Asian Culture Don’t cut your nails on a Saturday To understand the context of this statement let me tell you a bit about me. I’m a Hindu Gujarati. My father was born in the…Reena AnandFebruary 24, 2019
Society Stand up to Yourself To yourself, I hear you ask. She calls herself a writer but talks about standing up to rather than for yourself? You read right. I'll…Reena AnandFebruary 2, 2019
Asian Culture Don’t say the ‘M’ word Seven years ago I lost my baby. Though others didn’t call it that. It was called a ‘missed miscarriage’, a foetus, a zygote and ‘it’…Reena AnandJanuary 22, 2019
Autism Autism, Airports and Indians Autism creates an interesting reaction amongst Indians. There’s the Fix-Its who’ll say “we’ll find a doctor in India that will have a cure” (because obviously…Reena AnandJanuary 4, 2019
Asian Culture Handling Grief Cancer When I was 22, I stopped my Masters degree to became a full time carer for my terminally ill mum; she had cancer. She’d…Reena AnandDecember 22, 2018
Society Accepting Life’s Lemons So, like most working mums, I pretty much work at full throttle 100 percent of the time. A typical day looks a bit like this:…Reena AnandDecember 10, 2018
Society New Year, New Start I'm a mum and career woman from a traditional Indian background who's exploring writing as a way of expression and to spark discussions on things…Reena AnandNovember 19, 2018