The subjugated mother
My sister, Amisha, 28 years old, lives in Pune. Her husband, Sandeep, a businessman is a very dominating person. They have a small child, Priya, who is just 2 years old. Amisha is unable to adapt to Sandeep’s dominance and…
The importance of cooperation in marriage
Rahul is a 30 year-old MBA working as a marketing executive in a bank. His wife Mitali, 28, an interior designer from Bombay works from home. Theirs was an arranged marriage and it is 2 years since then. It is…
LOST IN OWN WORLD
Sandeep is a 24 year-old student of commerce aspiring to be a chartered accountant. He has failed to clear his intermediate examinations even on his seventh attempt. Like all previous attempts he has an excuse – this time it was…
FROM THE FRYING PAN INTO THE FIRE
Last time we took up the issue of loss of social status for a widow through the case of Kamya. Let us look at the possible interventions and their outcomes. She has to take on the responsibility of being…
Grandmothers
I am Ayesha, 29 years old, mother of a 4-year-old son, Ayush. We live in a joint family and my husband is in the family business. My problem is that my mother-in-law is constantly interfering in all my activities. I could…