TURMOIL AT 40
Paritosh Shukla is a 47 year-old manager of a reputed banking institution. He lives with his parents who are 71 and 68 years old, his 43 year-old wife Kiran who is a volunteer in a NGO, his 24 year-old son…
THE SANDWICH GENERATION
Radha is 40 years old, a MBA manager working in a multinational soft-drink company. She has a husband who is 43 years old, a well-known chartered accountant, a son14 years and daughter 10 years old. She is the only child…
THE ADULT CHILD
Rahul is 27 years old. His daily routine is to get up at 11 a.m. After taking his meal he hangs out with his friends. He plays some sport at a club in the afternoon, spends time with his girl…
TEMPER TANTRUMS
Sonya, 23 years old, has just come back from her college, where she is pursuing post-graduation in literature. She is in tears as she has broken off with her boyfriend Manan – the third in 2 months. He had been…
THE CHILD PARENT
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…
NORMALCY, NO PROBLEM
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…
ELDERLY WORRIES
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…
Marital Discord – II
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 week…
Marital Discord
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…