Tumhari Sulu
Saw movie "Tumhari Sulu" the other day. It’s a nice movie. How a simple housewife has her aspirations, but her first priority is her family. She puts herself last on the priority list. She many times kills her aspirations and finds joy in small things in the life. But that doesn’t mean that she doesn't have any, she has to keep her dreams alive in the back of the mind and must try for an opportunity. You never know when it will knock on the door.
People always ask me "what do I do?" then my reply is "I am a housewife" so they again ask " yes, what do you do the whole day?" People think once the kids are gone to school and husband to the office then we are ready to sleep or watch TV or chit-chat with friends. Just imagine one day if she sleeps without doing her housework, it would be a big chaos. She has kept the home neat and clean, prepare dinner, snacks for kids when they come home from school. Bring veggies, fruits eggs, bread, biscuits and other sundry items, ironing clothes, shoe polish etc. after that there are repairs, so the plumber, electrician, gadwalls freeze, oven, washing machine repairs, carpenter all sorts of stuff is there. Another big task is to fix cupboards, make places for new stuff which we buy very frequently these days, and rearrange the stuff like clothes and other things. One would argue that it does n’t happen every day! Fine but then some of them happens every month …once or twice. Then there are guests, to stay tor just for dinner or snacks. Then we are the ones who have to a visit the patients, either relatives or friends because we have to maintain the relations. Then there are social, family functions also which is again our responsibility because we are at home!!
By the way, in a housewife's life, Sunday and Saturdays are fully occupied by the kids and husband, because it is a holiday for them. So double work for her. So other five days she has to schedule some time for herself, she has managed her me time. My day starts around 6.30am with some yoga, pranayama exercises then newspaper with tea biscuit. After that, I make breakfast and Tiffin. It is over by 9.30-10 am. Then I take bath and perform pooja. By the time my maid comes and I do other things like dusting, removing dried clothes from the rod and fold them, sort, and put them on their proper places. Keep clothes for washing. Then I take rest for some time and watch tv. The maid goes after an hour or so. Then it's time to go out to buy some veggies, fruits and glossary or some sundry items. It takes around an hour or so, I return home around 1 pm then I have my lunch while watching TV. Then cleaning table and platform etc. By 1.30-2 pm I have a nap or just lie on the bed reading book or magazine, or watch some YouTube videos till 4 pm, then I have my tea, check WhatsApp or social media, then there is the biggest boring job to fix the utensils which the maid had cleaned then again some chit chat with friends on phone or with neighbours or some WhatsApp or so then prepare something for dinner when I go to yoga classes for one and half hours. And by 8.30 pm I am at home, we have dinner and again clean table, utensils, platform. Fix all the stuff. That’s it so it's done now by 9.30 pm and the day is over.
So it is always a busy day in a housewife's life too. Then there is doctor, parlour, shopping for households or clothes which we have to manage in that particular slot when all are out, without disturbing their schedule. Once or twice its kitty party also. Now hope all the doubts of one's mind are clear about the million dollar question "what do you do all day?"
I don't say that every housewife's life is totally busy and occupied all 7 days. Yes, we can schedule our work accordingly and we have that liberty too. We are not working continuously the whole day, we do take rest in between. But the fact is when all the members in the home are relaxing and do whatever they want on holidays and in the evening we are working. There is again overload when its maid's off or festivals, or there are guests at home. So all these things also must be taken into consideration. So a housewife also is a working woman and we must respect and recognize her work too.
