मेरा नाम प्रियंवदा पांडेय है और मैं एक शिक्षिका हूँ. मैं शिक्षिका होने के साथ-साथ एक बेटी, बहू, बहन और पत्नी के कर्तव्यो का पालन कर रही हूँ. परन्तु इन सभी रिश्तो से सबसे बाद में मिला रिश्ता मेरे लिए सबसे अनमोल और खास है. जिसे मैं इन सब रिश्तो से ज्यादा महत्व देती हूँ वो है मेरा रिश्ता मेरी बेटी आरोही के साथ. मैं माँ हूँ आरोही की. मुझे बेटों से कही अधिक बेटियाँ प्यारी है और ईश्वर ने मुझे एक साथ दो सुख दिए है, एक माँ बनने का सौभाग्य और दूसरा पुत्री देकर. आरोही को प्यार से गौरी भी बुलाते है सब.  मैं एक कामकाजी महिला हूँ और अपनी नौकरी के साथ अपनी बेटी की भी जिम्मेदारी निभाती हूँ. जब पहली बार आरोही मेरे हाथ में आई तो लगा मेरे हाथो में सारी दुनिया की खुशिया समा गई. आज मेरी बेटी ३ वर्ष की हो रही है. स्वाद में नमकीन चीजे खाना, सच बोलना, खाना खाने में नाटक, हठीला पन, सभी आदते उसमे दिखती है जो मेरी भी थी. मेरी नन्ही परी मेरी परछाई है. अभी उसके पास किचेन सेट के बर्तन है जिनसे वो सारा दिन खेलती है. मुझे चाय बना कर देती है. मैं भी चाय पीने का नाटक करती हूँ. प्रशंसा भी करती हूँ कि चाय अच्...

माँ, समझ में ही नही आता कि शुरूवात कहाँ से करे क्यों कि शब्दों से ज्यादा भाव हैं इस शब्द में, जिसे सिर्फ़ महसूस किया जा सकता हैं। पूरी दुनिया छोटी लगती है माँ तेरे सामने.. जब हम छोटे थे, कोई भी परेशानी आती थी माँ सबसे पहले तेरी याद ही आती थी हर problem का solution था माँ के पास, बिन कहे भी वो हमारी हर परेशानी समझ जाती थी। कितना सुकून था तेरी गोद में माँ.. माँ के लिए दुनिया में अपनी सन्तान से अच्छा कोई नहीं होता है। एक माँ ही का दिल इतना बड़ा होता है कि वो अपने बच्चों की गलतियों को माफ़ कर सकती है। मेरी सारी गलतियों को वो माफ़ करती हैं ! बहुत गुस्सा होकर भी वो प्यार देती हैं....! उसके होंठो पर हमेशा दुआ होती हैं...! ऐसा करने वाली सिर्फ और सिर्फ हमारी माँ होती हैं! आज मैं जब खुद एक माँ हूँ, माँ आप के लिये मेरा सम्मान और भी बढ़ गया है। आज मैं आप का प्यार, दुलार और आप की डांट सब समझ सकती हूँ कि आप की डांट में भी कितना प्यार छिपा रहता था। मैं तुम्हें शब्दों में कैसे पिरोऊँ ......माँ मेरी परिभाषा और पहचान हो ....तुम

Yes,you hear me right!Not this special day is special for everyone.Not this occasion brings happiness to everyone. When everyone is sharing happiness of having a great mom or being a great mom on this Mother's Day,I would like to draw your attention to those who have not only never sensed such feeling but also have to be really strong on this day to keep themselves together. I'm talking about the unfortunates who either don't have a mother they deserve or don't have her at all.While social media is all bloomed up with Happy Mother's Day messages,quotes and testimonials,if look around us we will find out there are people in society who :- Were born orphans(Mother died during child birth) Lost their mothers at a very young age Lost their mothers due to her illness/accident/old age etc. Are estranged from their mothers due to various issues like her mental illness ,one's own mental illness,family problems,misunderstandings, legal issues like d...

I would not hesitate in saying that there has been a culture of women forsaking their jobs after they become a mother of someone to be taken care of at their home. This is also a bitter fact that no mother has a choice when her young one is expecting her presence at home and she has to be out at work. On this mothers’ day I am dedicating my deep thoughts to all those women who had given up their career a few years back for the right up-bringing of their children. This was my mom too. I had a chance to read an article of Victoria Beckham where she explained her feelings of trouble while leaving her children at home when she was out of country for work. She is wife of David Beckham and a model turned renowned designer herself who is a mother of three lovely kids. She said she felt guilty of not being able to be with her kids when they were babies and needed their mother the most. Though she thinks she had to be strong and leave her kids at home under the service of care taker...

“Wake up Mumma…I am done with my sleep…it’s time to play!!” This should be music to the ears at any time of the day with a toddler, but at 2 am in the night you simply wish that you are hearing it in a dream. Although the past three years of motherhood have been nothing short of a dream, the sleepy and dreamy nights have simply vanished and are a very rare occurrence. Instead as a mum I have realized the importance of power naps, the importance of syncing your needs with the expectations and needs of your little one and finally the importance of giving it all to the most important part of your new life. Life has amazingly traveled a complete cycle for a little girl from a little city. When I started growing up, I was a unit of a family and the entire school and college life was spent struggling hard to etch out an individual identity, in search of a confident and unique entity to stand out among the crowd. Even after marriage, while I started sharing my life and its special mo...

We just celebrated Mother’s Day. I am hoping we, mothers, had a blast of the day. I thought to write how I and my tot celebrated this Mother’s Day because this time it was different.  A day before, on Saturday night, I requested my husband “NO More comments tomorrow, please”. He laughed and said, “How that is possible?..” I left it over him and slept peacefully looking forward to next day. The Mother’s Day. I got up with the heed of juggling with the washing machine. But after lying on the bed of the next room, I said to myself “It’s Mother’s Day today. It’s for me. I should enjoy every minute of this day”. I postponed washing clothes and slept again. At 9 ‘clock, my mother called and I wished her. With my first line, she could comprehend that I was sleeping so next minute only she said “Sleep now. We’ll talk in evening.” And I closed my eyes again, aiming to sleep for some more time. However, with the hope to wish everyone on my FB page, I got up. It was another nice thin...

मुझे बचपन में दूध बिल्कुल पसंद नहीं था अपनी माँ की तरह। माँ जबरदस्ती एक गिलास दूध हम चारों भाई बहनों को देती थी। मेरी दादी भी हमारे साथ रहती थी। उन्हें दूध और दही बहुत पसंद था तो वो सुबह शाम इसके मजे लेती थी। मेरे पापा को खाने के आखिर में थोड़ा सा चावल दूध और चीनी के साथ खाना बहुत रहा। माँ को उनकी जबरदस्ती के लिए बहुत उलाहना देती थी मैं। मेरी शादी के बाद जब मेरे माँ पापा पहली बार मेरे पास आये तो मैंने ख़ालिस दूध की चाय बनायी। माँ खुश हो गयी। दोपहर के खाने में मैंने दही भी परोसी। पापा, अपने पति और अपने लिए कटोरी भर दही और माँ के लिए थोड़ी सी। मेरे पति बोले ‘मम्मी जी के लिए बस इतनी सी दही’! मैंने गर्व से अपना ज्ञान झाड़ा ‘मम्मी को दही पसंद नहीं है’। इस पर पापा बोले ‘नहीं बेटा, मम्मी को तो सुबह शाम दही चाहिये’। मैंने हैरानी से माँ की तरफ देखा और माँ बस मुस्कुरा दी। मैंने बाद में अकेले में माँ से पूछा ’अब तुम्हें दही पसंद आने लगी?’ माँ ने कहा ‘बेटा, दही तो मुझे हमेशा से पसंद थी। लेकिन चार बच्चे, तुम्हारी दादी और पापा के लिए कहीं कम न पड़ जाए इसलिए मैं नहीं खाती थी। तब पापा की तनख्वाह...

For me Mother stands for my identity. Whatever I am today, my past and my future is all because of her. She has always been my source of inspiration, my never ending support and my 3 am friend. There were times when I craved to find my identity beyond her, but the more I tried, the more I have realized that it is her I am a part of. I think it is the only relation in the world where you do not judge the other person. I have never judged my mother. Whatever she has done in her life, whatever decisions she has taken has always been right according to me. We can never hear wrong about our mother like we cannot hear anything wrong about God.  I can still remember the long conversations I used to have with my mother about life and its problems. She had so patiently listen to them and given me advice on each and every thing. I can still rewind those advice in my head today and find their relevance in my life. Even today when I feel lonely or ill it is my mother I call. I sinc...

A mother becomes a mother the day she gets to know about the little embryo inside her womb. It all started one fine day when I did my pregnancy test and it resulted positive. Life changed from the very moment. I was excited but a bit nervous too. I and my husband were working in two different cities that time. So the excited supermom in me felt extra responsible to take care of the baby. I started spending my days managing home, office, long travel, shopping, exercise, reading and any and every thing which could be added to the list. My baby kept me motivated and never let me feel alone. At times when I felt low she kicked me as if she was saying ‘Don’t worry mom. You rock! :) ’ However, by end of sixth month I felt exhausted and I decided to move to my mother’s place for delivery and give some time to my husband to settle down with his work life. After seven hectic years of work life I was enjoying a peaceful time. Days were spent in all sorts of preparations to welcom...

माँ के लिए क्या लिखू , माँ ने तो खुद मुझे लिखा है .. माँ एक ऐसा शब्द जिसके बिना 'मकान' घर नहीं बनता. माँ एक ऐसा शब्द जिसे सुनकर हमारा चेहरा खिल उठता है. माँ बच्चे को जनम देती है पर अफ़सोस की बात है अक्सर उन्ही बच्चो के मुँह से गालिओ में माँ शब्द सुनना पड़ता है.वो खुद एक बेटी होकर कुछ लोगो के डर से बेटी को जनम नहीं दे पाती. "कमा के इतनी दौलतभी माँ को दे न पाया जितने सिक्को से माँ नज़र उतरा करती थी "  माँ को हम उपहार में  क्या दे माँ ने तो पूरी जिंदगी हमे दी है. आज भी माँ जब परेशान होती है कुछ ना कहती बस मुस्कुरा देती है. हर बच्चे को उस नकली मुस्कान को पहचानना चाहिए और असली मुस्कान लानी चाहिए,जो अक्सर हम नहीं कर पाते. माँ एक वो  शख्सियत है जो बच्चो के लिए कुछ भी कर सकती है.माँ बनना जितना एक औरत के लिए स्पेशल  होता है उससे कही ज्यादा वो माँ सुनने का इंतज़ार करती है.  आज भी औरत को लेकर बहुत विडम्ब्नाये है उन्हें दूर करना ही Mother's डे का सबसे बड़ा गिफ्ट होगा उसी दिन से इस दिन को मानाने का सच्चा अहसास  होगा. जब देश की माए और फ्यूचर  माए  (बेटियां)...

मैं जानती हूं तुम खुशी हुई होगी जब तुम्हें मेरे होने का पहली बार अहसास हुआ होगा।माँ मैं जानती हूं कि तुम्हें 9 महीने की तकलीफ के बाद मेरी पहली आवाज सुन कर राहत मिली होगी।मैं जानती हूं माँ जब तुमने मुझे पहली बार गोद मेंलिया होगा तब तुम्हारी आंखें नम थीं और मेरा चेहरा देखकर तुम्हें सुकून मिला होगा।मैं जानती हूं मैंने आपकी रातों की नींद खराब की होगी लेकिन तुमने मुझे प्यार से सहलाकर अपी सीने से लगाकर सुलाया होगा।मैं जानती हूँ आपकी हर एक भावना को क्योंकि आज मैं भी एक माँ हूं।  आज मदर्स डे है।आज आपका दिन है सिर्फ आपका क्योंकि बाकी 364 दिन और रात आप सब का दिन बनाने में जुटी रहती हो।यह और कोई नहीं कर सकता है सिर्फ एक माँ ही कर सकती है।आज मैं मदर्स 'डे' नहीं बल्किअपने पास आपके ममतामयी आंचल होने का जश्न मनाना चाहती हूँ।(मां) को सेलिब्रेट करना चाहती हूं।धन्यवाद माँ।उस हर एक दिन और रात के लिए जो आपने मेरी लिए जाग कर दुआ करके गुजारी।हर बार पढ़ाई, खेल और सब चीजोंमें मुझप्रोत्साहित करने के लिए, मेरी हर समस्या और शंका को हर बार आराम से सुनकर कभी प्यार से, कभी डांट के हमेशा उन चीजों क...

The relationship i share with my mom now is quite different from the one i use have few years back. I have always been daddy's girl and I felt delighted being daddy's charm. All this while I almost forgot whatever I am doing and whoever I am is just because of my darling mom. During my teenage years I use to have fights with my mom because me being a free spirited girl always wanted to have fun hangouts with my friends. But my mom had different plans for me and she kept the check on my discipline, education and even on my friends. At that time my only rescue was my dad as he never stops me from anything. After so many years I believe it was only my mom's effort which paved my beautiful path in academics as well as life. She by all the force and strength carved my future and to which I will be grateful till my last breath. Now I am also a mother of 10 months old girl and my only wish is that I could just be able to do even 50% of what my mom did any still doing for ...

Every mother deserves a gift on Mother's Day. Now this could be as simple as saying THANK YOU in some creative way or a grand surprise. But above all, I think it depends upon the nature of the Mother what she would like to have.  Generally, I buy gifts for myself because my husband is least creative in thinking what I would be liking. And as a normal common woman, I simply LOVE gifts. So I please myself.  My son is still to understand this whole gifting thing. So for this Mother’s day, I am going to share a few tips, so that my husband could give me a Mother’s day special gifts that I like. And I am sure many of the fellow mothers can related to my ideas.  Have a look at my list: Let me sleep till late, it’s Sunday: My son needs me when he wakes up. And it’s ONLY me. So this Mother’s day, I want to sleep till late, probably till 9 AM and I wish my husband to attend my son. No cooking day: My cook aunty doesn’t come on Sundays so Sunday is working for me ...

Going by the dictionary definition, it can be defined as "The state of being a mother" or "The qualities or spirit of a mother". But am sure all mommies in the world would agree that it is this and a whole lot more. Motherhood is the feeling of experiencing your heart beating outside of your body, is about teaching life's lessons and in the process learning virtues of patience, perseverance and selflessness. Motherhood is a promise to the life I created that I will be there to take care of you, to love you beyond measure, to laugh with you when you are happy and to cry with you when you are hurt. It's about the eternal joy that we experience when our little one does something new. It's also about that excruciating pain we feel when leaving our little baby at home for the first time when going back to office. Motherhood is about change in perception and priorities, about looking at world through the eyes of a little baby. That first smile, the f...

Mummaa.. is the word I hear while getting daily chores done with the help of my maid. My little one wakes up from his afternoon sleep and as a ritual, he should see my face when he wakes up or else he becomes cranky. Yes, I m a mother of my 8 months old son.I took a break from my work to take care of him as I was not willing to leave him in daycare until he turns a year old. Now I get ample of time to take care of my baby and enjoy his milestones. Since the day I became a mother I suddenly felt so much love and respect for MY Mother. How much pain she bore to bring me into this world! How she must have felt on becoming a mother (I am her eldest child)! Coincidentally I and my mother share the same date for enjoying this great feeling of motherhood (yeah..! I and my son have the same birth date)   And day by day as I see my little one growing and demanding for his needs, I wonder how my mother managed taking care of her in-laws, husband and her 4 children (my 2 sisters and ...

Mother's Day is just here we all know. So it's the best time to remember and say “Thank You” to your mother. This Mother's Day, don't miss a chance to convey your feelings to your mother. Go and meet her, it's Sunday. Or give her a call and talk in detail; it's, of course, Sunday so you can manage. Sunday is again a good time to take kids for an outing or for a movie. You are free and they are free too. What is better than making kids happy on Mother’s day!! Abundance of Talks is celebrating Motherhood this whole week. We salute and deeply respect this virtue called Motherhood.  This Mother’s day, participate in both or either of two contests and win exciting prizes.  Here goes the details: Contest 1. A message to your Mother *  Send us the message that you want to give to your mother.  *  You can either write a note or make a 1-minute video with your message.  *  Along with it, don't forget to send us your photograph with ...