Ethar Shalaby BBC News Arabic Noura’s family archive Noura and Mohamed at their home in Gaza City before the war began, where they hoped to raise a family “My nerves are shattered,” says Noura, a 26-year-old Palestinian woman, explaining that she has been “left with nothing”. After years of IVF treatment, she became pregnant in … Read more
By Vijayalakshmi Raghavan New Delhi: The Government of India runs many schemes and programs to provide quality services to pregnant women and children with an aim to reduce neonatal and infant mortality rates (NMR/IMR) as well as the maternal mortality ratio (MMR). This is one of the prime focus areas of the National Health Mission’s … Read more
The new faces of eco-kidswear, actors Dia Mirza and Lara Dutta on encouraging sustainable consumerism and why hand-me-downs should be the norm The new faces of eco-kidswear, actors Dia Mirza and Lara Dutta on encouraging sustainable consumerism and why hand-me-downs should be the norm Dia Mirza “My ideas about sustainability formed well before I became … Read more
By Christina Orlovsky For many mothers-to-be, pregnancy is a time of excitement and expectation, as they eagerly await the arrival of their newborn. For many more, however, it is also a time of uncertainty, anxiety, and unanswered questions. This is especially true in diverse communities across the United States – the … Read more
More than being a story of just this one mother, the book is a deeper understanding of how a mother is often left at cross-roads My Joys and Sorrows: Dr Krishna Saksena’s book ‘My Joys and Sorrows: As a Mother of a Special Child’ encompasses several aspects of a mother’s life. Her book covers her … Read more
Editor’s note: This is the part of a series highlighting the 2021 Olympic Games with a specific emphasis on health and wellness. July 23, 2021 — While thousands of athletes are now competing in the COVID-19-challenged Tokyo Olympics, about a dozen representing Team USA have another distinction: They’re moms. From … Read more
Neena strikes a heartwarming chord in her memoir. (Image source; Bahrisons Booksellers on FB) Neena Gupta’s ‘Sach Kahun Toh’ book review: Few memoirs have the power to keep a reader’s curiosity from start to finish the way Neena Gupta’s ‘Sach Kahun Toh’ has. Several memoirs, particularly when written by actors, tend to brag but Neena … Read more
By Diedre Anthony, as told to Rachel Reiff Ellis My husband and I always wanted to have three children. I was the oldest of four kids and loved being from a big family. My husband was his parents’ only child but had half-siblings who were 18 and 20 years old when he was … Read more
Reading R. Chudamani’s selected short stories, ‘The Solitary Sprout’ (translated from the original Tamil by C.T.Indra and T. Sriraman) gives a reader a candid glimpse of the hearts of Indian mothers as they age. Love to read books translated from Indian languages? At a time like this, a rare book becomes a rare treasure, especially … Read more