FIRED FOR BEING PREGNANT During my 5th month of pregnancy I was fired from my job as a VP of sales for a start-up company. The laws in the U.S. did not protect me as an expectant mother because the company I worked for had less than 15 employees. Of course, I was traumatized with: 6.5/ 7 months under …
I Married Indian. Now, What? I Feel Left Out Glancing, from the living room into the kitchen we watched my mother-in-law quickly reprimand Amaya for taking the crayon out of her right-hand and placing it into her left. Amaya firmly belted out, “No, Amma (meaning paternal grandmother in Hindi), no, it’s my crayon!” My mother-in-law …
