Daughter’s marriage
I am Ramesh Shah, a 54 year old businessman. My daughter Vinita, an architect is 29 years old and unmarried. She had a romantic relationship with a boy who was her classmate, but I had refused to give consent for…
Marriage frustration
I am Ami Kameshwari, a 23 year old from Jaipur. I got married to Neil Goel, a 28 year old businessman before 4 months. I feel that our married life is a failure. Within such a short period, Neil feels…
Marriage choice
I am Manan, a 27 year old, IT professional, working in the U.S. I had gone to the U.S. before 5 years to study my masters and have been working there since 2 years. I have come to India to…
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…
HUSBAND IN HEAVEN, HELL ON EARTH
Advertisement in the SUNDAY TIMES – Matrimonial Supplement – Extremely beautiful 5’5’’, highly sophisticated, Ahmedabad based, Hindu lady of 34 years, widowed, with one son, seeks Hindu alliance up to 40 years minimum 5’10’’ highly educated, cultured, dignified established professional/businessman…
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…
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER
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 of…