Inspiring Single Moms : Featuring Udita Saklani
They say that , "Being a single parent is twice the work, twice the stress and twice the tears but also twice the hugs, twice the love and twice the pride."
I am perpetually in awe of Single Moms who literally do it all. I feel that we all could stand to learn from them and their journey.
This week the Times of Amma is happy to feature, Udita Saklani , mom to an almost 2.5 year old lovely daughter named Varanya or Zuzu as she is called at home. Udita has been a single mo

Inspiring Single Moms : Featuring Sanaa
They say that , "Being a single parent is twice the work, twice the stress and twice the tears but also twice the hugs, twice the love and twice the pride."
I am perpetually in awe of Single Moms who literally do it all. I feel that we all could stand to learn from them and their journey.
This week, the Times Of Amma is happy to feature inspiring single mom, Sanaa. Sanaa is a writer, diagonal hugger, and founder of Kidchen. An attempt to encourage the next generation to

Star Mom : Neha Chawla
An HR professional, a former airline crew and an educationist, Neha Chawla has chased all her dreams with her prowess and dedication. Multitasking work and children, she says that there are no excuses for achieving your dreams. Her first book of short poems "Thoughts have Wings To Touch the Sky' is now available worldwide via online sellers.
Thank you, Neha for taking the time out to talk to the Times Of Amma. Apart from your family, what would you define as your passion?

Mom Speak : Vani on Life After Her Angel Baby
So I have been wanting to write about my Pregnancy story for a while now. But I just didn't have the courage or time. This draft has been lying with me incomplete for over 2 years. Today is the day I thought. Anyway here goes... 4 years back around the month of March.. a little bean was conceived... First child for us, first grandchild for both our families.. everyone was elated.... wishes poured in... blessings were sent.... temples were visited and advices were given in ab

Moms Who Blog : Featuring Janani Viswanathan
Hello and welcome to Mom Blogger October on the Times of Amma. As regular readers know, the Times Of Amma community is all about inspiring Moms and building them up as they work on being themselves and Mothers. And so, this month is dedicated to featuring Moms who are working on being themselves and mothers, while expressing themselves through their blogs.
Today we feature Janani Viswanathan who blogs on twins in the womb, twins in NICU and Parenting Twins. Janani graduate

Star Mom : B. Gayathri
Gayathri is a full-time internal auditor and a mother of two.
She has been based in Texas for nine years. As with many of the inspiring Moms I meet, I met Gayathri too on Instagram. She posts about her adorable children and about the loveliest handicrafts that she uses for home décor.
What made me want to feature her on The Times of Amma was a series of posts that she did on creating a Madhubani painting on one of the walls of her home. Mind you, this is a mother of two wit

Mom Speak : Dhivya on her challenging breastfeeding journey
Breastfeeding was a challenge for me and my babe, right from the start it did not feel like it was meant to be. It started soon after Advika was born on a cold blurry winter morning in February of 2014. I had a quick an easy labour, and she popped out beautifully, curiously looking around with her bright sparkly eyes. I had read all about breastfeeding and spoken to other moms and I knew I wanted to experience it and pass on the antibodies that were much needed to build her i

Mom Speak : Ranjani on her One Month Old's Date with God
Here goes a small story of my little Miracle who decided to meet God for some time and come back. This was my second pregnancy after 5 years. I was very happy and so was my family. My first one was smooth sailing and so I thought, this one would be too. However, I started spotting and that was the first step followed by many other events.
I was asked to abort my liltle champ four times for different reasons till the second trimester.I hated going for scans .I decided to cont

Inspiring Mompreneur : Jaya Narayan
Welcome to yet another edition of the Times Of Amma Mompreneur series where we talk to mothers who have transformed their passions into money-making ventures. From online jewellery stores, to handmade craft collectibles to potential actualizing workshops and much more. We hope that their accounts of the highs and lows of their entrepreneurial journey will inspire other mothers to hold on to their dreams and follow them through.
Today, we speak to Jaya Narayan a Bangalore ba

Mom Speak with Nameeta Sohoni
When a friend introduced me to Nameeta's mom blog what struck me the most was her voice. It was strident, unapologetic and strong.
Nameeta is a communication designer specializing in branding and packaging design. She has her own practice called Bayo design. A mum to two absolutely delightful babies, her baby food blog is called NomNomMum which documents her babies’ journey into the world of food. She lives in Mumbai with her Singer-Composer husband Rajiv.
As I browsed thr
