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Forget threads and beads – invest in gold, diamond rakhi
Published on 13 Aug, 2011 at 11:35 in Relationships | Viewed 9,388 views times | No Comments
New Delhi: Raksha Bandhan denotes a promise of protection forever from a brother to a sister – so might as well seal it with a life-long investment like a silver, gold or diamond rakhi. Ahead of the festival, these are being readily bought despite their expensive price tag.
If a regular rakhi costs anything between Rs.2 and Rs.150, a thread…
Wondering what to gift your sister this Rakhi?
Published on 12 Aug, 2011 at 9:05 in Relationships | Viewed 81 views times | No Comments
New Delhi : The gift of good health and wellness, gizmos and gadgets, apparels and accessories or good old cash – what is it that you’re planning to gift your sister this Raksha Bandhan?
Several discounts and offers are available at malls, local markets as well as in the online space for you to choose from for the festival that falls Saturday. Here are a few options:
Wardrobe indulgences
Diamond may be…
Mother’s weekly work is worth 37,000 pounds a year
Published on 5 Aug, 2011 at 10:42 in Relationships | Viewed 60 views times | No Comments
London: A mother is worth a salary of 37,000 pounds a year for her 71-hour week, a media report said.
The typical mum spends more than 10 hours a day on activities such as cleaning up after the children, putting them to bed and helping with homework.
This makes her working week even longer than that of a junior doctor, often regarded as the profession with the most demanding schedule, the…
Trendy moms wish to look like their daughters
Published on 5 Aug, 2011 at 9:59 in Relationships | Viewed 66 views times | No Comments
London:Ever wondered why a lot of middle-aged women dress up like girls younger to their age? A study has found such women are actually trying to look like their daughters.
The study reveals mothers who consider themselves young at heart will often use their daughters as role models, copying not just their clothes but also their hair and make-up.
According to the study conducted for the Journal of Consumer Behaviour, daughters,…
Dowry – And you thought it only happened in India
Published on 5 Aug, 2011 at 1:50 in Relationships | Viewed 297 views times | No Comments
In an exclusive interview with G’day India, Tanul Thakur, the founder of DowryCalculator.com, a website that became a rage with Indian netizens, shares his reasons behind starting the site, and more.
Why did you set up dowrycalculator.com?
I used to be repelled by the system of dowry, and…
Kuwaiti women seek divorce from partying husbands
Published on 29 Jul, 2011 at 12:59 in Relationships | Viewed 113 views times | No Comments
More than 30 Kuwaiti women have filed for divorce after they found out that their husbands spent partying on New Year’s eve in Lebanon while claiming they were performing pilgrimage in Makkah, a media report said.
“Many husbands cause the end of their marriages by cheating and lying to their wives,” Kuwaiti lawyer Abdullah Al Shibani said.
“At the beginning of this year, 33 Kuwaiti women contacted me to file for…
Punjab’s runaway NRI grooms lose passports
Published on 11 Jul, 2011 at 13:03 in Relationships | Viewed 205 views times | No Comments
Jalandhar (Punjab): NRI grooms who believe “holiday marriages” are an easy way to make some money can think again. In just two months, the regional passport office (RPO) here has confiscated the passports of 48 men who married, allegedly got dowry, dumped their wives and attempted to flee the country.
In Punjab’s Doaba area, an NRI groom is a prize catch. But many women have had a bitter experience. There…
Domestic violence very high in Asia-Pacific: UN report
Published on 10 Jul, 2011 at 9:05 in Relationships | Viewed 135 views times | No Comments
New Delhi: Nearly half the population of women in the Asia-Pacific region have experienced physical and sexual violence at the hands of their partners, a report by UN Women claimed.
Released Wednesday, the report, which offers a comprehensive global review of women’s rights around the world, said that the level of domestic violence is very high in the Asia-Pacific region.
Saying that the private sphere must not be “outside justice”, the…
35 percent Indian women suffer domestic violence: UN
Published on 10 Jul, 2011 at 9:02 in Relationships | Viewed 177 views times | No Comments
New Delhi: Around 35 percent Indian women suffer from physical violence at the hands of their partners while nearly 40 percent men and women think that it is sometimes or always ‘justifiable’ for a man to beat his wife, a UN Women report said.
While the report, ‘Progress of the World’s Women’ was released, the formal launch in the capital.
The report also said that nearly 10 percent women were victims…
Men say ‘I love you’ 97 days after meeting women
Published on 17 Jun, 2011 at 11:51 in Relationships | Viewed 219 views times | No Comments
Men begin thinking about professing their love 97.3 days into a relationship, says a new study.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology study, however, said men who profess their love early in a relationship are “not to be trusted”.
Women actually prefer it when males wait to get serious.
The study…
