Sudeshna Roy on nursing moms & their need to socialise

My son was seven days old when I resumed work. He was breastfed even way after he started eating solid food. I took him to

parties

and my friends' places because I didn’t want to stop socialising. I think it is one of the basic rights of a

mother

. Rural women, who work outdoors all day long, do not have the luxury of privacy. They take their children along and feed them when needed, and they are used to it. A mall or a theatre — places that claim to be ‘high-class’ — should provide these basic amenities to women.