Motherhood

We deem mothers to be the embodiment of safety, security and unconditional love; they are tasked with absorbing others’ pain, while putting their own needs last. Inspired by Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, Anjali Enjeti’s short story — exclusive to Verve — subverts these entrenched notions and forces us to confront the lengths women go to uphold this mythologised role
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Going back to work was the best decision she made for her child, spouse, family and, above all, for herself
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As a society, we need to understand that doing things differently doesn’t make a mother bad
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This feminist publisher strongly believes that being a mother is not the only role women can play in society
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The new mum dishes about how she kept her pregnancy under wraps, the thrills and challenges of motherhood and how she bounced back into shape barely three months after giving birth
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To have someone else incubate your baby is an emotionally and financially draining endeavour and a gut-wrenching process, but nothing about the process deterred her
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