Daughters
One – Day Goddess
Our little girls are indeed perfect
and unique in their own ways. They need not be Goddesses to prove their Shakti.
Our little girls are indeed perfect
and unique in their own ways. They need not be Goddesses to prove their Shakti.
In earlier times, since women got married early and often became widows at a tender age, all households had two sets of women, the widows and the married, clearly distinguished by the colour code. Saris were made from a white cloth, better known ‘thaan’ in Bengali. While the widows wore white, the married women had a red border.
I rummage through my wardrobe, a yellow sari and a blue kurta. Uff, I’m done. Just the peacock green left, I sigh victoriously “Sari or
Last year, I participated in a fashion show in October. After that experience, I
refused to be part of any such program this year. As I was twirling on stage the anchor
said, ‘Oh! She looks absolutely normal. You can never guess by looking at her.’
Here’s raising a toast to three ‘young-old’ women who are aging like fine wine.
Many of us find it challenging to cope with the day-to-day changes. It’s time we women follow some basic changing measures, to make our life better.
She forgets all of this and laughs like a young girl, small and satisfied with being alive.
‘These are all the kids that have the same sperm donor father. So, technically they are all half-siblings.’ she excitedly reported.
All women I knew had domestic help, but none of that for me. And I didn’t speak up, because I was raised to believe that good wives don’t complain, don’t rebel, don’t disobey. Tell me, have I ever nurtured such thoughts in you?
A group that originally started as a saree appreciation group on Facebook, has over the last seven years, grown phenomenally and ideologically, under the capable
