To participate in this discussion, Story invited eminent personalities from various fields to speak about those women who have taken this bold step.

The panelists included Dancer and Actor, Aloknanda Roy; Former MP and Chair Person of Netaji Research Bureau,  Krishna Bose; Sugato Bose;  Konkon Mitra;  Utpala Sen; Filmmaker Anindita Sarbadhikari; Artist Eleena Banik;Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharia; . Rima MuKherjee;  Sudeshna Basu, and Filmmaker Sudeshna Roy, who was also the Moderator of the event.

It was an hour-long programme and the discussion covered topics like medical and health issues; social, peer and identity related issues; psychological ramifications and legal counselling for a mother; I.V.F. procedures; psychological, family and social pressures, and reasons for choosing single motherhood.

Sudeshna Roy sung the inaugural song by Tagore "Aji bangla desher hridoy hote kakhon aponi…”

Story at 8 Elgin Road, an initiative by the Primarc Group of Companies, began its journey a year back and has been a boon to the Kolkata’s bookworms. It is now Eastern India’s largest standalone store, covering an area of 15000 square feet.

It has expanded across Bengal with 3 other stores at Diamond Plaza, Avani Riverside Mall and Junction Mall at Durgapur. Story has a massive collection of books of all genres and a dedicated floor for children. The best basket of collectible pens and writing accessories is available in the pen and ink section.

The art street section offers art material and accessories, Gift It! section has an array of special gift items, Greetings section boasts of a wide range of ‘all seasons’ greeting cards whereas the Paper shop and Stationery section has a comprehensive range of house paper and stationery materials of different.

Primarc is a dynamic company with diverse interests in the retail, e-retail, realty, leisure destinations and angel investing sectors in Eastern India. Primarc owns and operates over 47 stores across various formats across Eastern India.  Its flagship store, Raymond at Poddar Court, Kolkata has consistently been the highest selling store in India for 16 years. 

Its realty division has recently pioneered the concept of Green Buildings across MIG and HIG segments in Bengal, with its flagship project, Astitva being nominated as the First Gold-rated Residential Building in West Bengal by IGBC and also winning the Best Green Project at CREDAI Bengal 2015.