I t was a lazy forenoon of 29th January 2021 as the strong rays of the sun poured into my room from the east facing window that was kept ajar, I sat on my easy chair, happily sipping on my “Chai” with the daily newspaper tightly clenched in my left hand. Through the thick frame of my spectacles, my eyes were continuously trying to look for an interesting article to read. As they say, “expect the unexpected”, I came across an article that shook me in utter disbelief. A young mother who gave birth to a baby hardly few months ago, committed suicide. As per the news agency the lady was suffering from “post pregnancy depression Postpartum depression”. Instantly the psychologist within me kicked in and pointed out that prolonged and sustained form of depression often leads to the generation of suicidal tendencies in an individual.Depression is a serious mental illness which has many different shades and Post-partum depression is one of them. A woman experiences the bliss of motherhood upon giving birth to a baby, her own blood and flesh, finally gets physically separated from her body. However, in rare cases a negative feeling swallows this happiness and pushes the mother into a dungeon of darkness filled with depression. Precisely, for this reason, post-partum depression is aptly termed as “the thief that steals the joy of motherhood”. After the birth of the baby the mother experiences something commonly termed as “baby blues”. From the physiological perspective, it is a phase after the delivery of the baby in which the mother’s body undergoes hormonal readjustment. This phase often lasts for a couple of weeks and is marked with mood swings in the mother and it subsides without the need of any medical intervention. Nonetheless, in a few unfortunate cases, the problem lingers and manifests in to a bigger form of depression. There are basically three types of post-partum depression, namely: Baby blues (post-partum blues), Post-partum depression, and Post-partum Psychosis. Statistics indicate that out of every ten new mothers, post-partum blues turns into the ugly post-partum depression for one of them. The most apparent symptoms include irritation, anxiety, feeling of guilt, inability to care for baby or herself. Psychotherapy and usage of anti-depressants often prove to be handy in this scenario. However, if left untreated, it may lead to disastrous end of life by suicide in worst cases.