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HOW MANY BABIES ARE ENOUGH- ONE OR MANY??

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SCENE 1, MOVIE: NEEL BATTE SANNATA (Bollywood family drama) “Why do you want to join civil services? Interviewer “Because I don’t want to be a maid.” Appu, protagonist SCENE 2 MOVIE: QUEEN OF KATWE (African real life drama) “I want you to help me become junior world champion. This will help Uganda’s Chess Association and my family.” Phiona Mutesi, protagonist Recently I saw these two movies and couldn’t get them out of my mind. Both depicted stories revolving around mother- daughter relationships . While Appu is the single girl child of a poor Housemaid, Phiona is one of five children of a corn seller of Katwe, Uganda. Both the mothers are widows and working really very hard to make the ends meet. Both do not take the easy way out and want their child/children to live a better life. Read More...