Daughter-in-law - Different Truths

March 7, 2017
Alka Nigam
Gender, Special Feature

The New Women Poets

Women theorists agree that the literature of women depends on biological, social, psychological facts that govern her existence. In fact, if one is asked to name a single most characteristic feature...

February 28, 2017
Dr. Tripti Sharan
Relationship & Lifestyle

Children of the Past

Raising boys with raging hormones is not an easy task. Tripti found that her growing up son hastily closed his laptop and jumped from the bed. He asked a question...

December 23, 2016
Nikita Goel
Television

Has the Indian TV Degenerated from Career-Oriented and Ambitious to Submissive and Saree-clad Women?

It is sad to see Indian television become synonymous with the saas-bahu saga. Back in the 90’s, our television seemed to be far more advanced than today. It had very...

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

A Crowded Loneliness

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 4, 2016
Dr. Tripti Sharan
Cover Story, Health, Short Story

The Twilight

Sexual behavior of the elderly especially the ‘Human Female’ of the menopausal age group is relatively a new subject to be talked about. The society looks down upon desire and...

May 17, 2016
Maya Khandelwal
Short Story

The Gap

In this women-centric short story, Maya shows the generation gap between daughter-in- law and mother-on- law. How they are from different worlds, different times. The resolution is heart-warming. She has her...

March 17, 2016
Arindam Roy
Crime, Religion

Prowling Killers of Witnesses in the Rape Cases of Asaram & Narayan Nabbed by Police

A sharpshooter from Bengal, Kartik Haldar, told the police that he killed three witnesses in the rape cases of Asaram and his son at the behest of the godman and...

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