An Indian Parenting & Food Blog by Dr. Mansi Bajaj Malik !
Once upon a time , in a kingdom far far away , there was a king and a queen who lived in a suave white contemporary house in a major metropolis of India. They had sleek interiors , minimalistic and aesthetic furnishings inspired from their recent Mediterranean holiday to Greece and its Aegean blue sea.... Continue Reading →
I recently happened to read an article titled 'Behind every superwoman lies an inconsiderate and selfish man.' Though an archaic, patriarchal and insensitive husband may be the cause behind some women pushing and trying to do everything by themselves but it is not the case everywhere. By such a blanket statement we are undermining the... Continue Reading →
It's all been told and retold , written and re-written , cut - copy - pasted infinite number of times that motherhood is exhausting . It is mind numbing , zombie-fying, sapping kind of a crazy exhaustion. But what remains to be told is how mothers around the world are coping up with it. Motherhood... Continue Reading →
Life in a joint family is no less than a daily soap opera . Having been brought up in one such family , I never needed much source of entertainment from outside . My house was always full of siblings and the doors were perpetually open for visitors (they still are). I admire my mother... Continue Reading →
We don't experience kicks in pregnancy, we host football matches in our uterus. Leave alone the count , most of the time we don't even know which baby is kicking. We gain a usual of 20-30 kgs in pregnancy and no , we don't end up looking like Celina Jaitley . We are sometimes not... Continue Reading →
All these years of living as a lazy pampered wife had made me pretty accommodating where others were concerned. I used to adjust according to anyone's need , squeeze in any undulations to the routine with ease , I had become the most gullible and cooperative person around . Though an angry adolescent in my... Continue Reading →
Once I was visiting a relative at a hospital who had just had her first child , a baby girl . She and her husband were thrilled to welcome their bundle of joy , but while I was there, an aunty came and said, 'Ladka ho jata to tension free ho jate ' . (You... Continue Reading →
Friday Night Column 