.
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