All posts by Anchel Krishna

The Push to Teach Kids to Volunteer

  Canada is celebrating National Volunteer Week from April 6-12 and Anchel Krishna discusses why volunteering is important for her family. By Anchel Krishna @anchelk Volunteers currently make up a really important proportion of my life. At work we have a number of amazing volunteers – many of them parents

Why We Celebrate Navratri

By Anchel Krishna @anchelk Most Hindus are familiar with the nine-day celebration of Navratri. It happens twice a year (in the fall and again at the end of winter). As a kid, my birthday often fell during Navratri (Hindu holidays are based on the lunar calendar and not the calendar)

Raising Strong Daughters

By Anchel Krishna @anchelk How to raise strong girls and teach boys to treat women well I have two younger sisters. When we were growing up my dad would often get tickets to sports events (hockey and baseball were the two most common ones). With each set of tickets he