This travel blog will hit a bit different because traveling to India is as much an emotional journey as a physical one. Our plan was to spend 3 weeks in Mumbai and 3 weeks in Coochbehar (my and my husband's hometowns, respectively). A rather arduous journey that I planned to take alone with baby since … Continue reading Baby and Me!
We traveled through 3 countries, 8 cities and every possible mode of transport with our 7.5 month old over 18 days! I felt that deserved a blog, not just to share the experience and learnings but also to memoir the fresh feelings of traveling with my baby so I can reminisce later. Those who know … Continue reading Travel Blog: Plane, Train and everything in between
Motherhood hit me like a train. And it. is. freaking. awesome! This is my last blog in the pregnancy/delivery series documenting my journey to becoming a mother. We're now at the end of the 4th trimester, and I am very happy to report that being a mother is everything it is chalked up to be. … Continue reading 4th and Final Trimester: I am Mother
I am as new to this as she is. Kindness and Perserverence bear our weight. Postpartum is definitely one of the hardest things I have done. It descends on you all too suddenly, that within the span of 24 hours, you went from a worry-free individual to a very very worried parent. Especially the first … Continue reading Hacking the Postpartum
3 hard working people taking a break And just like I know for sure that I'd die for you, I know I'd kill for you too... Please extend a very warm welcome to Anya Joshi-De! Anya’s name, pronounced Aanyaa, means ‘Limitless or Inexhaustible Grace’ and we see her embody that quality every minute she has … Continue reading A Delivery Blog: The hard part is over, right?
We cannot deny that in our geo-socio-economic circles pregnancy is a rare event, since, most women opt to have 1-2 pregnancies at most. And before we truly do research, all our frame of references about pregnancy come from movies and some stories from our moms/friends. One is far too focused on drama and the other … Continue reading End of Second trimester: The good, and the money-saving!
What changed? The Covid lockdown was one of the worst experiences for people all around the world - with livelihoods, loneliness and life, itself, in the balance for an extended period of time. So I want to be careful when I say the lockdown had some of the most positive effects on my personal life. … Continue reading Pregnant and Pumped Phase 1: From No Way to Yayy yayy!
“Naturally, I figured, with inflation and everything, the dividing line between petty and grand larceny would have been raised considerably.Chon Day - SaturdayEveningPost.com When I spoke at the World Religions Forum at the University of Chicago in '16 and '17 I had admittedly confessed that I saw Hinduism as the 'Hufflepuff' of religions. I understood … Continue reading Religion: an escape from prisoner’s dilemma
I have been suffering from severe vocal chord issues for the last 1.5 years. As someone whose whole life is centered around vocally expressing, I can assure you this has not been a fun experience. I've had months where I could barely speak a couple of words a day. Doctors pointed to stress and overuse … Continue reading The Conscious Mind: a Product Manager of the subconscious
I woke up at 9 am on a Sunday, today, to be the 'phone a friend' for my niece in an hour long treasure hunt my brother (her father) devised for her. What a fantastic way to get her excited about puzzles and problem solving! It got me reminiscing about my enterprising mother and her … Continue reading Mother’s remedies…
Thoughts on the edge 