Parenthood

Srivatsan’s journey from Chennai to Toronto to find acceptance, find his partner Saravanan, and adopt their son Sendhan, highlights their struggles and triumphs as a gay couple.

Swati Jagdish, is Coimbatore's lactation counsellor-turned-sex educator, who addresses a myriad of unspoken topics including breastfeeding, menstruation, consent, sexual abuse at home on her page — Maya's Amma.

This online community started by Neela Kaushik has a membership of more than 30k women, empowering each other.

No one questions the different standards that are set for boys or girls, and continue to follow them blindly.

Out for work, the couple returned to their Sion-Koliwada house in the evening to witness the brutal murder of their only daughter, three-year-old Vaishnavi and Sheetal’s mother, 55-year-old Ranjana Nagotkar. The little girl and the elderly woman lay in a pool of blood, their throats slit.

The lives that these farmers have led in the last 30 years proves that the bond of motherhood or parenthood transcends blood relations.

While adopting, a couple become legal parents only when the court approves them to be fit for parenthood.

As a parent, raising a child with autism is as much a lesson as it is a challenge. A mother talks about her key takeaways from a lifetime raising a child with autism, and the experiences she has had.

Dads hold a special place in our hearts as well as in our family. On this Father’s Day, do something memorable and special for your Dad.

Part Two of a series analysing the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016 analyses the Bill from the perspective of the Commissioning Parents.