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Is It Really The Fault Of The Husband When His Wife Commits Suicide Because He Is Gay?

May 6, 2015 by

Is It Really The Fault Of The Husband When His Wife Commits Suicide Because He Is Gay?

In between IPL season 8 and Rahul Gandhi’s return, the news channels were buzzing with the news of a young woman committing suicide and blaming her husband’s gay life as the reason. Social media saw a bag of mixed responses. Many blamed the husband for inflicting emotional trauma, forcing the young doctor to take such a drastic step, while some blamed the woman for not being … [Read more...]

Today A Poor Farmer Hanged Himself In Front Of Police And Politicians. And All They Did Was WATCH!

April 22, 2015 by

Today A Poor Farmer Hanged Himself In Front Of Police And Politicians. And All They Did Was WATCH!

“Andhero se apni is kadar darta hai who….ki ghar kisika jalakar bhi roshni karta hai who…” Gajendra Singh was brought dead to the Ram Manohar Lohia hospital at 3:00 PM today when Chief Minister of Delhi was addressing a rally at Jantar Mantar. Gajendra Singh was from Dausa, Rajasthan and his only fault was that he was a farmer of an agrarian country called India. He wrote in … [Read more...]

Depression in the Indian Society: Lets talk about the untalkable!

March 23, 2015 by

Depression in the Indian Society: Lets talk about the untalkable!

Gossips, agony aunty issues, missing maid crisis, handling the significant other, predicting what’s happening next in the daily soap are some of the most favorite and widely discussed topics over coffee, tea and dinner. But we live in a nation, where discussing mental ailments on a coffee or dinner table is still a taboo. When the Bollywood Diva, Deepika Padukone came out in … [Read more...]

The other side of section 309: How decriminalisation of it gives a huge boost to crime in India

December 23, 2014 by

The other side of section 309: How decriminalisation of it gives a huge boost to crime in India

In a recent decision made by the government of India, section 309 has been omitted from the Indian Penal Code (IPC). According to the decision, “attempt to suicide” is no more a crime under the legal system of our India.  This decision received mixed responses from all over the nation, when I read about it a few days back, only one thought struck me. I was very sure now about … [Read more...]

The Inside story of how decriminalizing ‘attempt to suicide’ has more harms than good coming out of it

December 11, 2014 by

The Inside story of how decriminalizing ‘attempt to suicide’ has more harms than good coming out of it

Government has taken a bold step of decriminalizing ‘attempt to suicide’ by removing the Section 309 from statute book. Until now attempting suicide was a criminal offence which led to a fine or an imprisonment of 1 year.  This step by the government leaves me in two minds. One is, the government is actually moving forward by removing this act because it looked very … [Read more...]

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