Rise and shine!
Rise and shine! It is Mother’s Day tomorrow. Till a few years ago it was as unknown in our country as Valentine’s Day used to be. But let us give credit to the rising consumerism among our urban and semi-urban populace that even children who seemed to have taken their mothers for granted, now remember them one day of the year. They might call the old woman up, send a card or get her a gift but it is an acknowledgement of her role in their lives and that is not a bad step after all. Coming to me - a few days ago, a close friend called me a ‘helicopter mom’. Ordinarily, I would have been offended by the implication that I had hovered around the poor boy, taken over every aspect of his life, been overprotective , in short, overparented . But no, I could only chuckle. Me, a mother who loved her job as a sub-editor and for years, was absent from 2.p.m. to 9.p.m. daily and even beyond if there was an official or social engagement, I graciously accepted the term like a trophy. With Ma...