Three Times My Mom Stood Up For Me When I Thought She Wouldn’t
When pados wali aunties were busy taunting me with “Ladki haath se nikal jayegi”, my mom taught me to set my own limits, and not to restrict myself by societal norms.
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Taika Waititi’s Jojo Rabbit Is An Ode To Single Mothers Of War
Rosie time and again she reminds her son not to invest in adults’ war and politics.
Amma’s Love for Relationships Over Revenue Should be a Business Mantra even Today
Amma came home after the festival floating on air and fell asleep immediately after telling us her stall was the most popular.
Open Letter to Mom: Sometimes we took you for granted
Mom, we look at you and see a walking miracle. Your unfailing love without limit, Your ability to soothe our every hurt, The way you are on duty, unselfishly, every hour, every day, makes us so grateful That we are yours, and you are ours. With open arms and open heart, with enduring patience and […]
Dear Ma, I Know Why You Asked Me To Be Quiet When I Was Harassed
Yes, you could’ve done more but it is not your fault that you were never taught to raise voice against harassment.
Unstoppable By Polio This Wheelchair-User Mother’s Life Is A Stirring Tale
The gutsy mother speaks to SheThePeople.TV about being a working woman with a disability, her inter-caste marriage, being a cross-disability couple, bringing up two daughters independently without much family support and how things are for immune-compromised people under the current pandemic.
My Mother Brought Up Four Daughters Without Ever Raising Her Voice
In her quiet, sincere way, she managed to win hearts and stitch us all together into an unbreakable knot.
150 years ago, a childless mother birthed India’s movement for emancipation of women
Almost 150 years ago, Anandi, the childless mother, birthed the movement for the emancipation of Indian women.
On Mother’s Day, Irom Sharmila Gives Birth To Twin Girls In Bengaluru
Popularly known as the ‘Iron Lady of Manipur’, activist-turned-politician Irom Sharmila gave birth to twin girls on Mother’s Day in Bengaluru. On Sunday the  44-year-old, who is known for her 16-year hunger strike against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act or AFSPA in Manipur, married her long-time partner Desmond Coutinho, a British national, in 2017, Bangalore Mirror reported. The […]
Poetry on SheThePeople : Motherhood – to thee I bow
A transnational sentiment, a wordless language, An ethos free of creeds and cultures, an emotion defying barrier of age. Motherhood – a saga of unconditional love and unwavering commitment, Indescribable, indispensable, unequivocal, yet an understated embodiment. — A feeling that a woman nurtures within her body and soul, In sweet anticipation of a cherubic face, […]
