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Facebook group for moms gives Mumbai's women a fresh voice

The social networking site may be getting a bad name, but it continues to be a platform where women in Mumbai can find a voice that says, 'I am more than just a mother'

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First Moms Club is about making sure mothers can be less serious, and have more fun
First Moms Club is about making sure mothers can be less serious, and have more fun

Aarti Bhatia's life changed when she got married in 2012. The MBA graduate, who had been working for around 13 years at her father's car dealership business, suddenly found herself grounded as a housewife, in a conservative joint family. To add to the changes, she realised she was pregnant barely a month in. "I asked my mother for help, and she said 'ask your mother-in-law', who in turn said that she didn't even remember raising her kids, how could she help me? I felt alone and was depressed," says the 32-year-old Chembur resident, who then decided to turn to Facebook for help.

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