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Happy Ugadi! (cleansing, flavours of life, spring cleaning, shopping, sharing...)

Parentree-editors' blog, Mar 25, 2009 10:05 AM

What is Ugadi? Friday, March 27th is Ugadi this year (2009). Ugadi is a festival celebrated with great fanfare by the people of the Deccan states of India like Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra ...

Celebrating New Year with Children

shobha's blog, Jan 1, 2009 11:49 AM

Wish you all a Very Happy New Year. This New Year's day we started off by handing out a sheet of plain paper to our children. We asked them to draw on their respective papers. When they finished...

Happy 2009-inspiration

mango_mama's blog, Jan 1, 2009 8:38 AM

Was trying to reflect on the coming year and compiled this list of thoughts from Parentree community that had struck a chord in me--some thought-provoking and inspiring musings and discussions about p...

Usher in the New Year

Parentree-editors' blog, Dec 26, 2008 9:54 AM

New Year is all about New Year greetings and messages, of course celebrations and abandon, new beginnings, reflections, resolutions, and sharing. Few more moments of this year left and the New Year i...

Holiday spirit! - prepping up

Parentree-editors' blog, Dec 17, 2008 8:20 AM

Christmas and New Year are around the corner and there is a festive feel to the air. Even for those that do not celebrate Christmas in a religious way, the spirit, fun and festivities are infectious. ...

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