[ad_1] Six weeks after the birth of my second baby, I was diagnosed with postpartum depression. Even now, after having recovered to a large extent, I can’t think about it without feeling sad and overwhelmed. One of the earliest things that I remember is feeling anxious, and not the low-key ‘I-can-set-it-aside-if-I-want-to’ anxiety but the kind […]
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[ad_1] A young woman named Haneefa lived in Phuphee’s village. She was a gentle mannered girl who excelled at everything she did. After she started working as a teacher in the local school, a marriage was organised. The groom, too, was a teacher and lived in the same village. Her marriage took place on a […]
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[ad_1] ‘People who fear making mistakes eventually become afraid to even try anything, and those people die much earlier than their actual death. ‘ | Photo Credit: Illustration: Zainab Tambawalla I was five years old when a teacher slapped me on the face for accidentally breaking a flower vase in the classroom. I remember it was […]
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[ad_1] Sometimes in life, you witness events that you are not physically a part of, but they change you in ways that you are no longer who you were before | Photo Credit: Illustration: Zainab Tambawalla In a conflict torn place called Kashmir, a village rests quietly amidst the mountains, the dense forests and the […]
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[ad_1] It is a warm July morning. We have a few days off school, and I have been sent to Phuphee’s house. When I stay with her, she always lets me sleep next to her because she knows I am terrified of sleeping on my own. Phuphee’s room has two sets of windows, both on […]
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[ad_1] For as long as I had known Phuphee, nothing got under her skin as much as the fact that she had been unable to continue her education after sixth grade — but when her grandfather died there was simply no money. This explained why she came down on me like a ton of bricks […]
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[ad_1] Problems needn’t always be tackled with force; a little common sense can go a long way [ad_2] Source link
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[ad_1] Years ago, I read in a lady’s magazine, on the front cover of which was splashed a beautiful woman with lacquered nail varnish on her hands, showing off a freshly-baked cake, ‘Clever ladies take stock at forty.’ Inside, it was explained by a gentleman who described himself as an expert in femininity, that a […]
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[ad_1] An aunt with a special banana roti recipe, a mother buckling under grief, and a weekly visit that restores faith in humanity An aunt with a special banana roti recipe, a mother buckling under grief, and a weekly visit that restores faith in humanity Every Friday, Phuphee would make a special roti called kyaele […]
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