Issue of the week

American author and poet, Maya Angelou also known as Marguerite Ann Johnson once said, “The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.” Many young Indians (brought up in India) want to make it big in ...

Post marriage it is the choice of the married life partners to live in a nuclear or a joint family. Though the husband’s parents may or may not influence the decision, there are certain pros and cons associated with both the family types. The following four women have a very ...

Little Srivatsan called me loudly, “Mummy Aunty.” I was returning home after buying the afternoon milk bottle from the milk booth. I turned towards the boy and asked, “Hare Krishna. Well, my Krishna where are you going with all these bags?” His mother was with him and she smiled, while ...

There was a time, when inter-caste marriage was an unthinkable prospect. Now despite Khap Panchayats and honour killings, the younger generation is getting attracted to the opposite gender belonging to different caste/language/religion even a different country. This is happening in the metros definitely, due to the spread of education. Girls ...

Adopting a girl-child is a big decision and Sayali Joshi (name changed) took it 8 years ago, when Ovee was brought home as a 6 month old baby. Today 13 years into her marriage, she has also decided not to have another child. It was a joint decision with her ...

“We have not invaded anyone. We have not conquered anyone. We have not grabbed their land, their culture, their history and tried to enforce our way of life on them,” said Dr. Abul Kalam. Coming from a former president of India, this is very apt for our country. India has ...

Decades ago the Britishers, realized that if they propagate discrimination among the people, India would be divided and fall apart and they did it as they left. Despite many efforts by our freedom fighters, the seeds that the Caucasians had sown have developed into saplings, what with the introduction of ...

Today, how often have we read or heard about girl children being abandoned? Even in the 21st century, female foetuses are being aborted. Babies have been thrown in the dust bin, just because they were girls. Shockingly, many girls missing from Indian homes are often found buried in some graveyard! ...

Sexual harassment is such a heinous act, which affects the victim mentally. Due to our justice system, the perpetrator tends to go scot-free. Besides, they keep playing a blame-game, so that new victims are silenced at the beginning itself, if ever the incidents come out in the open. The victims ...

Recently, a boy was recovering from a fractured leg. The parents, fed up of his mischief at home, had brought him to school in their car, when the plaster was still there. The boy was walking with crutches. That day, the teacher saw this boy kick a classmate with the ...