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    • A Conversation with Kevin Kwan (Author of Crazy Rich Asians) About Sex and Vanity, Life During the Pandemic and BLM Movement (Mint Lounge)
    • Amrita Pritam: ‘I wanted to write at all costs, and I did’ (Mint lounge)
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Guide to Motherhood: 3 Baby Steps (Vogue)

March 25, 2015
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Being a mother never comes with a fixed job description, but did it ever cross your mind that all it could take is a book, a blog, and a service to make the journey less manic and more fun?

Read our list of three ways that make being a Vogue mom a tad bit easier.

Book: Battle Hymn of a Bewildered Mother by Shunali Khullar Shroff

In her debut novel, Shroff steps away from the clichéd question of ‘how to be the perfect mother’ and instead comes clean about her journey from being a full-time journalist to a full-time mom. An ex-journalist at The Asian Age, the one thing she realized was that maternal instincts didn’t come to her as naturally as they do to most women. “This book will not make you feel inadequate,” says this mother-of-two who was previously constantly intimidated by mothers who always seemed to have their life together. Her advice to the mothers of the world: “Don’t try and be anybody else. Be true to yourself”.

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Shunali is the author of the bestselling books Love in the Time of Affluenza and Battle Hymn of a Bewildered Mother. She writes regularly for a host of publications including the Conde Nast Traveller, HT Brunch, Elle, Vogue, Mint Lounge and The Quint on travel, culture, modern Indian life and feminism. Shunali lives in Mumbai with her somewhat itinerant family and needy dogs.

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