Mother’s Day celebrations in the city this year are moving beyond flowers and formalities — with many organisations curating experiences centred on memory, laughter, food and storytelling.
From a stand-up comedy event and a silent reading session to culinary tributes inspired by ‘maa ke haath ka khana’, programmes attempt to celebrate motherhood through the small, familiar moments that often leave the deepest imprint.
Mom jokes and a whole lot of drama
From chasing the corporate dream to becoming the life of the party, Akhilee Matta’s sharp wit and effortless humour have earned her a place among the country’s emerging stand-up comedy stars.
In her twenties and once settled in a high-paying corporate job, Akhilee chose instead to pursue a life on stage — cracking jokes, decoding life and turning everyday experiences into comedy. While she has already come a long way, her journey has only just begun.
Performing in the holy city at Timeless Amritsar, Akhilee dedicated her set to mothers who have navigated life’s toughest terrains with grace, humour and resilience — all while managing to keep their cool, and look cool.
Her act was raw, relatable and refreshingly unfiltered. From everyday family chaos and familiar ‘beta suno’ moments to generational gaps and domestic drama, Akhilee transformed ordinary experiences into laugh-out-loud storytelling.
Beyond the sharp punchlines, it was her clean comedy and honest take on family life that truly made the stand-up comic stand out.
A quiet reflection on maternal bonds
Earlier, Akhilee performed at a silent book-reading gathering hosted at Kaffiene, Amritsar, where bustling conversations gave way to quiet moments of reflection and appreciation.
Readers from different walks of life shared dedications to their mothers and celebrated maternal bonds through poetry, music and stories.
Celebrating motherly love through food
Across regions, languages and culinary traditions, dishes converge around one universal truth: despite India’s immense diversity, maternal love has always found its deepest expression through food.
Whether through slow-cooked ‘daals’, festive breakfasts, humble street flavours or comforting desserts, mothers across the country have shaped identities and preserved memories — one meal at a time.
Bringing these stories together under one roof, Le Méridien, Amritsar, has curated a rare moment of collective remembrance, where guests can encounter fragments of countless childhoods, even if not their own.
This Mother’s Day, food becomes more than nourishment or indulgence; it becomes memory itself.
Its thoughtfully conceived campaign, Recipes of Love, is a chef-led storytelling initiative that places maternal memory at the heart of hospitality. The idea behind the campaign is simple yet deeply personal: a mother’s kitchen is often our first classroom of culture — where patience is taught through slow-cooking ‘daals’, resilience through stretched ingredients, and celebration through shared meals.
In these homes, food was never merely transactional.
Each chef revisits a dish shaped not by culinary trends or professional training, but by childhood memories — recreating meals that remind them of their mothers and grandmothers from regions as distinct as Punjab, Bengal, Bihar, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Nepal.
For Punjabis, food remains one of the purest expressions of love, and ‘maa ke haath ka khana’ (food prepared by mothers) often feels like a love letter served on a plate.
The menu, therefore, brings together dishes such as ‘maah di daal’, echoing the rhythm of Punjabi home kitchens, alongside ‘aloo dum and luchi’, Nepal’s ‘jhol momo’, ‘litti chokha’, and ‘jhangore ki kheer’ — a dessert that reflects maternal ingenuity and warmth.
A fitting ode to poignant memories
In a bid to celebrate mothers, VR Ambarsar Mall is set to host an open mic evening featuring heartfelt storytelling, music and conversations centred on the bond between the mother and the child.
Curated by Timeless Amritsar, the event aims to create a shared space where people can revisit and share their most cherished memories of maternal love, while also giving a voice to mothers — the quiet yet enduring force at the heart of countless lives.