Can you tell Asian Mum’s Network about how you became a children’s author? In 1996 my first play was performed at the Contact Theatre in Manchester when I was 17. My Little England was about second generation identity, based in a summer school in Manchester. In my early 20s, I began writing a novel called Mothballs… Read More
Sunita Mistry Shah is a children’s writer of a series of books called The Jai Jais. Sunita was inspired by her son Syon to write this series of books for children. “Nothing can beat grandma’s tales and stories, but I wanted a way to teach my son about Hindu Gods and Goddess from an early… Read More
***Had a baby in the last 3 years? Get involved and share your experiences to help transform maternity care*** The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) has a Women and Families Involvement Group that forms part of our work around the National Maternity and Perinatal Audit (NMPA). This group, which consists equally of representatives… Read More
Mother’s Day Around the World Mother’s Day is a special day set aside in celebration of mothers all over the world. Many other countries celebrate Mother’s day on the second Sunday in May while other countries celebrate on a fixed day such as the May 10th, Spain for example, will celebrate their Mother’s day on May 6th.… Read More
If you regularly watch the EastEnders, then you will be familiar with the Stacey, who is played by actress Lacey Turner. According to the storyline in early 2016 Stacey had been suffering from postpartum psychosis since she gave birth. But what exactly is postpartum psychosis? To start with, it has nothing to do with postnatal… Read More
During pregnancy, you tend to focus on the growth of your baby and the impending birth rather than something like postnatal depression. There is something really important that you need to start thinking about in terms of what you can do and who you can draw on for support after you’ve had your beautiful baby.… Read More
In 1996 the Spanish socialist government decided it was time to lay the foundations in order to build the next generation of multilingual children. The reason why I say multilingual and not bilingual is that in Spain not only is Castellano spoken but there are four other languages including Valenciano, Gallego, Euskera and Catalan. El… Read More
Did you know that 43% of the world’s population is bilingual, 13% are trilingual, and 40% of the worlds is population is estimated to be monolingual? There are 11 indigenous languages spoken throughout the British Isles including Welsh, English, Scots, Irish Cornish and Scottish Gaelic to name but a few. There over 100 different languages… Read More
I was brought up in a bilingual home from birth. My native language is English, but my mother tongue is Bengali. I was born in England in the 1960s to Bangladeshi speaking parents. My parents spoke Bengali to each other but made a conscious decision to speak a mixture of English and Bengali to me… Read More
As a Fine Art student, my daughter produced some amazing work. Her unusual talent always intrigued me and I wondered where she got it from. As a youngster, I never pursued art myself and always dismissed any leanings in that direction. However, sometimes we discover things about ourselves later in life that we didn’t ever… Read More
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