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I was consumed by rage and couldn’t bear to be around my family.

Marina Gask, 60, a journalist and copywriter from South London, found that her relationships with her family were strained during menopause, particularly when one specific symptom took a heavy toll on her life. However, it was by becoming more open with her husband and sons that she ultimately found relief and strengthened their bond. She […]

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Laapataa Ladies

In 1984, during the Soviet–Afghan War, American photojournalist Steve McCurry took the head-covered picture of a hazel-eyed Afghan refugee near Peshawar, which appeared on the cover of National Geographic. The girl was lost to time. No one knew her or her whereabouts. She resurfaced after being identified as Sharbat Gula in 2002. Most of us […]

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Nowhere to hide as judge orders East London School teacher Kabir Jagwani to pay up

In a small but not insignificant victory for the scores of Indian women used and abandoned by NRI men, a judge in India has handed down an ex-parte judgment against an East London school teacher accused of spousal abandonment and dowry abuse. Judge Pranesh Kumar Pran, sitting at the family court in Indore in Madhya […]

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Landmark ruling by SC ensures women are not kicked out even if house not owned by husband

According to a landmark judgement by the Supreme Court an estranged daughter-in-law has the right to live in her in-laws’ home and can therefore not be thrown out by her husband or his family. A three-judge bench judgement of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R. Subhash Reddy and M.R. Shah overrides a two-judge verdict in S.R. Batra […]

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What kind of children are we creating???

A few weeks ago, I had attended a birthday party of my daughter’s friend. There they played a game, the age old ‘Passing the parcel’, however, what was different was the way it was played. The child who was caught with the parcel when the music stopped was asked to leave the circle, but with […]

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