Articles by me / Published ArticlesForsaking Your Financial Freedom at the Altar of Motherhood and Other Bad Ideas (The Quint) September 19, 2018 Written by 0 I decided not to find work until my kids grew up. In hindsight, the decision was flawed & I did myself a disservice.“You are not an involved mother, but I have just accepted that about you,” my sulky 15-year-old said to me recently.To say that her words came as a shock to me would be to put it mildly. Having given up my thriving career as an offering on the altar of motherhood, I had taken a sanctimonious view towards parenting. I believed that one had to give it their best and my best meant giving up being everything else I had ever been, to assume my role as a mother.This happy sacrifice briefly gave me a sense of moral superiority as a parent with an initial – “Look! My child matters so much to me that I have made a bonfire of my career and I am basking in the glow of its embers.”Further Reading... Of Poses and Hashtags: Travelling Has Changed Since Instagram Took Over (HT Brunch) July 15, 2018 Is that what India is About? (Condé Nast Traveller) November 24, 2015 Elizabeth Gilbert and the Art of Living (HT Brunch) April 11, 2022No CommentsLeave a ReplySave my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Previous PostDog With a Blog: How I Escaped an Untimely Death at the Hands of My Owner Next PostWith Wings of Steel (Published in Make in India Magazine – 2016)
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