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Ever been annoyed by women who moral police other women? This poem is for you!
Hey auntie, Good morning, how do you do? Had breakfast, did you? And at breakfast when your daughter ate cheese You said, “You’ll grow fat, stop it please!” Let her eat what she likes And stop expecting her to impress guys.
Hey auntie, Period blood is not gross It doesn’t add to your list of my flaws During periods, I’ll run, sit, eat and pray Your comments won’t change me anyway.
Hey auntie, I didn’t learn to cook and bake No, that’s not my mom’s mistake She told me to study and do something good Apart from cooking my in-laws’ favourite food
Hey auntie, You saw me with a guy, You make a fuss, I don’t know why He was only a friend, I am not in love, If that’s also a problem, tell me how.
Hey auntie, I can’t give your family a son It’s nature’s choice and can be changed by none Motherhood is not your card game Children of any gender should be loved the same
Hey auntie Thanks for the suggestions that I’ll ignore Find yourself a better chore Let me live the life I choose I’ve got no time for baseless rules.
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Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 might have had a box office collection of 260 crores INR and entertained Indian audiences, but it's full of problematic stereotypes.
Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 starts with a scene in which the protagonist, Ruhaan (played by Kartik Aaryan) finds an abandoned pink suitcase in a moving cable car and thinks there is a bomb inside it.
Just then, he sees an unknown person (Kiara Advani) wave and gesture at him to convey that the suitcase is theirs. Ruhaan, with the widest possible smile, says, “Bag main bomb nahi hai, bomb ka bag hai,” (There isn’t a bomb in the bag, the bag belongs to a bomb).
Who even writes such dialogues in 2022?
Be it a working or a homemaker mother, every parent needs a support system to be able to manage their children, housework, and mental health.
Let me at the outset clarify that when I mention ‘work’ here, it includes ANY work. So, it could be the work at home done by a homemaker parent or it could be work in a professional/entrepreneurial environment.
Either way, every parent struggles to find that fine balance between ‘work’ and ‘parenting’, especially with younger kids who still need high emotional and physical support from their caretakers. And not just any balance, but more importantly, balance that lets them keep their own sanity intact!