Articles with tag: motherhood

Sunshine, Smiles and Flowers

Raiya Hashmi Jun 26, 2007 interacts: 4

A small rectangular album fell in my lap as I pulled out the dusty box resting in the innermost corner of my cupboard. This brown box labeled “Viking Dinner Set” contained possessions from my college days.

Monsoon arrives

Sucheta Potnis Jul 8, 2004 interacts: 28

I suppose had I been anyone other than the beloved daughter of Babliseth, my husband would have left me long back. After all, there has to be someone to enjoy the enormous Caculo wealth. Under the beady eyes of my father though he had no hope of marrying

Baby’s Room

Sucheta Potnis Apr 15, 2004 interacts: 24

She got up then, and laughed out aloud, her laughter drowning out the baby’s cries. As the baby heard the alien sound of laughter from his mother’s familiar voice, his cries dwindled to a whimper.

Memory and other Poems

Fatima Husain Mar 6, 2004 interacts: 26

My mother says
if women did not forget,
they would have just that one child.

I am the result of her forgetfulness.