Domestic Violence
Sonali, 26 years old, is sitting in her deluxe room at the Vrundavan Nursing Home. Her facial features reflect a bitterness that does not belong to her age. The weariness on her face and a resigned look betray the turmoil…
Experiences in Childhood
I am Vidhi Sharma, a 32-year-old housewife. My son, Siddharth, is 4 years old. I had been working for the first three years after his birth and have only recently since a year taken off from my work. I have…
Attraction in Family and Genetics
I am Rashid Mirza, a 24-year-old electronics engineer. I live in Canada and have come to India to get a bride for myself. My family wants me to marry my first cousin who is 22 years old. I have read…
Personality Differences
I am Saurin Pandya, a 31-year-old assistant administrative manager in a pharmaceutical company. I am very soft spoken, quiet and shy. My wife Nandita, 30 years old, a journalist in a leading newspaper, is very outgoing, cheerful and smart. Many…
Teaching Better
I am Sudha Mishra, a 42 year old teacher and principal of a school which deals with mainly pre-primary level children. Often there are a lot of interactions with the parents of the children about their developmental levels and child-rearing…
Emotional Understanding
I am Gayatri Patil, a 24-year-old school teacher. My husband Suresh often cites me as being too emotional and that characteristic of mine affecting my rational thought processes. I want to understand as to what emotions are and what role…
Exploration and Effectiveness
I am Vishaka Thakur, a 19-year-old commerce graduate. I feel very restless all the time. I cannot sit at one place and be satisfied with doing the monotonous things over and over again. The same type of movies, eating joints…
Materialistic Chase
I am Ashish Sharma, a 25-year-old commerce graduate working as a salesman in a plastic toys company. I have found that I have no desires for good clothes, movies, eating in a restaurant, having the company of the opposite sex,…
Inability to Prioritize
I am Prayag Shah, a 36 year old executive with a pharmaceutical company. I feel that since the last 14-15 years I am under a state of constant crisis. I feel that I am always moving from resolving one crisis…
Social Phobia
I am Vinay Kamdar, an 18-year-old student of the first year of commerce. This is the end of my first year in college, but I feel that I have not been able to progress in social interactions like my other…