From the Desk of Spinchat

by Editor in Chief We live in a cruel harsh world... One that has little regard for the sanctity of relations or innocence of age. Awareness to harassment and how to counter it is now a prerequisite to keeping our kids safe. At Spinchat, have compiled a few pointers. The list is in no way complete or exhaustive.  The following is applicable to the safety of boys and girls both. 1. Educate them about their bodies. Make them aware that their bodies belong to them and them only. No one has the right to touch them. Not even their parents, unless it is to bathe them or wash them with their permission. Even at a doctor's appointment, parent supervision is absolutely imperative. Talk to them about the right touch and the wrong touch (sometimes tickling might feel good, but it might still be wrong, so be careful with the common good touch bad touch motto).  (Watch how to train children with Aamir Khan  here  ). 2. Educate them that if anyone makes them fe...

I will be very candid with you, when I first picked up this book I wasn't entirely convinced of the entertaining ride that was about to follow! The narrative was slightly difficulty to grasp in the beginning due to the protagonist's interesting command over the English language, or the lack thereof, and the crazy hilarious innuendos brought on by the deliberately misspelled words! Don't let it put you off though. The protagonist, Butterfly Khan is an extremely pompous, blissfully ignorant, haughty, pretentious and vain socialite who lives in the colorful city of Lahore with her highly educated and somewhat grounded husband whom she calls Janoo, and her mollycoddled son Kulchoo. Her problems also includes her villager inlaws (who frequently pop up and never fail to embarrass their overbearing bhabi and bahu) and her ever-disappointing domestic help (a sore point for almost every Pakistani woman who can afford one!) and how the tumultuous world events will affect her next...