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After a four-year long stint as head of school at Toddler’s Den, an early learning school, Pooja Pillai dives into a new and exciting project—being mum to 9.5-month-old Freya. In a no-holds barred conversation with M&B, the Mumbai-based mama keeps it real as she opens up about finding her footing as a young new mum about town. Read her story in her own words….
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“Usually, women take these nine months to prepare but I was fortunate to see Vinay with just as much enthusiasm, preparing for his best role yet—daddy. Am I a lucky woman or what!”
YOU, ME AUR HUM
“Vinay and I met in New York when we were studying there. We bonded as friends and that friendship grew into love, and to this day, maintain that we are best friends first, and then husband and wife. I’ve wanted a baby for the longest time—I’ve always considered myself a family person but did not feel ready, until I just reached a point in my life where I felt like