Then after a sip, she said, “Do you really think that Basanti works so silently because she loves to? Could you really believe that her cheek was swollen due to slipping?“ She was looking straight into my eyes, piercingly.

Support and motivation from teachers and parents play a magical role in a slow learner’s development. Such children are not intellectually challenged, only their pace of learning is slow.

Women have made their mark everywhere, with no field left for them to conquer. Why then, are fingers still pointed at a mother's ways to raise her own child?

"I lived with Bhabi from the time I was three years old," reminisces Mira Saraf about her grandmother, "There was no home without Bhabi."

We would like our kids to learn things and become independent, but at the same time, we don't want them to grow up too fast, and slip through our fingers too early!