Srinagar, April 27 -- ByInsha Irshad

It is Friday. I close my books, shut my laptop and pack my bag, with a sense of relief, excited to spend weekend at home.

Weekends are much-awaited by people who live away from home for study or work. As one of them, I begin counting down to this moment from Monday itself, drawn by the promise of rest and leisure.

But over time, I have begun to question this assumption: Is the weekend truly a time of rest for a working woman?

For me, it is not.

On Saturdays, I become a different person. I am no longer the woman I am during the working days at the university. With the arrival of the weekend, my role shifts from a public and professional self to a domestic one, from a worker to a caregiver at home....