Motherhood
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Dear Diary, It’s been long since we talked. Life took over. Well! First things first. I did get admitted to MIT. For me, the setting of the milestone, the delivery of the good news, the paraphernalia is as important as the news. So, this time too, I was nervous. I had no signs since morning…
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Dear Anay, There will be multiple times when you’ll be facing a puzzle in life. A question, a mystery, a problem – that seems unsolvable to you. You would be wondering how do I fix this!? How do I get rid of it? How do I get over it? Often times, when you think hard,…
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Dear Diary, I’ve often written, and have always been critical of the strict parenting I received during my childhood. I never thought I was abused but there was a lot of pressure. My story was shared by lot of other friends around me. Breed who had overzealous parents wanting their children to do well. The…
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When Anay was born and was perhaps, a few days old, I realized something. I found how a ball of mass, with a drum beating inside him, with every pulse, has been put into my hands. A gullible, innocent, extremely fragile thing who’s my responsibility to protect and to care. And, I found myself immediately…
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When living in urban-India, if you do not have 2 or more maids working in your household, then you’re probably having financial issues – This is the general Delhi-mindset. Working woman, working in corporate, have kids at home, you ought to have a cook and a cleaning help. Sometimes, a full-time help taking care of…
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Dear Diary, Some dreams never leave you. They keep bugging you, sometimes softly, sometimes strongly. Similar is my dream for living abroad. Maybe it’s my weakness towards the grass on the other side of the fence. More than my own farm, I end up envying over the green pastures on the other side. Well, never…
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Dear Diary, Every evening, when I return from office, I think if I should just accept that I can’t handle it all anymore and I need to accept my priorities. My son is, must be, has to be, my top priority. And, if it requires me to quit my job to give him the best,…
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Dear Diary, I added two more items to my wishlist. 19. To be in the Fortune 50 Top Most Powerful Woman + Respect your body I would like to explain these a little more. I’ve wanted the 19 for quite some time now. I think the fetish started when Indra Nooyi became a household name.…
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Dear Diary, I went to Jaipur a few weeks ago. Anyone of you living in NCR region, would have visited Jaipur once, even if it’s for the sake of a weekend getaway. It’s one of the contenders. Well, I have visited Jaipur couple of times before but this time was special because I visited it…
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Dear Diary, There are too many posts waiting to be written, wandering in my head, banging it again and again to be allowed exit to the web. But, hey wait! I have been too tied up. Work, Health, Anay’s admissions, Tarun not here, it couldn’t have got more messy. So, let me start on the…
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Dear Diary, It’s amazing to see a child grow. Each one of them is unique and must have something new to offer. I can only see my own so closely. Also, with the fact that Anay was the first child in my complete life, whom I had ever been in such close contact with during…
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It’s a historical day today. My little, innocent, sweetheart, eye-candy, apple of my eye…n all the other things sweet..son went to pre-school today. It was his first day to school. Though he has been to day-care in Bangalore before this, but somehow, the feeling, the thought has stuck us today. Really stuck. Ya, I know.…
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You know, we have often heard in Bollywood Cinemas, in our books, that we owe to our parents. We can never repay the ‘maa ke doodh ka karz’. 😛 Well, no offense, but seriously sounds funny. After having A born, I often ask myself, if I would ever ask him to repay me for the…