Medicine demands precision, endurance, and compassion. Motherhood asks for the very same things, every single day. For women who carry both responsibilities, the line between profession and personal life often disappears. They move from hospital wards to homes without pause, caring for strangers and family alike. This Mother’s Day, we honour mothers in medicine whose strength is found not only in saving lives, but in quietly holding their own worlds together.

ILLUSTRATION:

BIPLOB KUMAR CHAKROBORTY