Kolkata Mall Asks Woman to Plan Breastfeeding ‘Beforehand’

South City Mall refuses to give a place for a mother to breastfeed her baby.

A young mother in Kolkata’s South City Mall was denied the permission to breastfeed her baby. The incident happened on Sunday when she was out shopping with her family, and it was time for her to feed her baby. To her utter shock, the mall authorities and most shopkeepers refused to let her sit and breastfeed.

After a lot of confusion, a shopkeeper finally gave her his cramped trial room for breastfeeding.

I entered the washroom but it was very smelly so I could not feed my baby there. She was hungry and crying and out of desperation, I tried to use a corridor bunch but it was very uncomfortable. I then approached a few shopkeepers, but they refused. I then approached the multiplex, they too did not help. The baby was wailing but the mall staff did not move. I then encountered an apparel shop that did not have any customers in it. I approached them and they gave me a cramped trail to breastfeed in. 

The mother to The Times of India