From the heart of a woman
Finding everything in place, Payal felt a chill down her spine. She realised that in her endeavor to be good and responsible, she just broke into a stranger’s place. She must be hallucinating. Everybody left murmuring about Payal and while carrying the baggage of guilt, she started taking heavy steps out. Suddenly Payal noticed some disturbance in the pile of unwashed clothes.
Our ancestors endured patriarchy and hence even we are expected to follow their footsteps. According to me, that granny is responsible for patriarchy who only wants a grandson as her vanshaj. That mother is responsible who keeps giving birth to girls till she is blessed with a boy. That amma is responsible who keeps reiterating the importance of a son and how parents should invest in a son because he would be their life cover in old age.
We Indians are proud of inheriting habits from our forefathers. One such habit has been running through our genes from ages. And with each passing generation nobody could dampen our ardour of adorning the crown of –‘Sab Chalta hai’ attitude to grace the heads to …
Today women are blindly running in the rat race of being independent, self-dependent and empowered. We forget that in this race of being independent, we are actually being left alone, being more and more burdened and lonely, than being empowered.
Come mother’s day and the market is flooded with gifts, deals, discounts and messages. Not just market, even social media platform is flooded with emotional messages full of maa ki mamta and pyar, almost a month before the mother’s day. But do we really see …
One complain every married lady has is -‘ My husband doesn’t have time for me. He never plans surprises for my birthday or our anniversaries. Every time I am the one who plans surprises for him and he never cares to reciprocate the same. Many …
Everybody has a distinct emotion attached with the word Mayeka. For decades married ladies have been using it to threaten their husbands saying – ” Mai mayeke chali jaungi, Tu dekhte rai yo…” Just a thought of the word makes newly wed grooms’ face droop …
I had a painful cesarean delivery and was bed ridden for almost a month. I couldn’t take my son in arms for almost 24 hours after his birth. I couldn’t even look at him to my heart’s content, when relatives started pouring in. One of their …
Since time immemorial Mother has been the epitome of love, sacrifice and strength. Though the respect given to her is the same but the relation she shares with her children has changed over time. With each passing generation the expression of love by both the …
The moment you see those 2 lines on i-sure,life turns around. Happiness and best wishes pour in from all directions and so does advice. Suddenly all old age “experienced” acquaintances turn into a dietitian, yoga instructor, life trainer, psychologist and what not. You are advised …