Monalisa Paul

Mamta was numb. Not because she saw unusual happenings in the hospital, but because rounds of strange talks and whispers were going around in the maternal ward of a posh hospital in a metro city in 2025. She has been serving as a nurse in the labour room for the last forty years and has witnessed a greater number of deliveries than any gynecologists of the hospital. She has seen agony, pain, pressure, and anticipation of mothers undergoing labour pain, as well as the twinkle in their eyes as soon as they hold their babies for the first time. Women’s physical stamina, mental fitness, and psychological nerves are tested during those moments of delivery of a child. Mamta has witnessed the extremes. The solid rock support of the families at one end and cold indifference at another! Some would rejoice at the birth of the girl child. Some would be sad for not having the Y chromosome beside X chromosome. Mamta has seen all…read more on NOPR