“What if caregiving weren’t treated as a private problem—but a public design priority?” Every year, Mother’s Day floods our timelines with love, warmth, and nostalgia. But here’s a quieter truth: our cities aren’t built for mothers. Or their children. Caregiving in Indian cities is an everyday negotiation—with broken footpaths, unsafe crossings, missing toilets, inaccessible transport, and workplaces that still assume care is someone else’s problem. Urban planning talks a big game about inclusivity, but the ground reality tells another story: cities exclude those who care. The Everyday Obstacles of Care Push a stroller outside your...