Holidays at home

Motherhood in 2025

I will tell you about a lazy mother whose son did all the hard work. The only work she did was bear his weight, when he weighed the least.

He left home as a child like his father had done.

In her new found freedom she flew till the edges frayed. The worries flew away too, she hoped not to him.

Now, she holds him in a vice when it is time for him to leave after his holiday at home. She wants to say to him “Stay back, do not leave.”

Just then the bearded man pipes up and says"Shudhu Jaawa Aasa, shudhu srote bhaasha" It is just about going and coming, just floating along.

She imagines his response. He is now a man of few words. “The Circle of Life” he will say. The Lion King was his favourite movie as a child.

She removes his tube of shaving cream from her bathroom shelf. But she knows she will be happy to have her house back to herself.

Even as he will always have a home to come back to, for a holiday.

This short piece emerged from a Rhythm of Our Stories Workshop presented by

Natasha Badhwar

and facilitated by team of

Raju Tai

and

Vimal Chitra

. It took me a couple of weeks to own it, edit it and put it out. The singing voice at the end of the video is that of Additiya Mukherjee - a young friend and a talented singer amongst other things. She can be contacted at Additya.M@gmail.com