Happy
Mother's
Day
to
all
our
lovely
readers,
and
as
we
celebrate
this
beautiful
day,
we
would
like
to
ask
you
a
question.
Have
you
ever
felt
that
our
society
puts
unnecessary
pressure
on
mothers
and
keeps
moral
policing
them?
Take
an
example
of
B-town
moms
like
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan,
Kareena
Kapoor
Khan
and
Anushka
Sharma,
who
are
often
targeted
by
trolls
because
these
actresses
as
mothers
don't
behave
the
way
they
are
expected
by
our
patriarchal
society.
Remember
when
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
had
gained
postpartum
weight
after
giving
birth
to
her
daughter
Aaradhya,
how
she
was
blatantly
slammed
by
netizens
and
some
media
outlets
for
not
maintaining
her
weight?
Sadly,
all
those
trolls
forgot
that
along
with
being
an
actress,
Aishwarya
is
a
mother,
too,
and
had
just
delivered
a
baby.
In
fact,
unlike
other
actresses,
Aishwarya
constantly
gets
trolled
by
netizens.
Earlier,
it
was
her
weight
and
now,
it's
her
way
of
holding
Aaradhya's
hand
in
public.
The
poor
mother
has
been
trolled
numerous
times
for
holding
her
daughter's
hand
in
public
and
has
been
called
names
like
'possessive
mom'
or
'obnoxious
mother'
just
for
taking
care
of
her
child
and
protecting
her
from
the
crowd.
Different
Trolling
Rules
For
Different
Moms
Having
said
that,
people
have
different
criteria
for
different
actress-moms
to
troll
or
shame
them!
If
on
the
one
end,
Aishwarya
gets
trolled
for
holding
Aaradhya's
hand,
Kareena
Kapoor
Khan
is
often
called
a
'careless
mom' because
she
doesn't
hold
Taimur
Ali
Khan's
hand
in
the
public.
Surprised?
Recently,
when
Kareena
was
spotted
outside
her
sister
Karisma
Kapoor's
apartment
and
Taimur
ran
into
a
glass
door
and
hurt
his
head,
netizens
were
quick
to
judge
the
Kabhi
Khushi
Kabhie
Gham
actress
and
started
slamming
her
for
not
holding
Taimur's
hand.
And
guess
what?
This
is
just
one
instance.
Not
so
long
ago,
when
Kareena
was
spotted
outside
her
friend's
apartment,
she
was
trolled
left,
right
and
centre
and
called
an
'irresponsible
mother'
for
not
holding
Taimur's
hand,
and
we
were
appalled
by
the
double
standards
of
society.
Flaunting
A
Baby
Bump
Is
Beautiful,
Shaming
It
Is
Not!
Like
Aishwarya
and
Kareena,
actress
Anushka
Sharma
was
also
at
the
receiving
end
because
netizens
didn't
expect
her
to
flaunt
her
bare
baby
bump
and
attacked
her
with
the
meanest
comments
ever.
Trolls
totally
overlooked
the
concept
of
'personal
choice'
and
continued
to
shame
the
actress
for
'demeaning
Indian
culture'.
Trolls
vehemently
shamed
Anushka
for
not
respecting
Indian
traditions,
and
disapproved
her
outfit
choices
for
her
pregnancy
photoshoot.
Where
Are
We
Heading
As
A
Society
With
Such
A
Negative
Mindset?
We
named
only
three
actresses,
because
they
are
some
of
the
most
popular
moms
of
B-town
and
are
often
under
the
media
scanner.
However,
there
are
many
B-town
moms
who
had
opened
up
about
the
hardships
of
being
a
mom
along
with
being
an
actress,
and
addressed
how
negative
comments
on
their
parenting
skills
take
a
toll
on
their
mental
health.
This
Mother's
Day,
we
urge
our
readers
to
stop
shaming
not
only
B-town
moms,
but
mothers
on
the
whole
over
their
parenting
skills.
Each
and
every
mother
deserves
our
praise,
not
criticism.
We,
as
educated
members
of
society
need
to
make
this
world
a
better
place
to
live
in,
especially
for
mothers,
irrespective
of
their
profession
or
choices,
as
there's
no
purest
form
of
love
than
that
of
a
mother.
Cheers
to
all
the
lovely
mothers
out
there
and
Happy
Mother's
Day!