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Dr Indu Taneja throws light on whether or not breastfeeding during the COVID-19 outbreak is advisable or not.

The response has been overwhelming with mothers showing their support with placards from various significant locations such as the Mysore Palace in India, Burj Kalifa in Dubai, New York Downtown in US, Norway Airport and more from across all continents.

“I was 23 and believed that the UPSC examination was for others who were serious academics. I always thought that I wouldn’t be able to clear it. Looking back, I regret not having adequate information because if I did, I would not have waited until I was 28 for my first attempt,” she says.

It is incredible that in this day and age, despite all the ‘progress’ that the human civilisation has made, we allow such elements to dehumanise one of our basic instincts – that of nursing the offspring.

Mother to a three-month-old boy, constable Archana had recently returned to work after her maternity leave and is garnering much praise on social media for her actions!