This obsession about the reproductive state of women over here baffles me. I fortunately didn’t face any questions from my in-laws, and thank god the aunties in my neighbourhood kept reasonably quiet. That however changed when I gave birth to a girl. 6 months after she was born ladies in my neighbourhood started asking if I was trying for a second child. When I asked why, they pointed out that I must try for a boy. I shut them up quickly by telling them that should I ever be pregnant again, I would be wishing and praying for another girl, tat no I didn’t want a boy. Suddenly the enquiries about my uterus status stopped. The we shifted to Mumbai, and it was the same old thing from some aunties, apparently I must have a boy to have proved my worth. Then there were acquaintances that started asking if I was pregnant again, because my tummy was round, or because I looked “glowing”, and the direct questions of “When will you try for another child?” Not IF…WHEN as if it was given that I would want two. Sigh!