The 8th of May is celebrated as ‘Mother’s day. This day is usually very important in every child’s life, perhaps because a mother has a very unique relation with their child. Amongst all the relations that a human being ever witnesses, this relation stands out, because through the ages it has been associated with a delicate bond of love, affection and sacrifices galore. Of course over the years, like all other relations, the role of a mother and what she shares with her child has also changed, if not drastically, to a large extent.
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A friend on my Face Book friend list had written this caption on a picture, “Just because it looks pretty does not make it any less correct!” – Ruma Chakravarti
In the early half of April 2012, News headlines all over the world screamed- ‘Miss Universe pageant to allow transgender contestants’
November 2004, its 7.30 in the evening, I am settled on the couch with a book, when my phone rings. On the other end is Soma, a close friend and photographer, mother of a beautiful 4 year old. Just as I’m about to settle into a chat, she informs me crisply, “Vedant and I have decided to file for divorce”. I’m concerned and immediately ask her if I should come over?
Since the time I was a child I have been fascinated by the art of story telling. I would watch every year the Ramayana being enacted as a part of the Ramrila celebrations, coinciding with Dusherra.
About two months back, I suddenly had a crisis with my house maid taking a maternity leave and no replacement in sight. In what looked like a rather desperate situation, a desperate me climbed walls (literally this time) to do the neighborly social connect and find a solution to the problem. 
My ten year old daughter comes home from school and hands me a notice with a dull face. The notice reads, “The school would like to honor the role of grandparents, in every child’s life with a cultural program put up by the children themselves. All grandparents are invited” I look at my daughter and ask her why she is sad.
About a week ago, around 8 in the evening, I heard tremendous commotion somewhere close in the neighborhood. The screams and wails were so loud and disturbing that I decided to check it out. As I walked down the lane, I noticed that few houses beyond mine, a woman was being pushed and pushed around by a man.
On the auspicious day of Maha Shivratri, I remember an episode that happened during my University days. It was the eve of Shivratri ; the girls in the hostel were very excited about fasting the next day and going for the puja in the morning.Maha Shivratri, usually falls on the 14th night of the new moon during the dark half of the month of Phalguna.
Somewhere in the late nineties I had seen a movie called Primal Fear, an American crime drama thriller film directed by Gregory Hoblit and starring Richard Gere and Edward Norton. It was a fascinating film and I followed it up with one of Sidney Sheldon’s book’s ‘Tell Me Your Dreams’.
