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…
Adolescent Peer Groups
Karan, 15 years old, studies in the 11th standard of a prestigious English medium school in Ahmedabad. He came here from Junagadh where he lived with his parents. He was a very obedient son, would study well and scored 91%…
Career development
Ashish is a 17-year-old student of a well-known English medium school. He is studying in the 12th standard. He had scored 92 % marks in his 10th Board examinations. His parents are both doctors and want him to become a…
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…
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…
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…
WHERE HAS THE ROMANCE GONE?
Nirali lives opposite the Parimal gardens. It was the rainy season, and she spied some young couples enjoying a bhutta on the road. There was a lot of laughing and chirping, giggling and shyness in them, and life seemed without…
GIVE ME ATTENTION
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,…
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER
Scene 1: October 1, 1999Niraj 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 three years, and none of…
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…