Category: bringing up mother

  • The Round and About.

    The Round and About.

    The experts call it the “Hermit Economy,” where people stay home buying gadgets instead of meeting friends. But in Chennai, there is simply no room to be a hermit.

  • The Rajmata Syndrome

    The Rajmata Syndrome

    Motherhood isn’t sacrifice alone; it’s projection, clutter, guilt, and power — from Jijabai to my overflowing fridge stuffed with symbolic edible devotion.

  • Soul Contract! Madre Mia

    Soul Contract! Madre Mia

    A physician-hypnotherapist explores motherhood, karma, attachment theory, and why unresolved maternal wounds quietly shape relationships, nervous systems, spirituality, and entire adult identities.

  • Felis Novida ~Takanakuy Unboxed.

    Felis Novida ~Takanakuy Unboxed.

    Felis novida is, according to no reputable Latin scholar, loosely translated as “new happiness,” “renewed joy,” or “the cat has learned nothing but feels better about it.”

  • Dis-Greyfully Yours

    Dis-Greyfully Yours

    Aunt Chia sped past caution signs, sticky notes trailing, goggles ready for pool battles, while Zeena juggled tea, tech lessons, and mild panic—welcome to her 80s!

  • The Moon-Braid Lady

    The Moon-Braid Lady

    The Moon-Braid Lady is the grandmother lot of kids love to have. This is the first of the letters between her and Eliza.