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Why We Do That
Start with a question from everyday family life: a greeting, a meal, a name or a celebration. This shelf is a place to explore a custom while leaving room for families who do things differently.
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At Home With Dharma
Everyday things children see around the house.
Published: 0 · In catalogue: 16
Greetings, Respect & Family
Namaste, touching feet, Kaki, Masi, Foi and Mami.
Published: 0 · In catalogue: 13
Going to the Mandir
Shoes off, the bell, darshan, prasad, aarti.
Published: 0 · In catalogue: 19
Series · 16
What We Wear
Tilak, bindi, sari, kurta, rakhi, mehndi.
Published: 0 · In catalogue: 13
Why We Eat This
Prasad, fasting, modak, kheer, thepla for every journey.
Published: 0 · In catalogue: 18
My Indian Name & My Identity
What my name means, two languages, two homes.
Published: 0 · In catalogue: 21
Our Family
My very big Indian family.
Published: 0 · In catalogue: 14
Why We Celebrate
Why our family actually does all these things.
Published: 0 · In catalogue: 35
Weddings & Big Ceremonies
My first Indian wedding.
Published: 0 · In catalogue: 19
When a Baby Arrives
Namkaran, annaprashan, mundan.
Published: 0 · In catalogue: 12
Prayer, Mantras & Practices
The mala, Om, bhajan, seva.
Published: 0 · In catalogue: 16
Big Ideas for Little Minds
Dharma, karma, ahimsa, seva, shanti.
Published: 0 · In catalogue: 20
Nature Is Sacred
The cow, the Ganga, the peepal, and every deity's animal friend.
Published: 0 · In catalogue: 19
Growing Up Indian Abroad
British AND Indian. Christmas AND Diwali.
Published: 0 · In catalogue: 22
Ask Dadi
Aarav watches Dadi light the diya. One day he asks.
Published: 0 · In catalogue: 10
Ask Dada
Wisdom, history and the big questions.
Published: 0 · In catalogue: 10
Matching stories: 277
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Two words for everything.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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Paratha in a lunchbox.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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Yes. Two trees of light.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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Bringing the lamp in.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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And how to tell them.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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A house for Bhagwan.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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A mark, not a stain.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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She speaks three other languages.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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Sunday mornings with Nani.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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Eighteen hours of love.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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A family across the map.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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Because part of you does.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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A hard question, handled with care.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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Yes. And here is how to start.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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Yes.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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Because they carried them a long way.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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Maya is halfway through a block tower when Dadi calls: aarti time.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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A question at the door.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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The plate that goes to the shrine.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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A greeting with a god in it.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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Chalk, colour and a doorstep.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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The colour of the sky and the sea.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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Bhajans and rotis.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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A kalava.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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Night lamps and old fears.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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A name on every breath.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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One light, many lamps.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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Seeds and harvests.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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A village, a ship, a plane.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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Shraddha and the ones before us.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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Freedom, and a hard year, told carefully.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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A king who climbed forts.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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Eighteen chapters, one page a day.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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The one who shows you where to look.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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A suitcase and a promise.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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A question about enough.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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Reading this collection together
- Start with one episode
- Choose the question the child actually asked, then look for a published entry. Keep the conversation short enough for another question to fit.
- What to notice
- Say ‘in our family’ when sharing your own practice. A familiar custom should not become a claim about what every Indian family does.
- A question to share
- How does someone else in the family remember this? Let two memories sit together without choosing a winner.