Leave your shoes at the door. Bring your appetite. And stay for the chai.
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We sit as a family. The kids tell us about a fight in the playground. Mumma complains that the maid didn't show up. I show Arjun a meme. Dadaji (grandfather) turns up the volume on the evening news about rising onion prices. Leave your shoes at the door
Contrary to the myth that Indian housewives only cook, I work from home as a graphic designer. The "office" moves from the desk to the dining table to the sofa. Life in an Indian family isn't the glamorous
Do you live in a joint family or a nuclear setup? Tell me one habit from your childhood kitchen that you still follow today in the comments below!
This is my favorite part of the day. The prodigal family returns. The smell of rain on hot asphalt (if it’s summer) or the fog (if it’s winter) fills the balcony. The kids throw their bags down. Arjun walks in, loosens his tie, and asks the universal Indian question: "Chai hai?" (Is there tea?)
That’s the sound of a new day in an Indian household.