I have made a sketch of my mother sitting by the window and reading. Being a bank employee and also having to manage the household, she hardly gets time for herself to pursue her hobbies. The lockdown, therefore, gave her the opportunity to sit down, relax and read. She has also learnt some functions on her smartphone that she had did not have the time to explore earlier. This sketch is an attempt to highlight the fact that many women are deprived of spending some ‘me time’ – while they juggle both outside work and domestic lives.

She is currently pursuing a PhD from the Centre for the Study of Social Systems (CSSS), School of Social Sciences (SSS), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi.