Children of two worlds: when divorce and distance collide
What happens when divorced parents do not simply live apart, but in different cities or countries, in ways that fragment a child’s sense of belonging, asks Vaishnavi Roy.
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No colour, no touch: let us undo the silent exile of Vrindavan’s widows
In Vrindavan’s widow houses, women exiled for outliving their husbands endure silent grief and the lifelong deprivation of human touch. Can a culture truly be spiritual if it treats women this way, asks Vaishnavi Roy.
Her nest is empty, but the Wi-Fi’s always on
There’s a silent epidemic in modern Indian households: the emotional abandonment of mothers after children leave home, and the resulting dependence on the internet as a surrogate for connection, relevance and identity, writes Vaishnavi Roy.
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