Bureaucrat to Baby Steps

Category: Culture and Identity

  • Part 2: The Net of Community That Carried Me

    Part 2: The Net of Community That Carried Me

    In my first post, Part 1: Birth — The Six Week Postpartum Journey, I wrote about the intensity of those first weeks after giving birth — the physical recovery, the emotional shifts, and the reality that postpartum doesn’t magically resolve at six weeks. What I didn’t fully talk about then was this:I didn’t go through…

  • Balancing Two Worlds: Bengali Roots, American Choices

    Balancing Two Worlds: Bengali Roots, American Choices

    Holding Space for Myself in Family and Culture From a young age, my father had me living in two different worlds that often contradicted each other. At home, I was encouraged to be empowered, independent, and ambitious — a girl who could think for herself and chart her own path. Yet, when his extended family…