Reflections Of A Desi Mom

  When I applied for my PTO few months back it was supposed to hang out with N and spend time with her. With barely 1 good month of summer holidays she has lot of stuff that she wants to do on her own that may or may not involve me. When I realized she doesn’t want to go to downtown and do the usual spiel that i like to do every odd summer i took off on my own. Yes it was a solo mini one day trip to the City of Chicago.  If there’s anything I like more than being in Ahmedabad or Pune, India now - I think it is to roam around in Chicago downtown. I started after a doctor’s appointment with J dropping me to catch the 1:30 pm metra.  Found some aunties finding each other and chatting like they used to on trains and buses in India and thought “oh, I need sometime to be with my thoughts I am probably better off away from the group. After boarding the train I found myself in a very warm compartment where the windows kept making the compartment hotter with every passing minute. ...

  When is   Enough  really   Enough ?  When is the situation going to get under control for good?  When does the common man/woman/family feel ok ya it was enough - and now I don't have to go through that ordeal anymore?  But Wait!  We are the common people.. Since when we can ask questions or expect explanations?  We are only supposed to walk into those glum centers to press the buttons to caste our negligible vote!  I have always been dark and twisty by nature however, while raising a very curious daughter I have learnt to be a little more realistic.. And in spite of the constant physical pain, isolation, social distancing in the last year - I managed to keep my optimism. Believe in the fact that 1 day we will be free again. Free to step out without layers of masks and bottles of sanitizer in tow. And NO - I am not kidding myself.. I didn't expect that day would come as soon as the clock strikes 12 when the year changed.. But I certainl...

What happens when a blogger is not able to find enough words to express what they are feeling?  It means either something too tragic or extremely wonderful has happened!  Day before yesterday I knew I am going to have a great day because of how I felt and how I took the change in the calendar.. Done with 30s But little did I know I was in for not 1 - but many small n huge surprises!  Now, when you are a close knit nuclear family its difficult to keep secrets and plan out something different than routine - and when it comes to men doing it (hidden from wives ) - its even more difficult or so it seems.... 😎😜😆 Midnight Surprise -  We had just finished watching Indian Idol when my perky 9.5 yr old decided she is feeling sleepy and instead surprised me with a big huge dairy milk silk and balloons to welcome the clock striking 12!  It followed by family video call where I was reminded how it felt like just yesterday I was born in the middle of a chaos (in the city)...