All down the street, people are opening their doors and windows to applaud and to listen to the applause ringing around them – all except one. The applause is thunderous, drawing her to peek out the window, but her feet stay planted, rigorously washing the dishes. She needs to scrub harder, she thinks, to drive… Read More Applause
As South Asian women, we’re born with the burden of guilt. Raised with it weighing heavy on our shoulders as we navigate the maze of a childhood filled with rules and sacrifice. No rebellion. Never an argument. It lurks in the corners of our decrepit preschools, hissing repetitive mantras of ‘you owe me’ ‘you’re meant… Read More The burden of Guilt
I’ve been working since college. Let’s just say the realness of America did wonders in hammering out the desi lazy and off to work I went. And I was working up until the time that L decided to shake things up and enter our lives. I delved into motherhood, the telling of stories, the pureed… Read More How motherhood helped my career
I’ve been hearing this a lot. ‘Mama, you hurt my life!’ So, I decided to make a list of the ways I have unconsolably and utterly messed up her day, subsequently, her life: I buttoned up her sweater I let the ketchup touch the fries (sacrilege!) I took a second extra to find a Barbie… Read More Mama fails
Isn’t it amazing how as people we’re always evolving, growing, learning, changing, unchanging? But isn’t the hardest bit about all this, the unlearning bit? To unlearn everything that’s been etched into your brain. For me, this unlearning process, this process to constantly restart, has been the most challenging. As a woman (and I only speak… Read More Restart
I used to be really professionally arrogant before I became a mother. I felt some things were my God-given right. Like a place in the corporate world. Or a ‘good‘ life, just because I had a bachelors from a good institution. It made me feel puffed with pride and honestly… a bit entitled. Then life… Read More Mamatrooper
It sounds so idyllic doesn’t it? You get to spend day in and day out with your kids. Learning from them. Playing. Creating memories you wouldn’t be able to if you were working or away from them. Yes, that is one reality of being a SAHM. But the other reality is the mental burden we… Read More Of Sisyphus and Motherhood
Modern day parenting is hard. I don’t know if that has to do more with parenting itself, or the fact that we are privy to everyone else’s style of parenting. But whatever the reason is, you end up running circles trying to make sure your kid is never missing out on anything. You line up… Read More Mom FOMO
Be a SAHM they said. You’ll be so relaxed they said. It’s like a walk in the park they said. It’s exactly like a walk in the park. If the aforementioned park has pockets of quicksand, is susceptible to drastic weather changes, and you’re not allowed any shoes; bare feet only. That’s what Type A… Read More The misadventures of a Type A mom – Part 1
The body takes a good beating when you have a baby. I mean it’s a shock to the system. A slow gradual shock that takes 9 months to manifest but then when it does, your body isn’t the same anymore. Now, some women bounce back quick and look just as awesome post baby as they… Read More Mumbod 2.0
