Most of us grew up with very western images in nursery rhymes—a big manor with a tiny blond baby asleep in the cot and stars twinkling outside, or a little girl in polka-dotted dress, perched upon a ...

Vinoth Chandar has music in his blood. Through the 1980s and 90s, his father Chandrabose had been a music composer in Tamil Nadu’s film industry. He had worked in over 250 movies, including those ...

“Mother works away all day… Through the week and all Sunday… She always has something to do… She always has some task in view… She bears the burden all alone…” – Mother, by Kamla Bhasin. In the early ...

Vega Tamotia, the chirpy actress from kids’ flick Pasanga, is all set to entertain children once again. She’s producing Ghotu Motu Ki Toli, a series of Indian ...

It's over 70 years since Britisher Freda Bedi wrote a collection of personalised Indian nursery rhymes for her eldest son, Ranga. This week, along with younger brother, actor Kabir Bedi, he will ...

It's goodbye to Baa Baa Black Sheep and Humpty Dumpty for children in primary schools in a central Indian state. The Madhya Pradesh government has banned the teaching of English nursery rhymes in ...

Keeping children entertained can be a difficult job, but one company based in India is taking on that very task. YouTube channel ChuChu TV animates and reversions traditional nursery rhymes. And with ...

Choose me a nursery rhyme! If you're not sure what rhyme to sing or want to learn some new ones, try answering a few questions and let us choose. Why do we sing traditional nursery rhymes? Find out ...