Actor Vidya Balan has stated households must put money into the well being of girls for a progressive and profitable nation. The Padma Shri awardee additionally referred to as upon each girl to acknowledge her physique.

“We keep talking about women’s health, but the onus does not lie just with her. If we want to be a progressive and successful nation, we must invest in the health of women,” she stated.

The 44-year-old actor, who has essayed numerous roles in additional than 40 motion pictures, was talking on the sixty fifth All India Congress of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Kolkata on Thursday.

“A woman derives such a large part of her identity from her body. Yet we don’t want to acknowledge the body, we don’t want to acknowledge its desire and needs. We don’t take adequate care of it. Every woman must acknowledge every part of her body and nurture it,” the National Award-winning actor stated.

Balan stated there was a variety of change in society with training and consciousness, “but still we have a long way to go”.

“A small step will go a long way. When a woman visits a gynaecologist, may be, she should insist her father, partner or son to come along,” she stated.

The extra folks see, the extra they transfer ahead and attitudes change, the actor added.

Balan, who visited the well-known Kalighat temple, stated she additionally savoured the favored sweets of Kolkata.