The founder
A school principal. A mother. Twice.
For 14 years she shaped how hundreds of children began their school days. Then she became the mother of two children, born 14 years apart. Anayuga is what she has learned, twice over.
I started leading a school in my early twenties. I was a young woman with strong views on how children should be heard, encouraged, and trusted. Cambridge curriculum, Kerala, India. We won awards for being the most socially active school in the region. What I learned in those years showed up later in everything I wrote.
My first child Anagha was born when I was still leading the school. She is a teen now, building her own platforms and writing her own code. Watching her grow up was the slowest, most honest education I have had in parenting.
My second child Agastya arrived 14 years later. A whole different season of motherhood. Newborn nights. Postpartum truths. And the strange clarity that comes from raising one child while your first walks ahead of you into the world.
I wrote the book that became Anayuga across these two seasons. It is for parents who want their children to grow up kind, grounded, curious, and brave. Whatever season you are in.
School leadership
14 years as Director and Principal of Craft World School in Kerala, India. Cambridge curriculum.
Author
Author of 50 Ways of Gentle Parenting. Active Medium writer at @myinnersparkles.
Mother
Mother of two children, 14 years apart. Parenting across two seasons of motherhood.
Educator and technologist
A trained engineer who chose education. Comfortable building, comfortable teaching.
The children
Two seasons, fourteen years apart.
Anagha
A teenager now, building her own platforms, writing her own code, and quietly editing my drafts. Watching her grow up taught me that the work of raising a child is mostly the work of listening.
Agastya
A newborn, and a teacher in his own right. He has reminded me that the first season of parenting is not about getting it right. It is about showing up, again, even when you have not slept.
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