Sushmita Sen's PTM Selfies With Alisah, and What a Parent-Teacher Meeting Can Be
Sushmita Sen turned the drive to daughter Alisah's parent-teacher meeting into a selfie session and shared it on Instagram. What she posted, why the small ritual matters, and five checks to make any PTM day count.
The short answer On 6 November 2026, Sushmita Sen shared a set of selfies with her younger daughter Alisah, taken on the way to Alisah's school for a parent-teacher meeting. The two wore matching black outfits, and Sushmita wrote that this is "how we roll". It is a small post, but it says something useful: a parent-teacher meeting does not have to feel like a summons. Go in with three questions, look at the notebooks, check the lost-and-found, and end the day with something you both enjoy.
Ask most Indian parents how they feel about PTM day and you will get a sigh. There is the leave to arrange, the queue outside the classroom, the five minutes with a tired teacher, and the drive home where nobody talks. So it was nice to see a parent post the opposite: a car, a phone held up for a selfie, and a mother who clearly did not mind spending the morning on school business.
Here is what Sushmita shared, and what we think the rest of us can take from it for the next parent-teacher meeting.
What Sushmita Sen shared from the PTM drive
According to Gulf News, Sushmita posted a series of photos on Instagram of herself and Alisah enjoying a selfie session on their way to Alisah's school. Both were dressed in black, and Sushmita wore sunglasses. Her caption read: "Selfie shoot on the way to Alisah's School for Parent-Teacher Meeting!!! What can I say, this is how we roll!!! Besides, I love sharing ANY space this beautiful Angel occupies!!!"
The same week, she shared a Dhanteras message about raising daughters, calling a daughter the "Truest 'DHAN' ever". The news agency IANS, in a report carried by Lokmat Times, noted that the post resonated with parents who balance work with their children's schooling. Sushmita adopted her elder daughter Renee in 2000 and welcomed Alisah into the family in 2010, and she often shares everyday moments with both girls.
A parent-teacher meeting does not have to feel like a summons. It can be a morning out together.
Why the drive matters as much as the meeting
Here is our honest read. Children notice how we treat school days. If PTM day is a grim errand, the child walks in expecting bad news. If it is a morning out, with a joke in the car and a snack after, the child walks in feeling like the two of you are on the same side.
We were thinking about this while reading the caption, and the line that stuck was "I love sharing ANY space" with her daughter. That includes a school corridor. You do not need a selfie for it. You just need the meeting to feel like time together, not a verdict.
The other thing worth copying is that she went. Many parents skip the meeting when marks are fine. In our experience, the good-marks meeting is the most useful one, because there is time to ask about friendships, reading and the things a report card never shows.
Five checks to make any parent-teacher meeting count
Teachers usually have a few minutes per family, so the time goes fast. This is the order we would plan it in.
1. Write down three questions the night before. Ask your child what they want you to ask. You will be surprised by the answer.
2. Ask what the teacher sees, not only the marks. Who does your child sit with? Do they speak up? What do they do when they are stuck? Marks are on the report card. This is not.
3. Look at the notebooks. Most teachers keep class notebooks on the desk. Flip through two of them. Half-finished pages and missing work tell you more than any grade.
4. Visit the lost-and-found. This is the one we almost missed. Every PTM day, schools put out a table of sweaters, bottles and pencil pouches that nobody has claimed. If yours has no name on it, you will not find it.
5. End with a small treat together. A dosa, an ice cream, a walk. It turns the meeting into a memory instead of a lecture on the drive home.
The lost-and-found table nobody plans for
Picture the corridor on PTM morning. Parents are waiting outside classrooms, and near the staircase there is a crate of navy sweaters, three identical steel bottles and a pencil pouch that could belong to anyone. A teacher holds one up and asks, "Whose is this?" Nobody knows.
The fix is boring and cheap. A name on everything that leaves the house. Our name labels go on bottles, tiffins and pouches, and our book labels go on the notebooks the teacher will open at the next meeting. If the term is halfway through and the labels have worn off, PTM week is a good time to redo them. The picks below are the ones parents order most for this.
All four were in stock when we wrote this. For a full kit, the back to school collection has combos that cover a whole school bag. Orders above Rs 399 ship free across India, and personalised items take 8 to 12 working days to arrive.
Before the next PTM
If the school WhatsApp group is where you hear about meetings first, our school WhatsApp group survival guide will help you keep up without losing your evening. And if the lost-and-found table keeps growing, our list of 12 school items parents forget to label shows where the gaps usually are.
Frequently asked questions
What did Sushmita Sen post about Alisah's parent-teacher meeting?
On 6 November 2026 she shared selfies with Alisah taken on the way to Alisah's school for a parent-teacher meeting, with the caption "Selfie shoot on the way to Alisah's School for Parent-Teacher Meeting!!! What can I say, this is how we roll!!!"
What should parents ask at a parent-teacher meeting?
Ask what the teacher sees beyond marks: who your child sits with, whether they speak up in class, and what they do when they are stuck. Bring three questions written down the night before.
How long does a parent-teacher meeting last?
In most Indian schools each family gets a few minutes with the class teacher, so plan your questions in advance and keep the most important one first.
Should I go to the PTM if my child's marks are good?
Yes. A meeting without worries about marks leaves time to talk about friendships, reading habits and confidence, which the report card does not show.
How do I stop school things ending up in the lost-and-found?
Put a name label on every item that leaves the house, including bottles, tiffins, pencil pouches, sweaters and notebooks, and check the lost-and-found table on PTM day.
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