Asian Culture Why your back pocket isn’t as secure as you think: choosing creativity over compliance hairdressing talk So I was sitting in the hairdressers recently - the greys in my roots meant I’d started taking on a zebra-esque appearance which…Reena AnandJune 23, 2019
Autism Mummy Doesn’t Always Know Best; the Benefit of Coaching in Parenting Being a mum of an autistic child I've learnt to flexibly adapt my plans to suit my eldest's mood - often it works but sometimes…Reena AnandMay 12, 2019
Autism How my autistic child made me a better communicator We were over the moon when our son was born five years ago. After my earlier miscarriage - see Don’t say the ‘M’ word - I…Reena AnandApril 2, 2019
Asian Culture How I’m turning yesterday’s pain into tomorrow’s promise I'm the eldest of three children who grew up in a traditional Indian Gujarati household where the gender roles were squarely defined. This meant that…Reena AnandMarch 11, 2019
Asian Culture Don’t cut your nails on a Saturday To understand the context of this statement let me tell you a bit about me. I’m a Hindu Gujarati. My father was born in the…Reena AnandFebruary 24, 2019
Asian Culture Don’t say the ‘M’ word Seven years ago I lost my baby. Though others didn’t call it that. It was called a ‘missed miscarriage’, a foetus, a zygote and ‘it’…Reena AnandJanuary 22, 2019
Autism Autism, Airports and Indians Autism creates an interesting reaction amongst Indians. There’s the Fix-Its who’ll say “we’ll find a doctor in India that will have a cure” (because obviously…Reena AnandJanuary 4, 2019
Asian Culture Handling Grief Cancer When I was 22, I stopped my Masters degree to became a full time carer for my terminally ill mum; she had cancer. She’d…Reena AnandDecember 22, 2018