“There are so many myths about motherhood that I think one purpose of it is to make women go through the suffering of pregnancy, childbirth and child rearing. We are made to feel superior as mothers, because we are treated inferior at so many other things in life,” said Shashi Deshpande, celebrated author and Sahitya Akademi awardee during a panel discussion on The Oldest Love Story – A Motherhood Anthology, which features her essay “Learning to be a Mother.”
The panel, moderated by writer and poet Rugmani Prabhakar, also boasted other writers such as Sudha Arora and Anuradha Gokarn along with the editors of the book, Rinki Roy Bhattacharya and Maithili Rao. The event was held at Bangalore Club on September 6, 2022.
