Reflections Of A Desi Mom

Family!  An often over rated but also underestimated concept. Stark contrast in itself. But so is a Family.  Agar is duniya mein koi bhi cheez hai jo aksar nazar andaaz ki jaati hai lekin phir bhi mud ke dekho to apne paas milti hai to woh hai Family.  Aur aksar iski qadr humein tab hoti hai jab woh humse bahot door chali jaati hai ya phir le li jaati hai.  While watching Kapoor & Sons today, I almost cried myself twice. 1 when the lead character Tia cries on her birthday cos she misses her parents badly. And not just because they have passed away. But also because the last words she said to them were unpleasant, horrible and she can never ever change them.  A very very simple thing but we often fail to follow. Be it conversations or your day - Don't ever end them on a bitter note. You don't know if you will wake up to see or have another one.  This pandemic has made us all sit on the edge for a lot of things. Fear of losing ou...

CoronaVirus has hit. CoronaVirus is REAL. CoronaVirus is difficult to deal with. Stay In. Wash hands. Be Safe. Yes. All these things are all over the internet, newspapers, WhatsApp, maid-talk, grocery stores, family circle - literally - not just the talk of the town but the whole world. And rightly so. Finally, we have become united in fighting off just 1 enemy and not making enemies out of each other - YET.  People are going crazy over hand-washing techniques and stock-piling not just food supplies but also sanitizers and of course Toilet Paper and maybe making an enemy or 2 on the way! But more than that the world around us is full of notions and horrifying images of being stuck at home with our better halves and off-springs. Its been more than a week that I had started feeling the pinch of the virus coming to India and the panicky person I am - I stopped sending N to school. It was only after few days of our state and later city being the worst hit, schoo...