The Darkest Light
Exploring the untold stories of birth and motherhood in Sri Lanka. Pushing back against stereotypes and stigmas of the "perfect mother". Challenging dominant cultural narratives about women, labour and child-care. Questioning medical and obstetric birthing practices. Searching for grassroots reproductive justice in South Asia.
The Darkest Light
This, Too, Shall Pass
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Kanya
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Season 1
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Episode 5
Imagine raising your daughter in a household with FOUR generations of women.
How would you navigate the opinions, expectations, history and needs of not only a grandmother, but a great-grandmother?
What if you had some unresolved questions from your childhood—how would that shape the kind of mother you want to be? Is it possible to make peace with your own parents, while becoming a parent yourself?
In this episode I talk to Wathmi about how she passed through all these challenges—and more.