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Nita, 30 years old, a competent software engineer is completely baffled managing her two children – 6 year old Mit and 3 year old Jaina. Mit has recently started going to school and feels very superior about his activities. He…

I am an 18–year-old girl, Karishma. My parents are having conflicts from the day they married. My father is a womanizer. From the last 2 months my mother suspects him to be involved in an affair. Her nature is also…

Sachin and Hema got married through the Times Matrimonial on Dec. 1, 2001. Sachin is 28, an IT professional, while Hema, 26, is a teacher in a school. Their courtship was hardly for about a month and they had practically…

Rameshbhai, 64 years old, a retired clerk from the State Bank of India is sitting in the living room of his flat worrying about how he would manage the house next month. He had failed to anticipate the rising costs…

This is the 2nd part of the article published last week. It addresses the issues of conflicts between couples. Last week we addressed certain behavioral interventions that a wife could make in order to restore balance in the relationship. This…

Marriages are made in heaven and lived in hell. Vikram, a 30 year old pharmaceutical manager and Richa, 28, a software programmer fight bitterly every day since the past 1 year and the escalation came with Vikram threatening violence and…

Scene 1: October 1, 1999. Niraj Choksi is sitting with his parents discussing the girl whom they had gone to meet for considering marriage. This was the 35th girl that he had seen in the last 3 years and none…

This is the 2nd part of the article published last week. It addresses the issues of conflicts between mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law. Last week we addressed certain behavioral interventions that a daughter-in-law could make in order to restore balance in the…

Scene 1: It is 10:40 p.m., Thursday evening. Hema and her whole family are watching the popular serial "Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi". After that episode, there is a discussion about the conflicts between Tulsi, the daughter-in-law and Savita,…

It is 1.00 a.m. and Sarah Williams is in the midst of a group of men who are listening with rapt attention as she narrates an incident of how she was cheated while buying jewelry that afternoon. Her husband Thomas…