October 28, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
Do married people have to be together all the time? My own answer to this would be “NO”. I got married because I want a companion for life, but my life needs space once in a while. Two distinct individuals…
Read more
“We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Relationships may be born out of necessity, love, attraction or loss, but they flourish on integrity and honesty. What is considered to be a deception is not really as…
Read more
Everything in our life revolves around relationships. Personal, professional, social, whatever is the aspect of it but the fact remains, good relationships are the key to a well supported life. There does come a point in everybody’s life where one…
Read more
September 20, 2015 Communication
How do you recognize a red flag in your relationship? What are the signs to watch out for and how do you know a temporary danger from a permanent harm? Relationships are made from the heart. While the mind does…
Read more
August 13, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
Compromise sounds like such a harsh word when we are talking about family and career, both very important and in that order. It would be foolish to say that a career means nothing compared to family, equally true is the…
Read more
Right at the start it is important to know that guests are guests, invited or unexpected, you should treat them no different. It is easy to play the perfect host when you a guest list at hand and have invited…
Read more
May 28, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
What is considered as “extended family” for the rest of the world is actually family for India. Parents and siblings form part of the family, rest are considered as extended family. The traditional joint family system still exists in most…
Read more
April 21, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
Why shouldn’t they? It is really frustrating that in this day and age we are asked to give reasons for husbands to do housework. I guess, housework is still by and large regarded as a woman’s job and any deviation…
Read more
It would be so easy to wash our hands off the adult that leaves our house and behaves irresponsibly; after all, we don’t have any control over that adult. But fortunately for children and the society, parenting is not a…
Read more
February 15, 2015 Communication
What happens when your partner nags, whines and criticizes all the time? Well, a number of things happen but of all the consequences, two are mostly like to cause the maximum damage: Irritation and Indifference. I knew my partner well…
Read more
February 8, 2015 Friends and Peers
Friends are your support system. They walk side by side with family and sometimes take over when there is none. So can things go wrong in genuine friendships too? Can something as close to your heart die? Do real friendships…
Read more
I was just twelve and thrilled at the prospect of grandma moving in with us for good. She always stayed the winters with us every year, but now that she wasn’t going back. It sounded too good to be true….
Read more
September 21, 2014 Friends and Peers
I don’t know whether you should or should not, but I would. Because it concerns my friend We are not talking about a stranger or an acquaintance here. We are talking about a friend and that means a relationship close…
Read more
Love them, hate them but can’t avoid them. Marriage brings together a lot of things, one of them being an additional set of parents. You can either think of them as the “in laws” and keep a safe distance or…
Read more
September 18, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
By the time the tenth anniversary comes there isn’t much remaining to be given so one has to think hard and be really creative. When it comes to an anniversary gift nothing is too cheesy or expensive. This is one…
Read more
“Men are from mars and women are from Venus!” Somebody really hit the right spot in this quote. There are lots of things men secretly wish women knew, understood and followed, what stops them from freely expressing it? Women perhaps!…
Read more
It is often said that if you love a person, you have no time to judge them. Need any more hints? I hope not! the key is to make them love you so that they wont judge you and if…
Read more
It is often said that if you love a person, you have no time to judge them. Need any more hints? I hope not! the key is to make them love you so that they wont judge you and if…
Read more