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virtuous Sita, Abhimanyu, Shukdevji, Kundkundacharya, Vanraj Chavda, Chhatrapati Shivaji, Mahatma Gandhi, Vinoba Bhave and others.
For the first four years after the birth , children come in most intimate contact with their mothers only rather than anybody else and hence the personality of mother in totality leaves an indelible impression on the children. I want to tell especially to the rich and working-women in cities that , do not entrust your young children to servant, maid or babysitters in nursery. It is essential and compulsory for best upbringing of children to expect the mothers of young children that they Y do not take up outdoor jobs during this period. There is absolute truth in the saying that one excellent mother is equivalent to 1000 teachers. I Thus, the most important facet of the life of an Indian women is motherhood.
A woman is also a wife. For man, she is his better-half, his lover, his inspiration, his respite, his companion, his follower, his dependent, his very best friend and his partner in all pleasures and pains. It is the duty of man to do everything for her respect, her education, her protection, her comfort and all her conveniences so as to
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