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Sunday book pick: In ‘Soldier Sailor’, the horrors of being a mother to your child (and husband)
Sayari Debnath
· Sep 15, 2024 · 01:30 pm
Why few Indian women get maternity benefits
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· Aug 19, 2024 · 07:30 pm
How the ‘mental load’ of housework takes a particular toll on the health of mothers
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· Aug 05, 2024 · 10:00 pm
How the idealisation of motherhood undermines all women
Pragya Agarwal, The Conversation
· Jan 06, 2024 · 10:00 pm
A ’50s Hindi song, an old photo come alive, a moment of solitude: How I remember my mother
Gulnar Mistry
· Oct 15, 2023 · 09:00 am
How are professionals managing their maternity breaks and careers? A new book asks the question
Anita Bhogle
· Jul 26, 2022 · 08:30 am
Roe vs Wade: What’s at stake for women in the US – and India
Tannistha Samanta
· Jul 12, 2022 · 09:00 am
How to survive when everyone in the family wants you to have a baby
Zarreen Khan
· May 31, 2018 · 05:30 pm
This Mother’s Day, let’s admit that motherhood is not all it’s cracked up to be
Karishma Attari
· May 13, 2018 · 08:00 am
Watch: A time-lapse video by a mother of three shows the sleepless nights of motherhood
Scroll Staff
· Apr 24, 2018 · 10:00 pm
‘Your priority is your baby’: Why does India have a culture of demonising working mothers?
Miniya Chatterji
· Mar 02, 2018 · 06:30 pm
‘Be bored, not boring,’ and other life lessons I learnt from my son this summer
Karishma Attari
· Jul 09, 2017 · 11:30 am
The class divide in Indian schools is growing and we need to talk about it
Karishma Attari
· Jun 27, 2017 · 11:30 am
Watch: This is what newborns see when they look at you
Scroll Staff
· Jun 26, 2017 · 07:30 pm
Why I don’t hate Indian Supermoms anymore
Karishma Attari
· May 30, 2017 · 03:30 pm
Indian schools are using WhatsApp to enslave mothers and crush children’s independence
Karishma Attari
· Apr 24, 2017 · 11:30 am
America says goodbye to Michelle Obama, its mom-in-chief
Sara Hayden, The Conversation
· Dec 01, 2016 · 10:30 pm
Waiting to have a child, or not. This could be anyone’s story.
Anu Kumar
· Oct 09, 2016 · 08:45 am
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· Jul 24, 2016 · 06:30 am
Why motherhood is a choice I decided not to make
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· Jul 18, 2016 · 08:00 am
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