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Mothers are born flawed. If they don't see imperfections in themselves, which is unlikely,  someone else will.  But these questions and doubts a mother faces today are unique to the times. Our grandmothers were different. They were undivided souls. They ...Read More

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There are three women that I have met  in this little lifetime, who have made me gasp and stare at them in awe. Mom, who I call Maa. Grandmom, who I call Dida. And Mum-in-law, who I call Amma. All women worth their weight ...Read More

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Many, many years ago, when there was no such thing as ready-made ginger-garlic paste, saas-bahu flicks on TV, when Mumbai had one standard climate for all seasons (hot, sucky, humid), when I could not tell Malayalam from Tamil from Kannada ...Read More

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On Mother's Day, we at Unboxed Writers share a simple but deeply emotional poem written by a mother on her young daughter's Facebook Wall... I can't give solutions to all of life's problems, doubts, or fears. But I can listen to you, and together ...Read More

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My nani was married off at the age of 14 in Lahore to my nana, a man of the world and 10 years her senior. He was the only sense of home she had ever known, having lost her mother as a child. The ...Read More