Roopa Barua’s autobiographical essay in The Oldest Love Story - An Anthology on Motherhood. Edited by Rinki Roy Bhattacharya and Maithili Rao (2022)

This is the best Mother's Day gift for myself 💃

My autobiographical essay on motherhood "The Tapestry of Exquisite Randomness" as part of the anthology on motherhood - The Oldest Love Story is now on Amazon. Links below. Do buy and spread the love.

The book is a compilation of writings on motherhood by eminent writers like Sahitya Akademy award winners Navaneeta Dev Sen and Shashi Deshpande, actor Shabana Azmi and Saeed Mirza, artist Lalitha Lajmi, Deepa Gahlot, Mannu Bhandari, Asha K Chaudhuri and yours truly.

The buying links

https://www.amazon.in/Oldest.../dp/9392834365/ref=sr_1_1...

Padmashri Navaneeta Dev Sen excerpt from the book in The Telegraph

https://www.telegraphindia.com/.../an.../cid/1863674...

Shabana Azmi's excerpt in the Scroll

https://amp-scroll-in.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/amp.scroll.in/reel/1023017/shabana-azmi-on-shaukat-kaifi-an-honest-mother-a-committed-professional-a-great-hostess?Could'nt