Those precious few months when a woman does not frown or spot worry lines as she proudly walks around in her bulging belly. Don’t we all love this bit of our pregnancy? Imagine eating to your heart’s content and not worrying about a bloating belly.  A woman can seldom take this liberty in any other… Continue reading Honey hide that baby bump, will ya?

A bibliophile that I always was- my favorite activity would always be curling up in bed with a book. I grew up in a virtual world of the  dark woods, enchanting castles, beautiful princesses, and handsome knights in shining armor who would come riding on a white horse and rescue the damsel in distress, the… Continue reading Why the fairy tales of my time are so passé

She opened the trunk to search for a saree, the beige one with the golden border. It was gifted to her by ma’am, the Principal of the school where she worked as a coordinator. They shared a bond much beyond the official one of a school principal and the coordinator. She fondly recalled how the… Continue reading From a working mom to a SAHM- is the transition easy?

As I bid adieu to 2016- looking back at the highs and lows -this year will bring such drastic changes is something I could have never foreseen. A year of tumultuous change it was. A big decision professionally which resulted in an even bigger personal move. Fighting through the guilt of the consequences of a… Continue reading A letter to my future self in 2017

Clara a middle aged Mum of two juggles working in a stressful corporate job plus managing her two young kids. Things were still manageable with just one kid but after the birth of her daughter, she finds it very stressful to give her best and is often left with a feeling of utter deject unable… Continue reading Motherhood Penalty

Now let me confess- I am really NOT someone who loves watching daily soaps. I know reading the tile you thought- what the heck, if it’s a daily soap on TV it is bound to be stereotypical, full of nonsense and drama and if you watch such stuff why complain, and if complain why watch?… Continue reading Kahe Diya Pardes- one more soap which turns out stereotypical and disappointing

LOVE- something that has intrigued me since I was a little girl and watched Bollywood movies of the hero romancing the heroine and running around tress and thought- Is this love? And when I had my first crush at the age of 10- he is the one I thought, though I hardly knew him and… Continue reading Is this love?

Dearest Angel,                                         The love of my life, the one who gave me a new identity, who made me realize that I can love so much and just when I thought I had given all the… Continue reading Letter to my Angel

Please note -This is a piece of fiction.  I looked out of the window and repeated to myself “everything is under control, everything is fine, life is perfect”. I looked at the picture perfect photo frame lying on the mantel piece. Our wedding photo- we looked just perfect, made for each other as we looked… Continue reading My husband is guilty of a ghastly crime (Short story)

Scene one- Rahul Sharma works in a very senior position in a chemical manufacturing company in Middle East. He is aged 40, a father of 2 school going kids. His wife and kids live in Mumbai. He visits them once a year when he accumulates his yearly leave and comes down to India for 2… Continue reading Same situation- if its a man this is a sacrifice, if its a woman, she is selfish