Mind your language
January 9, 2013
Do children have a limited window to learn multiple languages? Does knowing two languages cause confusion or improve cognition?
Do children have a limited window to learn multiple languages? Does knowing two languages cause confusion or improve cognition?
There are no words in the English language that rhyme with orange, purple, silver or month. More language tidbits from chit chat!
It’s not unusual to worry that if your child doesn’t speak his mother tongue, he will be a cultural outcast. Here’s how to proactively pass on your dialect!
Wedding season is upon us, and we’ve deciphered a few of the most common Hindu wedding rituals!
My father’s lack of English skills was embarrassing. My mother’s kitchen made my nerves twitch. And up until recently I didn’t give much of a hoot about their struggles.
In the 17th century, painters used Indian yellow made from the concentrated urine of cows that lived on nothing but mango leaves. More colour-full facts from chit chat!
Drinking is extremely common on college campuses, but South Asian teens may have added reason for unhealthy alcohol and drug use.
The widow is ‘uglified’ to deprive her of femininity. Why does a society that reveres women as devis treat its widows so badly?
Chess, kung-fu, Sanskrit, and the decimal system. Discover the common factor and discuss it over chai!
South Asian children are targets for bullying. We’d like to think ethnicity has little to do with it, but the evidence shows otherwise.
The greatest luxury of travel is to be in a position in which almost nothing is so familiar that it is taken for granted.
What are the implications for children whose parents talk to them about a cancer diagnosis?