Piya Mukherjee, Author at World Moms Network

Building Resilience on the “Surf-Board” of Life

Piya Mukherjee — Thu, 03 Feb 2022 12:51:00 +0000

If there is one skill that most of the people on this planet have been compelled to nurture, since March 2020, it is arguably RESILIENCE amidst change. True – there may be many different shades of color to this skill. While some of us have bid goodbye to loved ones, others have said a farewell […]

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Evolving Maturity: Sometimes 23, sometimes 3

Piya Mukherjee — Wed, 25 Aug 2021 07:00:00 +0000

“Why aren’t babies born with their own unique manuals?!” used to be my constant refrain during the growing-up years of Abhishek, my science-loving, planet-conscious geeky son. As infancy, toddlerhood, childhood and the pre-teens of this bursting-with-energy boy, gave way to the tumultuous teenage years, I kept marvelling at the continual learning involved in being a […]

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The magic of a mother’s handbag

Piya Mukherjee — Thu, 03 May 2018 12:33:51 +0000

Flipping through my travel diary of some years ago, brought me to this entry. Dear reader, I, as a mother, if you have ever come face-to-face with logic-defying moments, while preparing for travel, do read on… Others have “aha” moments. I make do with “What on earth am I doing?!” ones. Such a moment happened […]

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INDIA: Kaleidoscope

Piya Mukherjee — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 09:59:24 +0000

How fast can the years rush by? Shifting images: Imagine putting your eyes to a kaleidoscope and marveling at the beauty of the image. Now, just a tiny flick of the wrist and the image shifts and coalesces into something completely new. Beautiful, but new. That is the feeling I have each time I get […]

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INDIA: Home, Mothers and Love

Piya Mukherjee — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 05:46:22 +0000

A few weeks ago, I found myself rubbing a strained back, while contemplating a few dozen cardboard boxes, spilling with myriad possessions. My family and I had just shifted residence and while the bigger home was welcome, the sense of being uprooted, was downright disturbing. Over the days and weeks, while I got back to […]

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INDIA: Of Sleepless Nights and Hard-won Patience

Piya Mukherjee — Wed, 07 Dec 2016 03:44:22 +0000

The happy story of motherhood invariably begins with one little discordant note. Amidst the congratulations from friends and family and the heady feeling of having reached a life-transforming milestone, one thing that invariably goes unmentioned to new mothers is that sleep will become the most precious thing in their lives, second only to the newborn […]

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INDIA: Our Children make us into better people

Piya Mukherjee — Wed, 31 Aug 2016 05:49:18 +0000

From the pages of a Mother’s Diary “There are times when it’s easy to lose sight of the fact that my husband and I are blessed to have Abhishek as our child!” I recently said , to a close friend. You might initially assume that these are the words of a proud parent and that […]

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INDIA: Nishkaam Karma and Baggage free Parenting

Piya Mukherjee — Wed, 13 Jul 2016 05:00:51 +0000

Baggage-Free Parenting From the pages of a mother’s diary It’s never easy for a mother to confess to her child that she has found herself lacking. Nevertheless we all know that acceptance of a situation allows insight and wisdom to change and evolve. I used to be an investment banker, a trainer and a teacher […]

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INDIA: FTP (Full time Parenting), here I come! (Pages from a Mother’s Diary)

Piya Mukherjee — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 05:00:38 +0000

It’s seldom admitted but true. Lots of working, married urban women fear the effect that a new child will have on their ability for juggling spreadsheets and power point presentations at the office. Or, look upon the baby as a desirable added dimension to their lives but want to keep other areas at status quo. […]

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INDIA: Of Toy Cars and Jeeps

Piya Mukherjee — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 12:00:10 +0000

Toy cars and little boys = a magic combination! Toy cars were no doubt invented as a sanity-restorative for frazzled mothers of demanding toddlers. No, I am not for the world suggesting that we turn material in our pursuits of family fun. But when the cabbage is being coaxed into softness and the aubergine threatens […]

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