Author: asif khan

Some of our summer plans may look a little different this year, with a lot of us spending more time at home, which makes for a great opportunity to check in with our emotional well-being. We may feel sad or disappointed that the typical summer events like vacations, beach days and family picnics will not…

This week we’re focusing on science inquiry, exploring and experimenting! We put together a collection of science activities that will allow children to think creatively, make predictions and practice hands-on learning right at home. Most of these activities can easily be done with materials you probably already have around the house. Make Delicious Ice Cream…

This week we’re focusing on fun ways you can play with math in the summer! We’ve put together a collection of activities that will allow children to practice math skills like adding, measuring, and estimating using items you probably already have around the house. We also provide a few tips on how to adapt the activities for children of…

An excerpt from ‘The Begum and the Dastan’, by Tarana Husain Khan. So, this is the story of Feroza Begum, my grandmother and your great-grandmother. May Allah forgive my tongue for any transgressions. The year was 1896 or 1897, the reign of Nawab Shams Ali Khan had just begun, and Feroza Begum desperately wanted to…

Books are defined, at their most basic, as stories with a beginning, a middle, and an end. But classics like the Mahabharata and The Thousand and One Nights are enjoyed for how frequently these three sections are interrupted. Structuring a book to consist of stories within stories allows author to escort the reader through some…