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Sunday, November 3, 2024
TopicMotherhood

Topic: Motherhood

IVF, adoption, single parenthood—3 ‘unconventional’ mothers discuss who ‘good’ & ‘bad’ moms are

The discussion at IIC took the audience through various versions of motherhood and the ‘guilt’ associated with anything that doesn’t fit into ‘conventional’ parenting styles.

Social media supermoms are adding to the mothers’ guilt. ‘Having it all’ is a con

In 'How Not To Be A Superwoman', Nilanjana Bhowmick confronts and rejects society's unrealistic expectations while advocating for a life of fulfilment, self-compassion and genuine empowerment.

Karnataka HC allows man who crossed 55-yr age bar to seek surrogacy, evolves triple test for unique cases

Court directs surrogacy board to consider plea of couple who lost son to accident. Legislature must look at changes to law as board has no scope to salvage unique cases, it adds.

Mother’s Day celebrations limited to Instagram, motherhood is invisible labour & thankless

Campus Voice is an initiative by ThePrint where young Indians get an opportunity to express their opinions on a prevalent issue.

Why women in India who have ever been pregnant can’t donate plasma for Covid patients

The Covid success stories associated with plasma therapy have led to the setting up of donation banks, including in Delhi. But not all recovered Covid patients can serve as donors.

Want to raise perfect children in India? You can’t & you’ll never win mother of the year

You can be a tiger mom, a cheetah mom, a WhatsApp mom, or a drone mom, but there is no perfect recipe for motherhood.

Indian women are seeing motherhood as a task, not a goal & that could lower our population

Women’s growing aspirations will result in greater independence and fewer children, suggest the authors of the book ‘Empty Planet’.

Yes, parents have sex. Badhaai Ho shows something Indians rather not know

Finally, a new film, Badhaai Ho, that shows Indian middle-aged parents having sex.

On Camera

As a Hindu Canadian, I am deeply hurt by cancellation of Diwali. My community is now sidelined

Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

Indian firms sanctioned by US didn’t violate laws, says MEA. Hyderabad firm that supplied to Army on list

Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.