Mothers, Mistakes, and the Myth of Perfection

We placed mothers on pedestals and called it respect, without noticing how quickly admiration turns into expectation. The moment women become symbols of sacrifice and strength, they stop being allowed complexity, mistakes, exhaustion, anger, ambition, or even ordinary humanity.

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Ankita Bhatia Dhawan

Life & Lifestyle | Marketing & Social Media | Parenting & Childcare

I write about the quiet ways we change over time. Most of my pieces begin with something small from everyday life. A passing moment, a conversation, an irritation that refuses to leave the mind. From there the writing slowly opens up into larger reflections on identity, motherhood, culture, work, memory and ageing. I write about who we become while we are busy being everything else.

Mothers, Mistakes, and the Myth of Perfection

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