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Mother Superior: Why Fatherhood Will Never Be Equal to Motherhood

Motherhood is starkly different from fatherhood. Fatherhood is like watching a movie on the couch; motherhood is like being in the movie. Only the movie is 300 and you are on the wrong side of the battlefield.

Anamika Tiwari April 30, 2016

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Kabhi Elder Sister, Kabhie Reluctant Parent

The four-year age gap between me and my sister never seemed to matter. That is, until my 21-year-old sister decided to visit me during her college break, and I found myself morphing into a reluctant parent.

Poulomi Das April 30, 2016

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Confessions of a Backbencher Mom

Have I failed as a mother if my son is not acing every single life experience just because I chose chor-police over chess mastery?

Sharan Saikumar April 24, 2016

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The Best Gift Today’s Mothers Can Give their Children is Some Unmonitored “Me Time”

The constant supervision to create a model kid, robs children of solitude: A solitude that will overwhelm them with its monotony before getting them to move their ass to experiment in the kitchen, scribble Rupi Kaur-like poetry on their notepads, and perhaps discover the true meaning of life.

Purba Ray April 20, 2016

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By Sheltering an Inter-Caste Couple, My Conservative Father Discovered His “Wokeness”

My old-fashioned father, who still believes women should do the bulk of cooking and tolerates no criticism of Narendra Modi, suddenly turned liberal when a young couple needed his help. Unlike most people from our generation, who use social media to signal our virtues, my father had become the IRL definition of woke.

Hardik Rajgor April 18, 2016

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“Badi Aayi Environment-Waali!” Why Our Parents Don’t Give a Damn About Climate Change

When I was growing up my parents would constantly nag me to switch off all the lights in house. No, they did not want to be green. They only wanted to save the other kind of “green”. Now when I ask them to conserve power because of environmental reasons, they simply scoff.

Sehaj K April 17, 2016

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Kaho Naa… Parivaar Hai

The routine abrasiveness of our family life dissolved in darkened cinema halls. We’ve cried together in the saddest pits of Kal Ho Naa Ho and laughed like close friends during Hera Pheri.

Preeti Vangani April 16, 2016

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How My Baby Stepbrother Saved Me and My Not So Evil Stepmother

My stepmom was family-oriented and I was aloof. We didn’t know each other well enough to let our differences be. But what saved us in the end, oddly, was my baby stepbrother.

Tia Basu April 13, 2016

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“Tussi Na Jao!” How Do You Convince Indian Parents You Want to Move Out?

If I were a 28-year-old, 200 years ago, I’d probably be heading out into battle tomorrow. If I were a 28-year-old about 2,000 years ago, I’d be the village elder. But somehow, here I am at the age of 28, still enjoying the free snacks in between free meals. And every time I bring up moving out of home, my parents think I’m hinting at marriage plans.

Aditya Bhalla April 12, 2016

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No Blackmail, No Derision: Patience Helps Me Turn My Mother Away From Bigotry

My mother had no problem accepting my queer Arab ex-girlfriend, but she still believes in the idea of a “Hindu nation”. And I feel like a hypocrite espousing liberal values in public, but being unable to confront these challenging ideas at home. So I continued to talk to her – with love and patience.

Suryatapa Mukherjee April 11, 2016