Monika Suri

‘The Silver Lined Mommy’ It is an eBook which is a self-help book for middle aged women. A woman plays many roles –  wife , mother , daughter and a daughter-in-law . She handles endless responsibilities being a home-maker and a care-taker for her family . Amid all this , a woman’s personal priorities somehow take a back seat . And as she  steps into  the middle age group of her life i.e. around the age of forty , she notices some changes in her body and mind too . Fine wrinkles start appearing , hair start changing  their color to grey , some extra hair growth on face or may be some weight-gain  . She starts to meet a  little different woman  in the mirror. The middle age group also brings some hormone problems which may cause stress . From the author of ‘The Silver Lined Mommy’ Hi ! I am Monika Davessar – author of the  eBook ‘The Silver Lined Mommy’. I am running in my forties and by profession I am working as a lecturer for the last 19 years. Writing has become my i...

 Should you invest time in celebrating yourself ? Is it really  important to celebrate yourself ? If yes , what are the reasons and HOW tips ? We live in  a world which doesn’t pause or rest . Everyone of us is rushing . We are striving for accomplishments , success , growth and joy . See ! Joy comes at the last after accomplishments or success . Actually it has been so fixed in our minds that hard work and accomplishment leads to success . And success would then bring joy . There are people and media daily hitting your minds with the headings like – Achieve as much as you can in a day , Be productive , How to improve productivity , Work on your hobbies , fitness mantras , and what not . You just can’t count them . Everyone is working hard , but don’t you think that you forget celebrating yourself in the process ? When was the last time you paused and celebrated yourself ? Here are the 3 reasons we all should be celebrating ourselves . WHY ‘Celebrating your...

Stress Management Today ,Stress is quite common with everyone of us . You feel a strange tightness in your heart and mind . Stress management has should become an essential part of curriculum , isn’t it ? What do you think ? Stress is related to both external and internal factors. External factors include the physical environment, including your job,  finances , relationships with others, and all the challenges you face on a daily basis. Internal factors determine your body’s ability to  deal with  the  stress-inducing external factors. Stress can be positive or negative . Positive stress is somewhat good to you – it improves your performance . Just before sitting for an exam or stepping on the stage to speak publicly , the stress you have felt was positive stress . Challenging yourself with daily writing  for whole one month is positive stress . The sense of  accomplishment at the end of the challenge gives you happiness and  motivates you even for more challenges ...

Knowledge is power. As a parent, wife, daughter, employee and a woman these are rights set in place to protect you and it is important that you are aware about these. 11 Rights of Indian women  : 1. Safety at workplace – POSH Act POSH means Prevention of sexual harassment . Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace  Act, 2013 ensures women’s safety at workplace . Each organisation with more than 10 employees is required to form an ICC (Internal Complaints Committee) headed by a senior female officer. A woman who faces SH at workplace can complaint to ICC within three months .  2. Domestic Violence Domestic violence act 2005 usually protects women from their partners. It also applies to those women who are sisters, widows, mothers or single women. Domestic violence includes actual abuse or the threat of abuse that is physical, sexual, verbal, emotional and economic. An  important feature of the Act is the woman’s right  to secure housing. 3. Right to Equality Equality Act...

The # Covid19 outbreak forced the nation to go into lockdown . Schools , offices , markets are closed for the last many days  . Children are at home and other family members too , apart from those involved in essential services . Being primary care takers of family and home managers , women’s job has turned to be much more than the basic essential service during the quarantine period .  If you are a SAHM your responsibilities have been  doubled up because of more kitchen work and more family care . If you have been a working woman and now-a-days you have to work from home , your responsibilities have been  tripled up . Lockdown 2.0 has started and it’s time to go for Life management 2.0 for women . Woman and Quarantine Quarantine period brings more responsibilities for women More kitchen work Women , being the primary care taker of family , have to spend much more time in the kitchen , fulfilling demands of all family members . Maids’ help is a distant dream but demand...

Women empowerment Women empowerment broadly means giving women equal opportunities and also accept them into decision making process . Since the old times , the postulate has been fixed in the minds  that women are caretakers and men are decision makers . Women by nature prioritize other’s needs more than their own . A woman takes care of the whole family , makes sure that her home is in order , cooks nutritious food for all family members , leaving her own choices behind . Empowerment is a multidimensional topic . It includes social , political , emotional and economic empowerment . Women’s economic empowerment  refers to the ability for women to enjoy their right to control and benefit from the resources, assets , income  and their own time. (This definition  is as per Wikipedia ) “When we liberate the economic potential of women , we elevate the economic performance of communities , nations and the world” – Hillary Clinton    Status of women econo...

‘The Girl She was’  to  ‘The Woman She is’ Few years ago she was a little girl . She didn’t even know that boys or girls were different  . She just knew that boys wore short pants and girls wore frocks .  Boys fought more and girls loved more . They used to play together without any kind of hesitation or fear . She was a darling daughter of her parents , especially her Dad . He always motivated her , supported her , educated her the best and was always the pillar of strength for her . She  was free like a bird in her father’s nest .  Her life  was cool as a cucumber – just play , study , eat and sleep . Her mind was too light to even know about the existence  of heavy words like gender bias , equality , empowerment . The little girl was growing  from childhood towards  adolescence , weaving her own purple dreams . But she was  frightened  one bad day  when a  strange hand pressed her breasts and ran away .  She failed to utter even a single word when her own fami...

 DR SONAL MANSINGH भारत की एक महान classical dancer हैं   Dr. Sonal Mansingh . इन्होने Bharatnatyam और Odissi dance को बहुत ऊंचाइयों तक पहुँचाया . इन्हे कई बड़े बड़े awards जैसे padmabhushan , sangeet natak academy award , padma vibhushan award , कालिदास सम्मान ….आदि मिल चुके हैं. इन्होने अपने जीवन में बहुत उतार चढ़ाव देखे पर अपने passion को जारी रखा. इनका जीवन हमे प्रेरणा देता है 2002 में इनके जीवन के ऊपर एक documentary film भी बनी जिसका नाम था “Sonal”……. …इन्हे mythology पड़ने का शौक था और इन्होने mythology पर आधारित कई dance choreographies की जैसे की ” देवी दुर्गा ” “द्रौपदी ” आदि   आईये इनकी जीवन के कुछ मुख़्य अंश इन्ही के मुख से सुनें:—- ” I WANT TO DANCE “ मेरा जन्म 1944 में एक गुजराती परिवार में हुआ …हम 3 भाई बहन हैं. दो बहने और एक भाई ………मैंने 7 साल की उम्र से ही bharatnatyam सीखना शुरू कर दिया था और पढ़ाई के साथ साथ कई साल सीखती रही ….जब मैंने graduation पूरी कर ली तो प...