All posts by Sanober Bukhari


The Ugly Truth About Parenting

By Sanober Bukhari @ssanober & online at: drivingmsdesi.com Send Sanober your feedback to: parents@masalamommas.com   She screamed. It was an ear piercing shriek. She grabbed the toys already strewn on the floor and in a stubborn fit threw them everywhere followed by a resounding “NO! I WILL NOT CLEAN IT!”

Raising Our Baby Girl in a Big City World

By Sanober Bukhari @ssanober & online at: drivingmsdesi.com When I returned to Canada last year, this time with a husband and baby in tow the first thing that was assumed (by my entire family, myself included) was that we would settle into the quiet, ‘family friendly’ streets of suburbia. Where

What’s In Your Name? A Mom’s Decision to Keep Her Maiden Name

By Sanober Bukhari @ssanober & online at:  drivingmsdesi.com I am in a “last name” conundrum. Since becoming a stay-at-home mom I find I am letting go of (what I think are) my independent almost feminist values and accepting the more so-called traditionalist ones. It’s kind of interesting because while I was