Author: SREELEKHA MAITRA
SREELEKHA MAITRA
Sreelekha Maitra is an experienced creative director, copywriter and writer. She writes on unusual sides of everyday life with a sense of humour
Every Indian family has a WhatsApp group. Correction. Every Indian family has at least three. One for the immediate family, one for the extended family and one that nobody remembers joining but is somehow discussing a second cousin’s engagement in Kolkata. Mine probably began with the best of intentions. Share photographs. Stay connected. Wish everyone on birthdays. Check in on grandparents. Within months, it had evolved into a digital joint family where nobody agreed on anything except that every sunrise deserved a “Good Morning” message featuring roses, waterfalls and enough glitter to embarrass a disco ball. My grandmother never said…
