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In Gujarat, a gang-rape survivor who was denied an abortion was ordered to undergo an 'agnipariksha' purity ritual before returning home — a test of

June 14, 2015 · 1 min read

An NGO and Chandigarh Police rescued 63-year-old Sukhi, who had locked herself in her Sector 36 home for days, untreated and battling depression.

May 21, 2015 · 2 min read

A 2014 conversation with Koral Dasgupta, author of Power of a Common Man — on Shah Rukh Khan’s marketing genius, her research with 2,000 fans, and writing

November 17, 2014 · 3 min read

English Vinglish showed what it costs not to speak English in India; Anju Gattani on Shashi's quiet stand for her own worth.

April 17, 2013 · 3 min read

A 20-year-old woman was gang-raped in a moving car by her husband and two relatives in west Delhi; all three attackers were arrested.

April 11, 2013 · 1 min read

Blended-family chaos meets The Prince: one mom's Machiavellian experiments — Target budgets, school rivalries, and one well-timed white lie.

April 8, 2013 · 9 min read

Why do women still give up their names at marriage while men never do? On identity, history, and the quiet pressure behind the tradition.

March 8, 2013 · 2 min read

Romance author Sonali Dev shares seven rules for keeping the love alive when you're losing your mind — from holding hands to yelling it out.

March 5, 2013 · 3 min read

A 2012 remark by a Karnataka High Court judge sparked outrage — but a national health survey found 54% of Indian women themselves said wife-beating could be

February 6, 2013 · 2 min read

In 2012 Kabul, Shakila Naderi ran a driving school for women — a small, pointed act of normalization in a city where public space was still deeply gendered.

May 19, 2012 · 1 min read

A prenup with a weight-gain penalty clause made headlines in 2012. Why body-policing contracts are legally shaky — and what they do to a marriage.

March 13, 2012 · 1 min read

Friday cooking column Vol 5: a slow rajma in tomato-onion gravy, jeera rice, and cucumber raita — the weeknight reward meal.

March 9, 2012 · 1 min read

This week's Friday table took us to Le Siam in Naperville for Tom Kha soup, crazy noodles, and Massaman curry — plus a home-style Tom Kha recipe to try

February 25, 2012 · 2 min read

The Friday cooking column continues with Mrinalini Sen's Easy Breezy Bhindi, a Bengali Sorshe-Posto style okra preparation with mustard-poppy paste.

February 19, 2012 · 1 min read

A Meerut bride tied a rakhi to her husband to reunite with her lover, then the lover dumped her. The strange, sad twist in a viral UP story.

June 28, 2011 · 1 min read

Valentine's Day is a floor, not a ceiling. What actually sustains love: appreciation, attention, repair, and affection -- practiced every day.

February 14, 2011 · 1 min read

One wants to go to the party, the other refuses. How couples handle the Saturday-night standoff says a lot about the marriage itself.

November 17, 2010 · 1 min read