Not your regular grandma

Brut India

This grandma’s journey shows why it might not be too late to start doing what you love… ️️

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00:00After starting, this stage also came when I felt that I won't be able to do it, I won't be able to do it.

00:12I am not just a grandma, my identity is beyond that too.

00:2385% of my followers are women.

00:26That capabilities can come back at any age.

00:29Earlier I used to wake up early, now I wake up early.

00:31The only difference is that earlier I used to wake up early for the kids,

00:34and now I wake up early for the dog.

00:35And I wake up early for myself.

00:41At that time, engineering was not an option for girls.

00:43And I had to try in engineering.

00:47So at that time, it was very offbeat for girls, for women.

00:54I did teach at a college for one year.

00:56And after that, after my elder daughter was born.

01:00And after that, I took a maternity leave which kept on extended and extended up to 22 years.

01:06I had two conflicting desires that I should take care of the kids and career also.

01:10I chose to be a stay-at-home mom, but with regret.

01:14I have a regular job.

01:16And apart from that, I am now on Instagram documenting my health journey there.

01:30I make all the reels myself.

01:31Shooting, editing, everything.

01:33One man army.

01:44I named it because, especially in our society,

01:48when you are a mother, you feel that half of your existence is left to the mother.

01:55You feel that your own identity is finished.

01:59And I feel that my identity will be formed during my later motherhood,

02:03when my kids had grown up a little.

02:05And well into my grandmotherhood.

02:14I started with walks.

02:15It was the time of COVID.

02:17So, I wanted to get out of the house even more.

02:20Because when I was at home, everyone would remember tea, food, everything.

02:24And after that, it got longer.

02:26I used to walk for 2-2.5-3 hours.

02:28I started hiking.

02:30Then I started doing more exercises like bodyweight exercises online.

02:34Which was never athletic.

02:36So, I used to take pride in that.

02:39This was something I had never done.

02:57A woman can be a complete woman even without becoming a mother.

02:59Being a mother does eclipse a lot of other areas in your life.

03:04It is very difficult to be a complete woman.

03:07It is very fulfilling also.

03:09Very fulfilling also.

03:11So, I think it is to each his own.

03:13It's not like motherhood completes you.

03:15It's a very good experience.

03:17It's a very enriching.

03:19This relationship is very special.

03:21But it's not like they glorify it in pictures.

03:23It's not like that.

03:25I had an exam for M.Tech.

03:27It was in the afternoon.

03:29And I was writing a book since morning.

03:31Just like the last moment.

03:33And my son, I think he was 9 years old.

03:35And then he came and he said,

03:37Mom, I am hungry.

03:39I said, I don't know anything.

03:41Go and see what's in the kitchen.

03:43I heard a crackling sound in the kitchen.

03:45I came back after a while.

03:47I made a paratha.

03:49I would say, guests don't understand this.

03:51They used to think,

03:53How did my exam become so important at this age?

03:55But just because if I was a mother,

03:57It doesn't mean that what I am doing

03:59has become frivolous.

04:01You can make your children your team.

04:03And at the same time, you can make them your responsibility.

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