09 Sep 09 Moms-in-law join hands to break cruel stereotype

Chennai: After battered wives and harassed husbands, it is the turn of mothers-in-law to form an organisation. More than 500 from across the country came together in Bangalore to launch the All-India Mothers-in-law Protection Forum (AIMPF) on Sunday. 
For some, it will provide a forum to be heard; for others, it is to break the ‘cruel woman’ stereotype that TV soaps have been reinforcing. So varied is the constitution of the forum that it has as members a university teacher from Chennai, a forensic expert from Delhi and a Karnataka surgeon.
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