Frivolous Fixations

No matter where you go, No matter what you do, My love is present everywhere, My blessings follow you. Life always comes with lessons, Some easy others tough, You can count on my love Whenever your day is rough Being a mother makes me always More sensitive to your pain You might get hurt but get up Yet my heart will carry your pain. Not everyone is fortunate To have a daughter like you With a heart pure as a pearl With kindness in soul tats true.

The Society of Women Engineers had arranged for a 2-day Conference event in Pune. The event was an absolute delight where female engineers from various companies, of various streams met together, exchanged ideas, encouraged each other and in short had a blast. The cherry on the cake was the SWE Local app on mobile phones which got updates from engineers sitting in different sessions so, that they could gain double the knowledge even without being at multiple sessions at a time. Day 1 Opening Ceremony The Opening Keynote was presented by   Priya Kumar , CEO & chief facilitator of Priya Kumar Training Systems.  Her energy was infectious and as soon as she climbed on stage when she remarked that as Women we would be scanning her from top to bottom, she wasn't wrong. But listening to her while looking at the fact that she seemed younger and smaller than most of us, we remembered the quote that "Big things come in small packages...

Arzeb Advice So I wake up in the morning and hear Arzeb's sound, As I go sit in the chair next to his bed, he climbs in my lap and hugs me. We sit like that for a few minutes with me asking him if he wants to eat, pee or get up and he just keeps shaking his head. Finally I tell him, "Chalo drawing room mein chalte hain" He asks, "Kyun?" Me "Arre mujhe thoda exercise karna hai." He looks at me with concern and says, "Theek hai par pehle kuch khaa lo, ok?" And I thought- I was the "Mommy" ;) ----------------------------------------------------------- Arzeb Choice So as we are talking about the Bollywood hero that dance well- Izhaan tell me, "Mumma , I like Tiger shroff" and I say, "Yes he really dances well" Then Izhaan asks Arzeb, "do you like Tiger, Arzeb?" Arzeb answers "No" So I ask him, "Arzeb tumko kaun achcha lagta hai phir?" Arzeb says-  "Salm...

Me at the Hospital Orthopaedic accessories counter. Me:Mujhe flat feet ke liye shoe sole chahiye (showing him the sample). Milega aapke paas? SalesMan: Haan ye toh mil jayega, shoe ke liye, saath hi sandal wala bhi hai. Me: Sandal nhi pehenti main, bas shoes. SM: chappals? Me: Chappal bhi nhi pehenti, bas shoes. SM: Ghar pe aap pehenti hongi? Me: Nahi ghar pe barefoot rehti hun mein SM: Ghar pe aapko pehenna chahiye, kitna time toh ghar pe hi rehta hai Me( getting angrier now): Bhaiyya main offc mein rehti hun 5 din SM : Magar offc mein chaliye aap bahut rheen 10 ghante, baaki time toh ghar pe hi. Me: ( boiling more)Usmein 8 ghante sona hai, mushkil se 2 ghante chalna hai, so nahi chahiye. He asks me to remove my shoes, place my foot on paper, draws my feet with a pen. SM : Arre aapka sirf yahi problem nahi, ye dekhiye aap ke pair mein haddi nikal rhi hai, sling pehen lijiye thumb mein toh andar chali jayegee. Me: Ye mera khandaani issue hai iska kuch nahi ho sakta....

Long time bak i read a small story regarding 2 women. They both had their dreams. One dreamt of going on pilgrimages and the other dreamt of relaxing on a hammock in the woods. Years passed, they married , had kids, lived their lives with their husbands. One fine day, they were free of their domestic duties, and the had the resources to go out alone. The first one used her savings to finally go on all the pilgrimages, she wanted. The second one bought a cabin in the woods, and just relaxed on her hammock. For me, the writeup was just a realization of what a large range womanhood has. There was no right or wrong, just an account of how each of us has a different way of attaining peace . Both women should be admired that they never shied away from life's demands and yet achieved their dream as well. Today morning, I talked to two of my friends- One who has been working for a long time, and inspite of taking breaks for her kids has finally become a Project Manager at Amazon. It w...