A Life Story
Our Mindset Episode 7 He fed the buffalo and left for the fields. My mind was clouded with anger and thoughts. I was upset. Just because I worked for them, did that mean I had no worth? They needed people like me, didn’t they? The sugarcane fields had cracked in the absence of water. The … Read more
Our Mindset Episode 6 Mami took her tea and headed towards the fields. “Feed the buffalo and come back quickly. We need to husk a good amount of corn before the women arrive.” As soon as she left, I turned to my husband and asked, “So, are you going to call him your master now?” … Read more
Our Mindset Episode 5 Traditionally, a sister-in-law’s children are addressed with respect and formality, whether they are nephews or nieces. Even now, I speak to my own and my husband’s cousins’ children with proper courtesy, never using informal language. Until then, my husband’s aunt (Mami) had also spoken to us respectfully. Before our marriage, we … Read more
Our Mindset Episode 4 By the time my husband and his relatives finished surveying the entire farmland, it was already afternoon. The eight acres weren’t in one place. There was a sugarcane field right in front of the house. Half a kilometer away, there was a pomegranate orchard. And about a kilometer further, near the … Read more
Our Mindset Episode 3 After a little while, his aunt (mother’s brother’s wife) and brother-in-law arrived with the buffalo. There was a cowshed behind the house for the animals. Tied the buffalo there, and Mami said, “Dada, come here! Let’s see if the buffalo recognizes you while you milk her.” That buffalo was old, elderly. … Read more
Our Mindset Episode 2 Ate the food we had brought along and slept outside on the porch. In the morning, that old lady came home to wake us up, carrying a pot in her hand. She said to me, “Do you have flour for bhakri?” Half-asleep, I said “Yes” and sat up in my bedding. … Read more
Our Mindset Episode 1 Where does the mind reside in our body? Has anyone ever seen it? Where do thoughts and emotions come from? The same emotions that sometimes bring us joy can also cause sorrow. We often say casually, “Today, my mind feels very low,” and at other times, “It feels happy.” No one … Read more