Television star Rupali Ganguly has spoken about the hardships a woman has to go through after becoming a mother. Rupali was in a conversation with Ranveer Allahbadia. The host asked the actress if she had ever forgotten herself, to which Rupali said: “Of course, but six-and-a-half years when you are home as a housewife.

.. After having a kid your waistline suddenly becomes 40 from 24-25.

You stop looking at yourself in the mirror.” She said that “Monisha Sarabhai” has “gained so much weight.” “Aunties will just say it but those things really hurt a woman who is anyway battling with a lot of things.

There are a lot of postpartum things happening. I have always worked,” she added. Rupali revealed that she relates to her iconic 90s character Monisha Sarabhai from the sitcom “Sarabhai Vs Sarabhai.

” “I would come home and one slipper would be here and the other other there. I was Monisha Sarabhai. My mother raised me with a lot of love.

But I was still very hardworking,” she said. “Then you get married with so many responsibilities not that the husband did not share the responsibilities. He was there with me.

.. And not once did my husband tell me that I am ugly or I was fat.

I don't think he even realised that I became so big.” Also Read : Rupali Ganguly's Diwali Delights: Anupamaa Actress Shares Her Festive Traditions Women feel less of themselves, she shared. “To accept yourself, you look for plus size clothes.

Somewhere there your self image takes a.