About the author
Shunali Khullar Shroff has worked variously as a journalist, a corporate
communications specialist, and the owner of a successful PR firm. That, however,
was in another lifetime. As soon as the storks visited her, she plunged into
motherhood with the trepidation of a reluctant air diver about to take his first leap
of faith. An eternal optimist, she had mistakenly assumed that she could retire to
being a lady of leisure as soon as the kids were out of their diapers. But she soon
realized that there was no leisure in a house with two kids and two dogs. Ergo she
took to blogging in order to hear herself think. Shunali lives in Mumbai with her
husband two daughters the aforementioned geriatric dog and his juvenile companion.

Battle Hymn of a Bewildered Mother by Shunali Khullar Shroff

As it is with life, parenting in the new millennium does not come with an instruction manual. If you happen to be a girl about town, a super successful career woman, or someone who simply wants to live life each day as it comes, impending motherhood can seem as intimidating and foolhardy...