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- Breasts - Know Them Save Them
If I say that for a woman, her breasts are merely two bundles of soft tissues which need continuous support, I would be dishonest.
- Fiction: Little Lizard
She pushed down the insect repellent knob and poison showered on the gecko. The reptile scuttled across the floor and...
- Time Passing Me By
Couple of days ago we found our old honeymoon snaps. Next year, come April, it will be ten years to...
- Mandry: The New Currency of Male Hatred
Mandry is a new currency, which is based on MisANDRY, hatred against males.
- Why Do Women Wear Heels?
I'd rather have a man fall for my wit than for the way my hips move
- What Do You Believe?
Self awareness leads to self confidence and when you know your self life automatically becomes more meaningful.
- Where Are The Feel Good Female Magazines?We crave good political commentary or maybe we just want to see Rahul Gandhi or Omar Abdullah centerfolds wearing nothing more than their legendary pouts.
- The Potential For Misuse of Laws in India
Some Men’s Rights activists feel misuse of laws by women to harass husbands actually helps the men’s movement.
- I Wish I Was Beaten Black And Blue
Ma, I wish I was beaten black and blue. For a hurt is never an offence for you
- Sense And Sensibility _ Are We Losing It?It is high time we realize that we are not differentiated by our religion, language, political boundary, faith but are united by the single thread
- Are You In Touch With Your Self?
I think, its time you, the reader -man or woman- find that ME-TIME, for yourself, ie., your own personal space and your time for yourself.
- Gender Stereotypes
Do you subscribe to them or challenge them?
- 10 Things I Hate About YouThese are plain facts about my daily life and how someone annoys me to death.
- Increasing Suicide Rates of Middle Eastern Women
What is the reason behind the increasing suicides amongst ME women?
- I Am My Own Woman
Two years later we made our first trip back as a married couple.
- Conflict Resolution for Muslims: A Practical Formula on the Chinese Theory of Mao-Dun
Conflicts are, in essence, survival skills.
- Worthy Matters
Are housewives really "economically non-productive workers", just like beggars and prostitutes?
- poetry: tongue tied
there are times when neither nature nor nurture is helpful
- poetry: tropic of yesthe waste lands of wiggles / where yesses collides with nos
- Poetry: Head and Heart
from her, herd, hard, heart to her
- The Feminist Hangover
Who’s going to rescue the world now that Superwoman has ousted Superman and killed the collaboration?
- The World Of Straight & Gay-Friendly
Should homosexuality be a deal-breaker in a straight relationship?
- Fiction: Cherries
The preying mantis moved on and tittered to each other. The man already forgotten.
- Is Burqa Banning Correct?
When a sovereign and prospering government like France does the unexpected, which many might term as a nasty piece of...
- Book Review: Yajnaseni - The Story of Draupadi
Pratibha's Draupadi/Yajnaseni/Krishnaa is a woman trapped by circumstances.
- Emancipation of Women: Is it Just a Long-cherished Dream?
The mantra is that come out of the fire well in which you are being burnt for the only reason that you were born as
- The SmartyPants Fetish
Have you ever asked a guy why he prefers blondes? Does anyone seek to understand the various fetishes and quirks that different men find appealing?
- To Be A Girl
Mama, when are you getting my ears pierced
- An Un-Fair Psyche
The dusky and ‘how can she be happy’ dame gets back home after a long gruelling day at the office. She wipes her makeup
- Nawwab and I: Booooobquake Alert
Jen McCreight is going to cause global quakes to prove Sadeghi right.
- Book Review : In Search of Sita
Mythology in India is not just an academic or historical subject, it is a vital and living topic of contemporary relevance
- Gay Trawl
It would be nice to see more gay oriented online magazines such as Gaysi take root in the vistas of the Desi Internet.
- Ayesha, Sania, And Dhokha
Should all marriages with Indians or between Indians be formally registered with the state?
- Idli, Sambhar and Chicken 498a
Order VAWA, made of Idli RAWA and get a complimentary Green Curd.
- Walking Through a Wheat Field
I hadn't seen wheat farming up close, until I walked into a golden-yellow wheat field in Rajasthan last week.
- Annie-Mal & A Girl Called Chris
Every book has a story and is also part of another story, its relationship with the reader.
- Judgement: Death Penalty for Honour Killing
Sushma Tiwari demanded Supreme Court to uphold death penalty for her brother.
- Should Parents be Made to bear Children’s Marriage Expenses?
Culture of Marriage spending violates freedom and liberty of people.
- poetry: tale of tails
tailgating tales
- Fiction: I Am Jill's Unfulfilled Desire
Maybe they had both grown older, more able to accept things as they were, less inclined to hide away.
- Photography Times: Married
Here’s to the Bharathiya Naari – an epitome of Indian tradition.
- Lady and the IPL Game
I don't know any woman who likes cricket just for the sport of it.
- Fiction: DustMy fingers tremble and bunch up the sheet’s poppy flowers in a blundered watercolour stain and the heart misses more than a few necessary beats.
- Alone, White, and Female in India
What's the right advice for a young white woman travelling alone in India?
- Women's Reservations - The Ground Reality
In parliament, it’s about India; not a few villages.
- Does Marriage Destroy Friendship?For marital friendship to be successful, friendship needs to go beyond the concept of conditional love.
- Male Dominance and Historical Wrongs done to Women
Should men be apologetic and live life feeling guilty and defensive?
- Photo Essay: Circumambulation of the London Fashion Week
A photo essay of what's outside the London Fashion Week.
- To My "Little Women"
There! 11 things - one for each year that I have been a mother.
- Counterpoint: Why Women's Reservation is a (Unreservedly) Good Idea
Women's reservation has been a long-time coming. This bill may not be the best or only solution to empowering women. But let not the perfect
- Ideart: Good Karma, Bad Medicine
The best way to communicate this thought may be visual and not verbal.
- Women’s Reservation Bill: Lottery System to Replace Democracy in India
30% of male MPs of Congress, BJP and CPM resigning for a women only bi-election?!!
- Spring-ing a Surprise
Confronted with a pile from my latest indiscretions, I make yet another “no more shopping, I have enough” resolution.
- Ten Dating Don'ts For Men
Animals do it, insects do it and human men do it too. Only don’t go on and on about it.
- poetry: whirling
"Rhythm is the basis of life, not steady forward progress. The forces of creation, destruction, and preservation have a whirling, dynamic interaction."-Kabbalah
- Homosexuality Versus Violation of Privacy
When I read about this case, I hoped that the story would be about how AMU stood by Dr.Siras and how police immediately were looking
- Love Is In The Air...
If I leave out someone who really matters, I will be met with iciest of glares for the rest of the year.
- Book Review: Victoria And Abdul
To be fair to the Queen as well, her love for Abdul Karim was that of a mother and her childlike dependence on him was - Young Home Maker's Pension and Retirement Industry
The issue of Pension for Home Makers throws some shocking facts in India's "Old Male" dominated society.
- The Five Lettered Word
It is a word we women dread the most. We try to avoid it yet there’s no escaping it. Many of us have learned to
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