I'm a proud grihini: Influencer argues homemaking is a choice, not a compromise
India Today
In a world where hustle is romanticised, where women are expected to juggle home and work, Ragini Mathur chose to stop and smell the roses. She enjoys being a grihini because it is her choice, and she believes the societal perspective towards a housewife needs to change.
Imagine this. A woman wakes up early, drapes a saree, slips on bangles, applies a bindi and sindoor, and heads to the kitchen to prepare tiffin for her husband. She helps her son get ready for school, and bids them goodbye - all the while planning a hearty dinner for when they return.
Sounds familiar, right? For many who had homemaker mothers, this sight was a daily ritual, a stark contrast to the routines many women lead today, by choice. But Ragini Mathur, a native of Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur who now lives in Delhi with her husband and son and calls it her “pyaar bhara sansaar (beautiful world)”, is a proud grihini (homemaker), exuding the confidence of a successful careerwoman.
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“Namaste, mera naam Ragini hai aur main ek grihini hoon,” a beaming Mathur, 31, says in her videos published on her social media account, ‘ginikizindagi’. Ragini cooks, dresses up, listens to Lata Mangeshkar songs, arranges her jewellery boxes filled with colourful choodiyaan, decorates her home, and documents what she calls her dreamy life.
In a world where hustle is romanticised, where women are expected to juggle home and work, Ragini chose to stop and smell the roses. She enjoys being a grihini because it is her choice, and she believes the societal perspective towards a housewife needs to change.
“My husband has been very supportive in whatever I have wanted to do. But I chose to become a housewife. In my view, being a housewife does not just mean staying at home. Mere liye grihini ghar ka woh kendra hoti hai jiske sahaare poora parivaar apni zindagi jeeta hai (For me, a homemaker is the centre of the household, the one around whom the entire family’s life revolves),” Ragini Mathur told IndiaToday.in while describing her journey. “My husband has been very supportive in whatever I have wanted to do," Ragini Mathur told IndiaToday.in. (Photo: Ragini Mathur/Instagram)
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