So clapping and singingnurseryrhymes with babies and toddlers may not only be what many parents do naturally but might also protect children against the effects of dyslexia further down the road a hypothesis it is hard to imagine having developed without the insights that came from peering directly into children's brains.
It was her mother who would have been the helpful one, taking over the kitchen, singing songs to Akash and teaching him Bengali nurseryrhymes, throwing loads of laundry into the machine.