Mothers are always glorified, their love is universally hailed as something sublime and they are considered nothing short of perfection. However, the flip-side to it is the immense pressure it puts on them, especially young mothers. With an increasing conversation around problems of motherhood, it's time to acknowledge that mothers are humans too. <br><br> Yes, it's important to admire them for all their effort, but it's also important to treat and respect them as hardworking, but ordinary people, capable of mistakes as well. The short film puts this message across through banter between a stressed woman who has just had a baby and her own mother. As the latter shares stories of her goof-ups, the film further shows that motherhood is a process of constant learning, for both the mother and her child, and that is perhaps what it should be celebrated for.

Mothers Aren't Perfect | Short Film of the Day

When you deal with a topic like gender, there is the danger of running into repetition and monotony. The content around the topic has set the bar very high and a film has to be especially unique to eschew these problems. <br><br> It would be safe to say that Kahi Suni, the second episode of the series - Sisterhood Tales by Blush, comes midway in this journey. When it starts, it does not set the horizon of expectation too high - it's the story of yet another woman who's trying to balance work with her family's expectations. However the short film becomes a little more interesting as she sits in her cab to find a woman driver. From there, the narrative only goes higher and higher. During the course of her ride, she also finds out that the driver is specially abled. In the process, the film leaves the viewer with a subtle but impactful message about how we view people who are different from us. It further reiterates that simply by standing up for each other, we can make our struggles easier, even if slightly so.

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