Homeschooling our twins
For the last two years, one conversation has quietly lived in our home.
Not every day. Not every week.
But often enough that it kept coming back.
"Is this really how we want our daughters to grow up?"
Notice, I didn't ask, "Is this how we want them to study?"
Because education, to us, has never been just about academics.
It's about childhood.
It's about protecting their curiosity before it gets replaced by the pressure to perform.
It's about making sure they don't become so busy completing worksheets and ticking boxes that they forget how to wonder, imagine and ask questions.
Like every parent, we enrolled our girls in school believing it was the natural path. We respected the teachers, appreciated the effort schools put into educating hundreds of children every day, and wanted our daughters to have every opportunity available to them.
But slowly, we found ourselves asking different questions.
Were they learning, or were they mostly learning to keep up?
Were they understanding ideas deeply, or simply moving on because the timetable said it was time?
Was there enough space for their questions?
For boredom?
For creativity?
For simply being children?
The more we observed them,
Our commitment is not to a particular method of education - it is to our daughters' growth.
The real work seemed to be this salient nuance
When we decided to homeschool, I spent a lot of time thinking about books, activities, routines, and all the different ways my children would learn.
But over time, I've realised that the biggest responsibility wasn't choosing the right curriculum.
It was choosing to keep working on myself.
Our children spend so much of their day with us. Of course they'll learn maths, history and science. But they'll also quietly learn how we respond when things don't go our way. They'll notice how we speak to people, how we handle stress, how we treat ourselves, how we disagree, how we apologise, and even how we sit in silence.
They are always learning.
Not just from what we teach, but from who we are.
And honestly, I think that's one of the most humbling parts of homeschooling.
It has made me look at myself far more closely than I ever expected. My impatience. My reactions. The habits I've carried for years without questioning. The stories I tell myself. The things I still need to heal or unlearn.
None of us are perfect. Nor do our children need us to be.
But I do think they deserve parents who are aware.
Parents who can pause and say, "I could have handled that better."
Parents who are comfortable saying, "I'm sorry."
Parents who aren't afraid to admit, "I'm still learning too."
I sometimes feel that homeschooling isn't just an education for our children. It's an education for us as parents.
It gently nudges us to become more patient, more mindful, more curious, more emotionally aware—because our children are absorbing all of it.
What have we been upto outside school
oh it's been amazing so far! But not everything you see here is something we are sticking to permanently. We are exploring the world & ourselves.
We will be sharing weekly pictures or videos for you to stay up to date with our journey ….
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Robotics Camp with Rancholabs..
The summer of 2026 proved to be an invaluable educational journey, highlighted by our introduction to robotics. Through a two-week immersive program by Rancho Labs—an experiential platform enabling young minds to build and collaborate—the children explored both the software logic and mechanical engineering behind robotics.
Despite being the youngest participants in the cohort, Aavya and Baani displayed incredible focus and enthusiasm. The highlight of the program was Aavya’s presentation of her robot at IIT Delhi. She demonstrated outstanding confidence and articulate communication while presenting before teachers and peers.