I won’t say “I am a chef” but yes in last 2 years I have grown from knowing nothing about cooking to knowing something about cooking. It’s not a hobby for me, nor a passion.
I would like to term it as Therapy.
Covid has been hard for so many people, it was for me too. Stuck in a place I would least expect, work was difficult, health-wise things got tough. I needed a break-through. It was a time when nothing was working for me, but the idea of “Chef Shef” worked.
Being a girl from typical conservative family, I was forced since childhood to learn cooking. I could never accept the thought and became rebellious in every way, with everyone.
I wanted to make a career, wanted to earn so much that I could travel the world and live life on my terms.
When I got married to the most perfect person in the world, I was compared to every other woman in the family who are simply a house-wife, cooking food and gossips whole day. That was certainly not me.
Since childhood, I tried to gain respect for my individuality and after marriage, honestly there was no courage left to fight a bunch of orthodox minds. I decided to let that be on time. Life moved on for sometime and then covid happened.
Covid was a shock but a blessing in disguise.
Started with a family group exercise of trying to make a mug cake and today, I own a Baking Business. I host dinners for my friends and family with absolutely no help. Isn’t this magical?
I always hated the fact that girls are not treated equally in our Indian society but in all these years, I realised that women are the biggest enemy of other women. Women who want to make their mark, they do no matter what the society says but some small female minds are class apart. Don’t live and don’t let live!
Rising above from this life has took 18 years of my life, fighting and fighting.
Today I stand strong and am becoming stronger everyday.
As today’s woman, I would request all my tribe to show that courage and make a mark in your life. You are worth it!
Because if you won’t do it for yourself, then who will!