Ranjani Rao is a scientist by training, writer by avocation, originally from Mumbai, and a former resident of USA, who now lives in Singapore with her family. Ranjani Rao is the author of Rewriting My Happily Ever After A memoir of divorce and discovery and The Coherent Writer newsletter. Column: Desi Roots, Global Wings – a monthly column focused on the Indian immigrant experience
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Desi Roots, Global Wings – a monthly column focused on the Indian immigrant experience
On Mother’s Day, as on all others, I was thinking of my mother and grandmother. Even though they are no more, they are very much present in my everyday life. This is partly thanks to the gold jewelry a chain, a pair of small earrings, and bangles that they bequeathed to me. These items matter to me not because of their (modest) monetary value but because of what they signify.
In Marathi,
stree=woman,
dhan=wealth). The term means “woman’s capital” and, traditionally, it was endowed upon the bride at the time of her wedding. It was comprised of gold and jewelry, household items, and cash. This was the contribution that her birth family made towards helping her get settled in life. Sometimes, the groom’s family also made a contribution towards the