As reproductive technology advances and genetic selection becomes accessible, parents’ desires to optimise offspring find new expressions.
A man from Banjara Hills in Hyderabad lost his mother to cancer six months before his wife was prepared to deliver their first child.
The grief lingered and fear settled deeper. When doctors mentioned the possibility of complications, the couple did not seek therapy or counselling. They called a spiritual consultant in Punjab to select an auspicious time for a caesarean section.
