Dear Sir, My parents are going through a divorce and I’m their only child. I was in the midst of my final year exams when they broke the news to me. Both of them are using me as a vomiting bowl and keep bitching about each other. I hate being in this position. I also […]
“I gave up my girlfriend because my father said if I marry into another caste my sister will never be accepted by anyone in ours!” “Ankita, they want you to convert if the two of you decide to go ahead with this relationship. Is it something you are fine doing?” “I received death threats from
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If you want to convince your parents about your love marriage then you should do this…
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Indian society has different expectations from men and women and most often there is a vivid discrimination. Leaving one’s own house and moving in with the husband’s family is one such practice. But is it all bad or there is a rosy side as well? We asked our readers from the group Indian Women Discuss
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No matter where you live, Indian parents have a fetish to control their children’s life with the invisible remote control which is very hard to find. It is so powerful that even if you live on the other side of the world, it works and works very well. There is also a common belief among
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(As told to Pooja Sharma Rao)Names changed to protect identities Today I sat again by the huge French window in the attic of our ancestral palatial house located on the Jakhu hill in Shimla. The city lights spread out below me like a dark blanket studded with stars. Today I was again thinking about my
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The very word ‘gay’ struck fear that I would ‘turn’ my younger family members queer at some stage.
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