Nusrat Jahan's son, Yishan, was born on August 26.
Trinamool Congress MP Nusrat Jahan, in her first public outing since she had a baby last month, firmly shut down questions on the father, declaring that she will be back in parliament in the next session and is "ready to face questions" coming her way.
The actor-politician, who has embraced single motherhood while refusing to name the father of her baby, said she felt a sense of responsibility towards her voters, and so was "back to work".
Nusrat Jahan's son, Yishan, was born on August 26.
"It feels great, it's a new life. It seems like a new beginning. The spectacle of life is what...struck me and it struck me as beautiful," she told NDTV on Wednesday at the launch of a salon in Kolkata.
Having missed the monsoon session of parliament when she was eight months pregnant, Nusrat Jahan said she would be back in the winter session "for sure."
Is she prepared to face the questions?
"I have always been ready. Nothing can hinder my spirit," she said.
The MP, who is separated, tackled the inevitable questions on her son's father. "The father knows who the father is. We are having a great parenthood at the moment. Myself and Yash (Dasgupta, actor)... we are having a good time," she said.
The lawmaker from Basirhat in Bengal said "everything has changed" after her son's birth. "From my geography to history, everything has changed. It's a beautiful feeling... it cannot be expressed."
On attending an event just 12 days into motherhood, she said: "I have responsibilities that I need to cater to. I have responsibilities towards me, my family and towards people who voted for me. So I'm back to work. I am dividing my time pretty well so I balance as a mother too. I am asking people to make it a little fast as I have a little one at home waiting..." She made it clear, however, that movies would have to wait.