My daughter Malini wouldn’t stop sucking her thumb even when she was 6 years old. I had to do something about it, and so put together this book for her. It really worked! She stopped in about 2 weeks after she read this book and after she filled in the chart in this book (one of those clever mother tricks!), giving herself points on days she didn’t suck her thumb and negative points on the days she did suck her thumb.

Please click on the link below to open this little book. Download it if you wish, but I would be happy to have your feedback. Write to me at sadhana_bluepencil@yahoo.com. 

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I compiled this book for my daughter Malini, in the summer of 2007; she was then 9 years old. It started as a list of places and their capitals, and then I got more and more drawn into it, I had some free time, and it ended with this!

I am no expert in Geography…this is common knowledge that I put together. All images are from the internet. This is purely for personal communication.

The link below will open the book…please download it if you think it would be useful for your child. However, I will be happy if you let me know how this book was useful to you (sadhana_bluepencil@yahoo.com).

Please click on the link below to read the book:

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This is something I wrote during 2002-04. These poems are private expressions of anguish at an unstoppable trend—that of migration to the US, that has affected the structure and values of a large, close-knit  Indian family.

The link below will open the book…please read and think about this issue, but if you reproduce any of my writing anywhere, please make sure you acknowledge (From Migration of a generation by Sadhana Ramchander). I will, of course, be happy if you let me know how you used these poems (sadhana_bluepencil@yahoo.com).

Please click on the link below to read the book:

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