Reflections Of A Desi Mom

So, with the change of winds and change in perspective.. I had wowed last month itself that I am going to make the changes I want to see within myself starting now. This included being positive about a lot of things.. Even if the ugliness keeps creeping up every now n then! 😄😄 And what better day than one's birthday to boost up that determination?!! On the eve itself I knew the dress shopping that I so enthusiastically did for this Birthday is not going to be fruitful as J had fallen sick with a bang. But It was alright. :-) A beautiful necklace gift by a very dear friend pepped me up just! And of course my sweet mom was the 1st one to wish me dot at 12'o clock! With the chirpy, happy wishes of papa, sis n BIL - I put myself to snooze just like any other day.. However, N was excited and couldn't be more chirpier on 5th :-D She woke up quickly unlike every day.. and gave me a hand-made birthday card. Before I could ask how come she managed to make it in 5 minut...

Ok. Hello again! After weeks.. umm months!  Yes. People take sabbaticals when they are not ready for something. This was mine.  I essentially started this blog to share happy, healthy and a joyful journey of motherhood with my readers. But with the last 2 blog posts - I  only vented. Which wasn't healthy. Then other stuff happened, and then some more ugly stuff happened.  Not getting into the gory details of the ugliness, let's come to the point! LOL Have you ever experienced a lull and then it gets on your nerves so much that you want to change that? Not just get out of the lull but ...... also change your entire surrounding... surround yourself with only positivity... cut the crap of the negativity that has been engulfing??  Perhaps you do.. and Perhaps you don't. Perhaps its an on going process for most. People keep detoxing their bodies, mind and surroundings. Unfortunately, I have been an extremist. And I...

It has been a long long time I wrote a happy, cheerful post.  Not that I am continuously being unhappy or sad about things.. but more often than not, unpleasant things keep coming my way.  Yes, absence of ample sunshine and exciting activities derails me from my happy-go-lucky sense in this season... but positive things keep me going usually.  A couple of years back I fought depression just around about this time. The factors that helped me wade my way through and back to sanity are the same factors that are so unpleasant this time around.  Impossible? No. I have always felt life is very relative. What is Ok to 1 person can be horrible to another and what is slightly uncomfortable to 1 being can pose profound sadness in another person's life.  Sometimes I feel, I was just happy being ignorant. Happy that there was so much positivity around. Happy that problems were there but I was willing to deal with them head-on. And for more rea...

Kem Cho? Kevi gayi chokrao ni rajao??  Didn't understand? Its simple Gujarati. If you cannot read Gujarati ..sorry you cannot read further.  Puzzled?  Don't be! It's coming from the bitterness that I experienced this week.  I took almost a month long sabbatical from blogging, I had thought when I write after school re-opens it will be fresh and  energetic just like I was feeling.  But this experience not only hurt me as a Mother but also a resident of this prestigious society I am living in.  Since the time we came and lived here in Pune, I experienced caste discrimination.. Yes in a metro city like Pune!!! After  living abroad, you tend to get into the habit of greeting people in public places, even if you don't know them. I used to  unknowingly do the same. But I was often answered by stern glances and worse tilted necks. Slowly I gave up. Gradually  I understood, it was not me. It was my NON-Mahara...

It's that time of the year againnn!  No matter how hard I try or say with full dertermination that next year I won't do any decoration for N's birthday but I  am just not able to stand by my own thoughts..  This year she had decided that she wants to hv a masti bhara birthday with her friends in the newly opened playzone  nearby. And we are all upto it.. Everybody including N kept reminding me .. "Vaise bhi you don't want to decorate this  year na...!! "  As much as I used to nod .. I couldn't wrap up my head around the thought as the month of May began. Upon asking  what kind of cake she wants this time, prompt came the reply - "UNICORN!" (yes, kids n parents like us definitely add to  the upcoming economy!) Nevertheless, we shortlisted the cake designs and decided to proceed with the baker as the date came closer.  But I just couldn't let go of the thought that I want to do something special for her.. N loved my surprise b...

What is a sure shot of bindaas masti..fun n frolic for kids?  A SLEEPOVER..  And when the sleepover is for the entire girl gang plus their elder siblings and of course cool mommies (that come by  default) on a hill station.... you know the Joy just did a summer-sault and landed on a mountain of squeals and  laughter!! Last week was 1 such a sleepover mini-trip for my girl gang. Organized with perfection and diligence by our  Financial experts P and V.. it was such a treat for 16 estrogen filled ladies of all ages...  White 🏠 Panchgani The journey began with the famous Peppa Pig waiting for the girls in the bus.. OMG the squeals could be heard on the  2nd floor of the next building when the girls saw and realized whom they really saw! We were only scared that passers by  are gonna think someone is abducting children in the curtain clad mini-bus! LOL! Nevertheless the girls.. big and small  bade their goodbyes to him with...

Summers are here.. and so will be the mangoes along with the camps for little and big children thronging the nooks and  corners of the city.  Its almost thrilling to see soo many options to entertain and keep our children busy through the scorching heat. Growing  up I never saw/read/heard something like that in my then small city.  As a new Mom, I was fascinated by the dearth of options I had to choose from. Be it phonics, swimming, craft, quilling,  dance etc etc.. I literally had just about too much to choose from. And mind you - it was overwhelming!! I remember the first summer that we were in Pune, I was just happy that my mermaid could enjoy in the tub and pool  with her cute lil flower swim suit. Of course, finding the right Playgroup was on the top of my mind..It seemed such a  huge decision then!  Then came the next summer. When we both had got used to 2+ hours of structured time in play school. Yes I was happy...