Motherhood is a universal phenomenon. In a pronatal country like India, every young girl is regarded as a natural and potential mother. Becoming a mother is her virtue which she is supposed to fulfil as a wife to continue the line of descent of her husband.

The anecdote of motherhood takes place in the life of a girl from her childhood. The gender socialization of girls is not only significant in India but it is a universal feature. Not only that, the society teaches her that her identity depends on her motherhood— her womanhood is not complete without motherhood. An ‘incomplete’ woman is not socially accepted. Family, school, radio, television, newspaper—everywhere motherhood is eulogized and glorified.