Why Shankar Mahadevan Sang Maa At A Book Launch

She stands strong. Confident. Beautiful.

Yet, a woman is never free, bound as she is by so many expectations.

And the one that can destroy her — just as much as it can make her — can be summed up in just one word. Mother.

If a woman cannot become a mother, the torment she faces — from society, from her family, from herself — can destroy her. Or it can make her stronger.

It is this theme that the Singapore-based Mala Mahesh explores in her new book, Padma.

The book was unveiled by the talented Shankar Mahadevan in his incomparable style.

 

The singer-composer doesn’t mince words when he talks about the dichotomy in Indian society when it comes to women.

 

While the book is a work of fiction, the problems and the emotional trauma faced by its two protagonists — and thousands of women across the world — is real.

For the stigma of infertility is terrible and the blame, explains Mala, is always laid at the woman’s door.

 

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