Here’s the deal about having a bite, pinch and pull hair baby at home right now – you look like you are a cat mom when you go out!!! My 5 month old started to experiment and explore his environment a bit earlier than foreseen… “6-12 months, biting, pinching and hair-pulling also help babies work […]
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Mommy Diaries: You2.0
There’s one thing I learned during my divorce is that the person your husband or boyfriend leaves you for is usually not the person they cheated on you with. Atleast in my case I have a reason to believe that my ex (while still with me) remained friends with his current wife while he floundered […]
Mommy Diaries: Baby Blues
It’s been a while that I wrote on my blog. Life has been busy and I’m on a deadline to finish a short novel. (You can find the rest of my books here: http://www.debdubois.ch/) Did you hear that “a man whose job it is to help preserve Japan’s cultural heritage has accidentally smashed his car […]
Mommy Diaries: chocolate liqueurs!
Have to admit that I missed chocolate liqueurs so much that I kind of binged on half an assortment-box holding 10pieces. In case your math isn’t strong… I had 5pieces of chocolate liqueurs! Dunkle Schweizer Schokolade mit Likörfüllungen from Halba is just that quick cravings treat I like indulging in after a long day. And […]
Mommy Diaries: Mother Goddess
It’s Durga Festival in a week. It’s important for an Indology student (as well as a Bengali woman) to know that she is the representation of Supreme Shakti, with a multi-dimensional demeanour of mother goddess, a nurturer as well as a warrior/protector. The word ‘Durga’ means invincible. Albeit a Hindu goddess, her roots are Vedic […]
Mommy Diaries: Of Fables & Adventures
A scorpion approached a kind frog seated by the riverside, and asked him, “Can you give me a ride on your back across the river? I don’t have the ability to leap on lily pads or swim like you do.” The frog said, “You’re a scorpion, you might sting me.” The scorpion said, “I won’t […]
Mommy Diaries: the fight is real
The fight is real. Not to be reduced to motherhood despite all its joys. Of course a woman is defined by her capacity to produce another human but we forget it is men who are also capable of doing so – we can’t reproduce all by ourselves or change gender by-will like some green frogs […]
Mommy Diaries: #Totensalamander #ElizabethII
“Höre mich, tote Schwester, ich trinke dir das letzte Glas.” There’s a trending post: “Imagine if the world showed this much care and empathy for the communities that Queen Elizabeth II and the monarchy colonised and ravaged.” On CNBC news, an article talks of how Queen Elizabeth’s death revives criticism of Britain’s legacy of colonialism: […]
#Kashmiri Apples
Hard rural boys, dark skinned in their six hundred rupees pants – bought on the roadside, wanted to get them beautiful Kashmiri girls when BJP moved forces into the state; “white babes, with cheeks like apples – darlings me marry yous, wanna be my friendship?” So I told them, perhaps women from their family would […]
Mommy Diaries: Unsolicited Advice
Have I ever told you about unsolicited advice? You may ask what is Unsolicited Advice? Unsolicited advice is the manner in which an individual gives information, suggestions, or offers help that is usually unwanted and can be quite irritating to the person on the receiving end to have to hear what the “well-intentioned” individual giving […]
ANTHROPOLOGY OF LOVE 