Amma Mia by Esha Deol Takhtani

Author:Esha Deol Takhtani [Takhtani, Esha Deol]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9789353057930
Publisher: Penguin Random House India Private Limited
Published: 2020-03-05T00:00:00+00:00

Now we come to the bedrock of what enables and allows a working mother to excel at work, worry-free. The pillar and foundation that will enable you to do what you do well is family. The best support system that you can ever have as a working mom is your family. They are the people who you can trust, are responsible and will have your back when you need them.

‘My in-laws are my biggest support in raising my son,’ says working mom, Rhea Gursahani, a mother of a two-year-old. ‘If I can work in peace for seven hours a day it’s only because I know there is family looking after my child. Even with all the help you have, the sense of stability and peace comes only on knowing that there is somebody to count on from within the immediate family.’

My mother could go out into the world and dazzle everyone with her talent because she has a rock-solid foundation. ‘My mother, Jaya Chakraverty, my aunt, my family were my biggest support systems when I was working or had to leave my children for work,’ she says. ‘My mother kept a hawk eye on the babies. And if she wasn’t there, then it was my aunt. Aunts are like second mothers. My aunt supported me through my career, travelling with me everywhere, on shoots and events. Without my family, I would never have been able to leave my children without worrying all the time, and I wouldn’t have been able to do a good job.’

This brings me to my mother-in-law—Puja Takhtani—whose care epitomizes the importance of family and selfless love. Once, many years ago, her happiness lay in the kitchen. For her, feeding her family was how she communicated her love for them. Today, with the help of my sister-in-law, Astha, she has finally handed over the kitchen to others and taken up her other interests and hobbies. But since I lived with her for a long time, I have seen both aspects of her life. While I can see that she’s changed to become more independent, she’s taught me the values of family and how to care for your loved ones. Her story can’t be more different from my mother’s, but it will find resonance with women who are stay-at-home mothers.

‘I had been brought up in a joint family and was married when I was eighteen,’ says Puja Takhtani. ‘Although very dominant, my mother-in-law, Vidya Takhtani, was a loving soul. For example, sometimes she would take us shopping and decide what was best for us! She had a very big heart and was filled with generosity. Of course, there were times when she’d sharply point out my mistakes. And back then, as a new bride in a new family, I would be hurt by what she said. Only much later, I realized that even though she was tough on me, she’d always had my best interests at heart. She sacrificed her whole life so that her children got the best in life; she was very strict with them.

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