And a Life to Live: An Autism Parent's Journey
We were washing poop sheets for the nth time that night. It was around two in the morning. Exhausted, my husband looked at me. His gaze softened for a moment. “…
8 June 2026Read more →
Power Thoughts
Insights and stories for parents on the journey
Building a Village: The Autism Support Ecosystem
The Futures We Imagine When I was seven years old, my father and I would wake at five-thirty in the morning and walk to Nehru Park in Delhi's Chanakyapuri. The …
1 June 2026Read more →
Autism Therapies: What Exactly Are We Trying To Change?
When Krishna began speech therapy, he had excellent expressive language and poor communication. At the end of one year, he was nonverbal. And I love telling thi…
25 May 2026Read more →
What is Autism?
Why Parents search for answers beneath the spectrum There is a particular kind of archaeology that begins after an autism diagnosis. Parents become historians o…
18 May 2026Read more →
A Friend, Indeed!
The other day, someone spoke about offline friends and online friends—how she connects more deeply with offline ones. Yesterday, I made a brand new online frien…
16 March 2026Read more →
What’s in a Name!
“Baby name?” “Krishnan Srinivasan.” “You’re the mother, Ma’am?” “Yes.” “Your name?” “Gayatri Vathsan.” Pause. Whether the pause was because my surname is differ…
9 March 2026Read more →
March in Bloom
March has begun in all its dry, baking heat in Bangalore, the kind that settles early in the day and lingers, pressing gently but persistently against skin and …
5 March 2026Read more →
Happy Pongal!
Today marks the sun’s northward movement after the winter solstice. Makara Sankranti, celebrated all over India—a time that marks fresh harvests, new beginnings…
14 January 2026Read more →
A Story, Undone
For 20 years, I believed H hated me. I had never met her. Had never spoken to her. And yet, because of circumstances, I believed this completely. And then, in t…
31 December 2025Read more →
The Void
The night is dark and tender, charcoal and purple, a quiet canvas stretched wide across the sky, where pinpricks of light twinkle and gleam in the black velvet …
16 July 2025Read more →
The Gentle, Fierce Night
There’s something soft about the night, where the dark is like an embrace that tells you it’s all going to be fine, that gentles your pain and blunts the sharp …
10 July 2025Read more →
What You Tell Yourself In the Dark
The parenting journey is full of sleepless nights and exhausting days; autism parenting, much more so. These sleepless nights, though, sometimes bring a kind of…
1 July 2025Read more →