Indian Names and Parenting

The sight of the syringe piercing their child’s tender skin is a sure heartbreaking experience for parents. The child on their part is also petrified at the same time! Not any more, here is some good news.

Two Indian product designers (Samarth and Bhavna) have come up with a solution which they plan to make it to the market soon. Their invention is to make the syringe look less scary. They have named their product, Acceptor.

They say that the Acceptor is a child-friendly syringe, one that would distract the kids’ attention and help them overcome the fear of taking injections. The syringes are brightly colored with attachments in different shapes like a butterfly, an aircraft or a juice-bottle, which will conceal the syringes.

The product is intended to hit the markets in the next 8 months. The inventors are in an agreement with an Indian company and talks are on with a Sweden-based hospital, Dandreyds Sjukhus, to make the products.

The price of the syringe has not been finalised, but it is estimated to cost around Rs 10 or around 25 Cents.

Tags: Acceptor, child friendly, Syringes

Does you children have trouble with bad dreams, nightmares while sleeping? You really don’t have to worry, there is an age old Indian mantra that Grand mothers pass from one generation to another. It is is known as Arjuna’s ten, which is the 10 names of Arjuna. Arjuna is one among the Pandavas from the epic Mahabharata.

So here is the sloka/ mantra to overcome bad dreams, nightmare and fear:

Arjuna Phalguno Jishnu Kireedi Shwetavaahana BibhatsurVijaya Partha Savyasaachi Dhananjaya

But why this sloka/ hymn? The origins are as follows. People were afraid of natural disasters like thunder and lightning in the olden days. Since Arjuna was Indra’s son, they believed that if you recite the names in Praise of Arjuna, Lord Indra will be pleased. Please remember that Lord Indra is the lord of Rain, lightning and thunderbolt. Later to overcome any fear they started chanting this mantra.

Tags: bad dreams, nightmare

It is that time of the year again when we celebrate our festival Diwali or the festival of lights. Diwali or Deepavali for the southies, if not celebrated in the right spirit and manner, may result in serious injuries and I have first hand account of the same. Let me tell you what happened.

When I was 10 or 11, after the celebrations on the next day, we kids use to gather all the unbroken crackers from the ground, cut open the same and collect the chemical deposits. This chemical powder will be rolled up in a paper and lit to light up like a flower pot.

So, we were having this adventure and my neighbour Anil lit the paper ball filled with the chemical powder. I think the paper was wet or something, he just blew some air and boom, the entire fireball was on his face. He had a burnt face for a month and the beating we all got at our homes is nothing compared to the pain what he had to go through for a month.

Another stuff we did, but I won’t let my son do is bursting crackers with an empty tin on top of it.

It is natural for us to be mischievous when we are kids but as parents it is our duty to tell the kids of the danger in such mischief’s.

Here are some general guidelines for a safe and happy Diwali.

• Store the fireworks to be used at a safer place. Not near burning diyas. Don’t carry them in your pocket either.
• Use fireworks only in the outdoors and in open.
• Always use a long Agarbathi/ Incense stuck for igniting fire crackers. Do not light straight away with match stick or diya.
• Rockets will never go in the intended direction, run really far away after you light them.
• Do not approach misfired fireworks soon, wait for some time and don’t try lighting them if the wick is too small.
• Do not wear loose clothes. Do not wear synthetic clothes, wear thick cotton clothing.

So wish you all a safe and fun filled Diwali.

We also have a new section in our website which gives you an entire list of diwali/ deepavali inspired baby names.

Tags: Deepavali, Diwali, Safety