LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 14:2 February 2014
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
         Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D.
         B. A. Sharada, Ph.D.
         A. R. Fatihi, Ph.D.
         Lakhan Gusain, Ph.D.
         Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D.
         S. M. Ravichandran, Ph.D.
         G. Baskaran, Ph.D.
         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.
         C. Subburaman, Ph.D. (Economics)
Assistant Managing Editor: Swarna Thirumalai, M.A.

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Motherhood Re-defined by Mahasweta Devi in Her Short-Story
Breast-Giver

Manju, M.Phil.

Wife and Mother

The two significant positions that dominate the society's understanding about women are that of the role of a wife and of a mother. In Indian culture, the daughters of a family marry and move into their husbands' houses, which include their entire families. Daughters-in-law manage households and provide heirs to the families. For the growth of the human race, God gifted women with the unique power to give birth while bringing a new life into this world.

Pregnancy, childbirth and motherhood are some of the sex-specific roles that are assumed to be an essential part of every female's development. Without attaining motherhood a woman's persona remains hollow. During pregnancy, the child is connected with mother through the umbilical cord which is the medium of nourishment for the child. It's the mother who initiates the child's journey in this amazing new world, gives him or her his or her food, provides the child with lessons, exposes him or her to real life, answers all their queries, helps them discover their roots and teaches them the art of living.

Motherhood

Today, the term motherhood is not only confined to the "biological mother" but also connected with the "surrogate mother", "legal mother" and "Nurturing mother".

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Manju, M.Phil.
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