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Articles with tag: Parenting

Live In

Prashant Bhatt   Nov 3, 2008

“The world outside the campus is very cruel. There are people who pass sarcastic remarks or start giving patronizing advice regarding my job, career, potential marriage� she told as they sat together

Common Sense Left Behind

Prashant Bhatt   Oct 22, 2008   interacts: 1

The principal called her and told -“We have prepared the school-leaving certificate of your child. Please sign it and then we are free from any obligation to each other.�

Love at Shara Zawia

Prashant Bhatt   Oct 5, 2008   interacts: 1

Muneer and Emily had gone to Tangiers to register their marriage, as many foreigners who marry in Libya do.
Emily does not like to talk about these things.

Traumas Tattoos and Teenage

Javaria Farooqui   Aug 4, 2007   interacts: 2

Considerate ‘grownups’ are as rare as good politicians, and the problems of teenagers are larger than those of any nation.

Sunshine, Smiles and Flowers

Raiya Hashmi   Jun 26, 2007   interacts: 5

A small rectangular album fell in my lap as I pulled out the dusty box resting in the innermost corner of my cupboard. This brown box labeled “Viking Dinner Set” contained possessions from my college days.

Dilemma Over Spiderman

sameena khan   Jun 7, 2007   interacts: 6

'So what if people have died, why can’t we go watch a movie?' She demanded to know. A thousand bombs exploded within me.

Why Superwomen Have it Bad

Kiran Shah   May 23, 2006   interacts: 32

All we ask is that when we are overburdened, beat up, harassed and looked down on that we get a bit of a helping hand. In those lovely moments of realization my metrosexual man walks into the kitchen, blazing with afternoon heat

Kati Patang

Azmat Hussain   May 10, 2005   interacts: 9

could never figure out why my mother thought that she was protecting me from some danger that lurked on the roof. Those were the best of times; it was when I was totally fearless.

Parents and the Pill

Zehra Rizvi   Apr 29, 2005   interacts: 523

Which desi girl goes around asking her father, when she is unmarried, or even when she is married, to call in a birth control prescription?

Daughtering

Amrita Rajan   Feb 21, 2005   interacts: 9

I am afraid I will say things like I hate you and you killed my father to my mother if I see her again…

Baby’s Room

Sucheta Potnis   Apr 15, 2004   interacts: 24

She got up then, and laughed out aloud, her laughter drowning out the baby’s cries. As the baby heard the alien sound of laughter from his mother’s familiar voice, his cries dwindled to a whimper.

Searching for Infantopia

Shandana Minhas   Apr 8, 2004   interacts: 8

Motherhood is only one aspect of the female of the species. The growing number of early childhood care and educational initiatives is one of the most obvious indications of this shift in attitude.

On Raising Kids ...

Maryam Zain   Nov 9, 2003   interacts: 24

What in your opinion is the toughest job in the world?

Documentarians Hope to Enlighten Americans about Prophet

Richard Scheinin   Dec 24, 2002   interacts: 138

the program provides a more balanced explanation of Muhammad's prophetic message of justice and mercy

Perfect Women. Imperfect Men

Nafees Ghaznavi   Oct 24, 2002   interacts: 68

women should also be able to fulfill their responsibilities towards their homes

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