Hello, I’m Cyrus

I am a retired Parsi grandfather and I live in Pune with a balcony full of plants. Four days a week I meet my grandchildren at the school gate and look after them until their parents are home. We walk back slowly, we have a snack, we play, and sometimes there is a story on the rug.

I started writing down our afternoons because other grandparents asked what to do with the hours. What I sell are the things we use: cards for folding paper boats, a sheet of carrom games, a kite day checklist, cards for repotting seedlings and an activity book for rainy days. I write about afternoons with children, not about teaching them. The children do most of the teaching.