Chandni Bhambani, a PhD scholar working on her dissertation on ‘Understanding dynamism of decision-making by couples who don’t have kids by choice’ said that while she is not against people having kids, she is against the unconsciously arrived at decision to procreate, simply because all couples are ‘meant to do so’.

“The primary motivation by me to join this movement was to initiate a change in the discourse on consciously choosing to become or not become a parent. I think, in my opinion, parenthood is considered a mandate for all of us, and its considered an obligation for most and a compulsion for some,” she argues.

Despite having a daughter, brand consultant Anugraha feels he is now on a philosophical journey, during the process of which he arrived at the idea that it was best not to add more humans to the world.

“My journey to efilism has been from feminism to atheism to Marxism and then, efilism. I find, kind of, one leading to another in my life, beginning with feminism, and then I went on to religion and philosophy, which made me take this atheistic stand. When I studied efilism, it appealed to me. Parenthood is one of the roles that we are forced to conform to otherwise we are not normal,” Anugraha said.