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How my widowed mother married her best friend
After losing my father years ago, my widowed mother was very lonely and devastated. On a chance meeting at the dentist, she met a young doctor who was there to visit his dentist friend. It was a sudden and gravitational attraction which had substance and beauty. Waiting in the lounge, they struck up a conversation. …
The Air Force tradition which mirrors a Punjabi custom
A daughter-in-law is for life It was the movie Ek Chadar Maili Si of the ‘80s that made me aware of the custom of “Chadar”, which was prevalent in Punjab in yesteryears, the custom by which a widow could marry the younger brother of her late husband. The custom must have emerged to correct the inequality …
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आनंद के साथ ज़िम्मेदारी भी आती है – तलाक के बाद सेक्स के लिए संकेतक
एक विलग, तलाकशुदा, या विधवा महिला के लिए शारीरिक अंतरंगता के लिए निषेध बदलना शुरू हो गया है। सुमिता ने अपने 60 के दशक के मध्य में कहा, “मेरी बेटी बहुत जवान थी जब उसने शादी की और जब उसकी शादी टूटी।” “उसने अपनी ज़िंदगी जीना शुरू भी नहीं किया था। शारीरिक आवश्यकता स्वाभाविक रूप …
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Dad found a companion but everyone was determined to destroy their joy
She was standing at the doorstep, all in white. The young widow looked magnetic in her plain white sari with a white blouse. She made a roll of her long hair and stared at my dad with her sharp eyes. “You can join your duty from tomorrow morning. The storeroom is big enough for placing …
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Book Review: Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows
A reading of Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows, by Balli Kaur Jaswal “Chee, why is he so impatient? Can’t keep it in his pants until they get to a side street? She should punish him by driving him around the car park until his little balloon deflates.” Thus began the initiation of the Punjabi widows …
A date with a gigolo… Confessions of a widow
(As told to Shivanya Yogmayaa) I’ve been a widow of over 3 years, with no sexual pleasure. No, don’t get me wrong. There were many who hounded me, desired me, fancied me, chased me and most of all, the friends of my expired husband. I was taken by surprise how my world had changed as …