Family - Different Truths

October 23, 2016
Rhiti Chatterjee Bose
Cover Story, Crime, Human Rights

Paedophilia and Incest: The Dark Horrors of Hapless Children within Homes

One in six boys and one in four girls face sexual molestation before they hit the age of 11, scary right? Also of all the cases that are reported, 70%...

October 22, 2016
Madhumita Ghosh
Short Story

The Bride of Death

Life is full of strange surprises. It’s rightly said that facts are stranger than fiction. The protagonist, Anita, found acceptance of her love with Shubho perhaps a little too late....

October 6, 2016
Rita Bhattacharjee
Advocacy, Health

Dementia: The New Age Dementor

Dementia is a condition that describes a set of symptoms that may include memory loss and difficulties with thinking, problem-solving or language. Dementia is caused when the brain is damaged by...

September 30, 2016
Nikita Goel
Relationship & Lifestyle

Why do some Couples Choose to Remain Childless?

The definition of a family differs. While for some couples, it’s complete after having kids, for others it could mean not having any children. The choice to have or not...

September 23, 2016
Nikita Goel
Relationship & Lifestyle

You are who your Friends are!

The old adage, ‘Birds of feather flock together’ comes to mind. Almost everything in our life is given, the family, our kin, neighbours, etc. But, we have the power to...

September 22, 2016
Dr. Sunil Sharma
Poem

Talking with a Phantom

Intense loneliness of a mother, pining for her son, in distant land, the USA, has been captured beautifully in this evocative verse by Sunil. Hullo! Yes…Sid? Hullo? How are you?...

September 16, 2016
Nikita Goel
Gender, Relationship & Lifestyle

Does Marriage Still Define the Life of Indian Women?

Marriage seems to be the be all and end all in a girl/woman’s life, in India. She must learn to cook, sew, wash and clean. In most houses, a daughter-in-...

September 11, 2016
Dr. Tripti Sharan
Health, People, Short Story

There are several positive things about large and extended families (read the joint family system). Often, parents-in- law snoop into the private lives of their daughters-in- law. It’s stifling and suffocating....

September 9, 2016
Nikita Goel
Gender, Relationship & Lifestyle

Understanding Women: Myths and Truths Decoded

Relationship and its rationale is the cementing force of social order. Be it an individual or community, the intra and inter personal relationship between the two is the life force...

September 6, 2016
Urooj Murtaza
Advocacy, Crime, Law & Order, Mass Comm.

Hope for Street Children and Other News in Pakistan this Week

It’s often asked jocularly, ‘Good news or bad news, which do you want first?’ The traditional reply is ‘good news’. This week Urooj scans through the major news in Pakistan...

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