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NOT BEING A MUM DOESN’T MAKE LIFE MEANINGLESS

‘IT’S OTHERS WHO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT’

It’s unusual in my Indian culture not to have children. It was never my intention to not have kids, it just didn’t happen for me and I’m fine with that. However, I feel that it is others, my extended family, who seem to have a problem with it. And unfortunately, over the years, I have noticed that this is not restricted to my family. There’s a societal pearl-clutching at the thought a woman could be without children and

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