Becoming
I just finished the book ‘Becoming’ by Michelle Obama. This time not reading it but hearing it. More about book reading or book listening in some other blog. But today I am just going to talk about the book. It is a wonderful book. Michelle Obama talks about everything right from her childhood to now. She talks about her parents, the values they imparted, her school and college life, her job as a lawyer, her married life, her role in Barack Obama’s election campaign, her tenure as the First Lady… everything. There are some points or some of her views that resonated with me more. One of the important phases of life that she has spoken about is becoming a mother, being a mother and most importantly being a working mother. She talks about how her mentors, her friends, colleagues and herself were doing the balancing act of being a working professional and a full time mother. (Being a mother cannot be a part time job). While Michelle Obama talks about it she puts forth a very simple yet po...