Here’s Looking at You, Mum!
March 23, 2021
When a teacher asked her students to think about the concept of confinement the last thing she expected was for most of them to shoot videos of their mothers.
When a teacher asked her students to think about the concept of confinement the last thing she expected was for most of them to shoot videos of their mothers.
“Stay at home, stay safe. Just chill out at home, everyone told us,” murmur many young women in long distance phone calls, voice notes and Whatsapp messages, tenuous lines keeping us together during lockdown.
“My mom has been going to office since forever. The lockdown was the first time she was constantly with us at home.” Shivam found a 16 mm filter on Instagram and decided to make short videos of his mother at work.
Kaam ya Aaraam? Is that a gendered question?