A woman in Gujarat who was abducted and gang raped now has to go through the purification process. She is pregnant and wanted to abort the baby of rape. But the village courts of Gujarat ruled against the abortion becaus...

A 63-year-old woman living alone on the first floor of her parental house was rescued by an NGO, Prabh Aasra, and Chandigarh Police on Tuesday. The woman, Sukhi, was immediately taken to Government Medical College and Ho...

Another reason to be kind to your in-laws- if the reason that they are your spouse’s family isn’t enough! The NRI in this case had filed for a divorce on the grounds that his wife was ill-treating his family. In one inci...

Why Everyone Remembers Differently? “You said that, and not this.” This statement is often met with “I don’t remember this, I remember saying this.” While note keeping and journal entries can help establish the fact chec...

Koral Dasgupta’s book POWER OF A COMMON MAN - Connecting to Consumers the SRK Way is a unique book analyzing the consumer behavior and marketing techniques through the journey of the immensely successful King Khan. The b...

The White Widow Samantha Louise Lewthwaite, born and raised as a Christian, converted to become a Muslim at the age of 17 is one of the deadliest terrorist alive today. Media has called her the “The White Widow” after he...

When do you know that the relationship is not working out anymore? And when are you sure that its not the midlife crisis that’s saying you don’t like your partner anymore …When does it occur to you that not only you are...

Every year thousands of married Hindu women fast from dawn until moonrise to celebrate Karva Chauth, a festival to celebrate for the long-life and well-being of their husbands. On the 4th day of the full moon in the Kart...

and carries pictures of Celebrity Chef Nigella Lawson attacked by her husband Charles Satchi in a London restaurant. The couple had gone to their favorite seafood restaurant and were seen sitting in an outside table. It...

They offered her a lift and she accepted. Later, they took her to an isolated spot and raped her for one hour. Medical reports have confirmed that she was raped and the (lawless) law of the land is on the look out for th...

If you’ve watched Sridevi’s—Bollywood actress of the 80s—latest release ‘English Vinglish’ you’ll understand what the plight of being an outcast means – when you’re out-casted by your family. Let’s face it, in India, if...

A 20-year-old woman was gang-raped in a moving car by her husband and his two relatives here, police said Thursday. All attackers have been arrested. The incident came to light late Wednesday evening when the woman was f...

Newly married, my husband, Eric, and I moved to a new home with our kids. Now we would start trying to blend our families. From the beginning, it was total chaos. There were endless chores, to say nothing of the logistic...

Excuse me while I play the cranky feminist for a minute, but I'm disheartened every time I sign into Facebook and see a list of female names I don't recognize. You got married, congratulations! But why, in 2013, does get...

Living in the Midwest, there are just too many reasons to be glad to get past the February bump. I usually enter March pirouetting around the yard chasing birds and plucking flowers, at least in my head, and tearing pink...

It is after 8pm on Valentine’s Day and a queue is still stretching around the block. Inside the kitchen store in a suburban Los Angeles shopping mall, Nigella Lawson radiates charm and nervous energy, despite starting he...

Justice Bhaktavatsala , a Karnataka High Court judge was in limelight when he had said -( The case involved a 28 year old woman getting beaten by the husband on a regular basis . He told the wife to go home because the h...

Marriage and Partnership in Modern Life Marriage and long-term partnership remain central to human happiness and meaning. Yet modern life creates unique challenges for sustained partnership. What Makes Partnerships Last...

A Naperville family was torn apart by a horrific act of domestic violence when two children — a boy and a girl — were found stabbed to death inside their home, with investigators describing a scene of extraordinary bruta...

A cultural reckoning arrived in many South Asian communities when prominent voices — some religious, some political — made statements defending or minimizing domestic violence, forcing a confrontation with attitudes towa...

Ann Romney has recalled how her husband would "curl up in bed with me" as she battled depression and the onset of multiple sclerosis, revealing a tender side to the man who will formally accept the Republican presidentia...

Almost 60 hours after they fled Bangalore fearing attacks by Muslims, the first batch of about 7,000 passengers from the Northeast arrived at the Guwahati railway station this morning. The two special trains and the regu...

Relationships and Human Connection Humans are fundamentally social creatures. Strong relationships are central to happiness, health, and meaning. Multiple Relationships A fulfilling life typically involves multiple types...

Understanding Indian Politics India's politics is complex—federal system, multiple languages, religions, castes, and classes create extraordinary diversity. Understanding Indian politics requires understanding this diver...

Billionaire Indian industrialist Mukesh Ambani's wife Nita describes their 27-storey Mumbai house Antilla as a "modern home with an Indian heart" and the "only home we have in the world." The ultra-luxurious 400,000 sq f...

In a city where women's public presence had been systematically erased under Taliban rule and where the years since 2001 had brought uneven and fragile progress, Shakila Naderi ran a driving school in Kabul — and her stu...

A pediatric obesity case that circulated widely in American medical literature illustrated both the stakes of childhood weight gain and the effectiveness of family-based behavioral interventions when implemented early an...

Understanding Indian Politics India's politics is complex—federal system, multiple languages, religions, castes, and classes create extraordinary diversity. Understanding Indian politics requires understanding this diver...

A baby found alive in a coffin in an Argentine morgue nearly 12 hours after the girl had been declared dead is improving, but questions remain for the hospital responsible for the near-fatal mistake. The mother, Analia B...

Understanding Average Looking Woman Thinks It The topic "Average Looking Woman Thinks It" addresses an important contemporary issue or experience. Rather than simple answers, thoughtful engagement requires nuance and mul...

The indictment of a prominent fundraiser for Barack Obama's presidential campaigns on federal fraud charges created political complications for an administration that had campaigned on ethics and transparency, and renewe...

Ann Romney's emergence as one of Mitt Romney's most effective campaign surrogates in 2012 reflected a recognition within the Republican campaign that she possessed qualities her husband demonstrably lacked—natural warmth...

Fraudulent marriage arrangements in which siblings or other relatives pair up with foreign nationals willing to participate in exchange for payment—creating immigration paperwork supporting a spousal visa application wit...

A prenuptial agreement that included a clause prohibiting either spouse from gaining more than a specified amount of weight during the marriage — with financial penalties attached to violations — attracted significant at...

Volume 5 of the Friday cooking column arrives with a menu built around the principle that the best weeknight food often comes from the pantry rather than the produce aisle — dishes where the deep work has been done by so...

Le Siam, Naperville My husband, AS, was craving Thai. He had a sore throat and wanted to have some warm and spicy Thai soup. So we headed to Le Siam in Naperville, recommended by one of our friends. The restaurant was pr...

Easy Breezy Bhindi! One of my favorite vegetables, this is one of the easiest okra recipes ever! The bhindi dish, fondly called Sorshe-Posto Bhindi in Bengali, can be prepared in a jiffy and yet it...

The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says, "It's a girl." -Shirley Chisholm The very words “It’s a girl” are considered inauspicious and are a source of disappointment f...

Boy dumps girl who tied rakhi to husband to reunite with him MEERUT: The ajab prem ki ghazab kahani that rocked this western Uttar Pradesh town last fortnight has taken a sad twist. Remember the young husband who had ask...

Valentine's Day generates enormous commercial activity and a recurring set of cultural arguments — about its Hallmark-holiday origins, its exclusionary pressure on the single, its reduction of romantic love to a single a...

The Saturday-night standoff—one partner eager to attend a social event, the other determined to stay home—is among the most reliably recurring conflicts in long-term relationships, and the way couples navigate it reveals...