“If the woman has the physical fitness and the meritorious luck to bear his children, the family was a fortunate one. Villagers always looked at sterility with a squinted eye, and its fault and the misfortune lay solely on the woman’s part. As such, a childless woman often became culprit for her entire life.”

“If the woman has the physical fitness and the meritorious luck to bear his children, the family was a fortunate one. Villagers always looked at sterility with a squinted eye, and its fault and the misfortune lay solely on the woman’s part. As such, a childless woman often became culprit for her entire life.”

— Swarnakanthi Rajapakse