But if I am not capable of paying my mother for the role she plays in my life, then at least I must respect her as my role model in life. I must stand up for her rights and empower her to demand her freedom.

Indian mothers can unknowingly lower our self confidence with their regressive dialogues. It’s a humble request to all of them to stop saying such things to their daughters.

A study conducted in UK by the University of Essex’s Institute for Social and Economic Research found that mothers experienced decline in their mental health due to closure of schools during Covid-19.

Dear moms, you have the liberty to lose your temper at your children’s misbehaviour. You were doing your duty by teaching them to behave.

Who said only women should talk about periods? Why not involve the men too. A major reason behind the stigma attached with periods is that men have little or no knowledge about the occurrence. If mothers choose to educate sons as well, the shame can be removed.

This concept of MILF is not unfamiliar even in mainstream Hindi cinema. However, it exists covertly, without scandalous terminologies. Remember why Sid slapped Akash in Dil Chahta Hai?

The urban Indian mother today is a juggler par excellence she fulfils multiple roles, apart from her traditional roles of being the primary caregiver, she is a career woman, a driver, a cook, an entrepreneur, and above all she is the sounding board for all her near and dear ones.

The mother should get time to be just a woman, carrying not a baby, but a purse, canvas or books that have been left untouched for a long while.

“You’re the only one you got, that’s why you have to take care of yourself. Nobody else is going to do that for you. If you don’t care about your body, your mental health, your emotions, then you’re going to be in trouble,” says author Kaveree Bamzai.

The newborn microbiome studies have revealed that a caesarean baby lacks the strains of gut bacteria, natural vaginal flora, that a healthy child born through the vaginal canal has. In fact, these babies tend to carry some harmful bacterias found in the hospitals which cause autoimmune diseases like allergies and obesity.