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The Indian idea of children looking after parents has to change to be a little healthier. I know I sound brutal and uncaring. But in India, one of the primary reasons why a child is borne is that the child will look after you in your old age. When I married at the age of 45, I was told I should have a kid - so that I am "looked after in my old age ". "Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They came through you but not from you and though they are with you yet they belong not to you." Khalil Gibran I did not think of "insuring my old age" by bearing a progeny because I believe in Mr. Gibran. And I have some romantic ideas about my unborn child. I think I love my child so much that I wouldn't bring it into a world where I may not be around to love and protect it. And I also believe in pumping my children with a lot of unconditional love and setting them free. And no co