Fellow Blogbhartian Shruthi on why she decided to become a Stay-At-Home-Mother (SAHM) and quit her work, at least temporarily:

People ask me all the time why I chose to be with home with my baby after being so vociferous about women standing up for their rights. Please understand – working out of home does not imply empowerment. Empowerment comes when a woman has the freedom to do what she wants to do. Now, if I am forced to go back to work, and I do so when I don’t really want to, then I am giving up my rights as a woman. But now I have chosen to be with my baby out of my own volition – and that makes all the difference.

It definitely is one of the best articles I’ve read recently.