India, May 10 -- Actor Pankhuri Awasthy Rode, who welcomed twins with her actor-husband Gautam Rode, believes that "motherhood is an experience that fundamentally reshapes a person, especially an artist."

"Your world completely changes once you become a mother," she says. "I think as an actor, there is a lot of depth and a lot of new emotions that you are not feeling until you become a mother-immense love, fear, protection, and all the maternal feelings."

On balancing work and kids: "There is a feeling of guilt that comes with motherhood, 'are you doing enough?' If you take some time for yourself, you wonder, 'is that right?' or 'Is it okay getting back to work?' All these questions suddenly seem like really big, especially with the res...