Twice the cuddles!

Delhi-based entrepreneur Srishti Tiwari became a mum to Hridaya four years go. As a young mum, back then, motherhood was a learning curve that prepared her for the recent arrival of 45 days-old Hunar. She shares her journey of parenting highs and lows with M&B...

JAB WE MET

My husband Abhishek and I met in college, but were completely unaware of each other's existence. It was only when the two of us went to the US for an exchange program did we meet each other. We connected instantly and began dating soon after. In 2016, we decided to finally take the plunge after two years together, and get married We were married quite young, so we didn't think about kids so soon. But my grandmum passed away, and I was quite attached to her. Everyone kept insisting to carry on the family and that's what she would've wanted, and that got us thinking too. So we decided to start trying. No sooner than we started trying, we conceived we were really lucky. There were no complications, no failures, just an unexpected ease of things, which made us believe like this was truly meant to be.