Mohua Lahiri

leer en español           A woman told me her husband had become irritable and attributed it to his impending retirement.But what caught my eye was the woman’s total focus on the husband and her complete lack of understanding what his retirement could do to her. A lot of women spend the weekday mornings in a flurry of activities. The children have to be woken, bathed, clothed, fed, given their lunch boxes and be sent to school. On a parallel track, the husband is given his morning teas, sometimes his office clothes have to be laid out, breakfast served, and his lunch box also prepared. All this comes to an end somewhere between 8 am to 9 am. The woman then sits down for her cup of tea and quickly finishes the remaining household chores. The time from now till her children or husband return...