Talaaq or divorce is always looked down upon in Islam, however, it is a means by which two people who cannot accommodate with each other can seek freedom from the ties of marriage. Oral Talaaq is increasingly becoming common in Islam, where men are allowed to utter three words and become free from the ties of marriage. However, this method is quite different from the ones which … [Read more...]
This Is How A Divorced Man/Woman In India Is Exactly Presumed To Be
The other day, one of my friends texted me. She had met a guy whom she genuinely liked. He was a surgeon, well read, and definitely intelligent. It was sort of a blind date, and I could tell she liked him, but there was a certain hesitancy on her part. When I asked her the reason, she told me the guy was divorced. The hesitancy certainly took me by surprise. I just assumed … [Read more...]
My Friend Is Going For A Divorce, And She Really Needs It. But I Am Afraid What Might Happen Next.
Like many other girls, my friend “Siya” had her dreams of being loved and married to a handsome and debonair man. She got married to the one she fell in love with. But now, after some years of her shaky marriage, I see her speaking in a wailing, dolorous voice, “I and my husband cannot coexist under one roof anymore and we are thinking to break this marriage.” I asked her, … [Read more...]
Jazbat – Ek Mitti ka Khilona : The horrors of divorce in India
This monologue has been written to bring to the surface the horrors of a woman who has been abandoned or divorced by her husband. Ever year in India the newspapers are filled with cases of divorce. Women in India since time immemorial have been facing extreme uncertainties in their life for no fault of theirs. In this monologue I have tried to bring to light the horrors a woman … [Read more...]