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Ma, I Admire How Your Grit Came Forward After Baba’s Death
I remember the sheltered life you had led till Baba was alive but your real grit came forward when you had to live alone after Baba.
Mother's Day 2020
Three Times My Mom Stood Up For Me When I Thought She Wouldn’t
When pados wali aunties were busy taunting me with “Ladki haath se nikal jayegi”, my mom taught me to set my own limits, and not to restrict myself by societal norms.
Taika Waititi’s Jojo Rabbit Is An Ode To Single Mothers Of War
Rosie time and again she reminds her son not to invest in adults’ war and politics.
Dear Mom, I Wish You Didn’t Have To Give Up Your Job For Motherhood
In writing this I redeem myself a bit, by acknowledging your tremendous sacrifice, in giving me life.
Dear Ma, I Know Why You Asked Me To Be Quiet When I Was Harassed
Yes, you could’ve done more but it is not your fault that you were never taught to raise voice against harassment.
How Moms Have Navigated Work And Childcare Through Decades
An interview of successive generations of Australian mothers to find out what combination of care and paid work they chose, and why.
Unstoppable By Polio This Wheelchair-User Mother’s Life Is A Stirring Tale
The gutsy mother speaks to SheThePeople.TV about being a working woman with a disability, her inter-caste marriage, being a cross-disability couple, bringing up two daughters independently without much family support and how things are for immune-compromised people under the current pandemic.
Momspeak: Here’s Why I Wrote A Book On Motherhood
I write because I need to express this. This restlessness, hunger, ambition, joy, grief, sustenance, existential angst I’m feeling.
My Mother Brought Up Four Daughters Without Ever Raising Her Voice
In her quiet, sincere way, she managed to win hearts and stitch us all together into an unbreakable knot.
