http://surmantra.com Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:20:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just four days in his new school and Tuhin is already mouthing new words in English. Everyday he comes home with a new word. "Shungaishes," "my home," "I'm shoddy (sorry) mommy," and "what happen?' These are his new picks. I remember the first day I went to school, I came back ... http://surmantra.com/2008/08/18/42/ We moms are battling everyday, every meal, trying to make healthy food go down those little mouths. Speaking of which, I ran into this very interesting article on the two “deceptive” books released last year, on healthy food for kids. In those books they encourage moms to hide healthy foods ... http://surmantra.com/2008/08/08/on-raising-healthy-kids/ After a long time I watched a Bollywood movie that made me want to go right back and watch it all over again – all 210 minutes of it. I’m a romantic at heart and such a beautiful, tender and sensual portrayal of romance is rare to find on the ... http://surmantra.com/2008/02/20/jodha-akbar/ We moved back to the snowcapped mountains of Colorado. After seven years of wandering around, it feels great to be back and to finally plant roots. In these nine months I soaked up as much as I could from the dream city. Some dreams were fulfilled, some remain yet to be ... http://surmantra.com/2007/12/25/a-note-to-la/ Day before was Thanksgiving. And we were at the ER with our little one. He came down with Croup – a seal like bark that can rip out the heart of any mom. He couldn’t breathe well and we couldn’t rest in peace for a second. After 4 hours at the ER, ... http://surmantra.com/2007/11/25/my-sweetie-pie/ This morning I went shopping with my neighbor. We wanted to buy holiday clothes for our kids. In one of the stores while we were busy sifting through clothes, suddenly my friend’s 2 and ½ year old crawled out of her stroller and scuttled away. Before my friend could realize, junior ... http://surmantra.com/2007/11/24/30/ Directed by Shonali Bose Produced by Bedabrata Pain The protagonist of Amu – Kajori Roy had the choice of ignoring her past and continuing to live her cushy, comfortable life. Instead she says – “I don’t want to know but I can’t help it.” On a visit to India after 18 years ... http://surmantra.com/2007/11/17/amu-2005/ Directed by Vishal Bharadwaj Produced by Ronnie Screwvala  It left me in awe. Once again, music director turned film director Vishal Bhradwaj has managed to create magic on screen. As someone who loves to watch children’s films and has always dreamed of making one, I loved every frame of The Blue Umbrella. Not too ... http://surmantra.com/2007/11/10/the-blue-umbrella-august-2007/ Yesterday I attended the 'Structuring your Doc' workshop by Dr. Fernanda Rossi. Folks this is a wonderful workshop to participate in. A bit spendy, but then she comes all the way from the east coast to spend a whole day with you and share her wisdom based on her vast experience of doctoring documentaries. The best part ... http://surmantra.com/2007/11/04/doctoring-your-doc-fernanda-rossi/ If there's one thought that I came away with, from the O show this week, it is "women we have to pass the truth to one another about who you are more than what you have." Suze Orman was speaking to a single mom on Oprah's show. Raised by a ... http://surmantra.com/2007/11/01/on-suze-orman/