Mothers in Indian mythology are those special women who reveal enormous strength and character, displaying exceptional love and courage in the worst and best of situations. There is a significant aspect though. Motherhood is not merely worshipped as divinity but considers the living mother as a God for each of us through the concept of […]

Gayatri Jayaraman is a Mumbai-based single mom, senior journalist and editor. The author-journalist has been a single mom for last 16 years to a now 17-year-old. She’s here to tell you it never ends. SheThePeople.TV spoke to her about her journey. I would have fallen apart and lived on junk food and alcohol if it wasn’t for […]

Dear Mother, My earliest memory of you is caged in the two-room apartment in north Kolkata. Standing on the balcony I am trying to shake off the tall railings with my little hands, and you smiling affectionately at my desperation. Those days I thought you looked like the Gulmohar outside, flooded with beautiful red blooms. […]