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Riya Kumari

If Mothers Give Birth - Why Do Kids Carry Father’s Surname, Not Mother’s?

We honor gods because they create us. We bow to the creator, not the creation. No one builds a temple for the clay and ignores the sculptor. But when it comes to motherhood, society flips the equation. The creator steps back. The claim comes from elsewhere. And no one pauses to ask why.

Creation has authority. We just chose to ignore it

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