Vidushi Gupta : The SoulHome

Dear men, It is an open letter to all of you. Every single one of you. Kindly do read it completely. Dear men, I get my half origins of existence from a man, I. E my father. I have a man in my life who I love teasing, who I call my brother. I have a man in my life who I love truly, madly, deeply, who I would very soon call a husband. And if I will be fortunate, I will have a man who will originate from my womb, who I will call as my son. Apart from them, I have male friends, I have thousands of male readers who look up to me, see me as an inspiration and respect me a lot. So in the beginning of this open letter, I would first like to thank God for creating men and giving me a few of them in my life as a blessing. All of you do so much for me, I cannot thank you enough. Dear men, I understand and know most of you really respect women and their dignity, treat them good and try your best to keep them safe. But if you, God forbid, don't fall in the said category, and if by any c...

This article is going to be a little blunt and might not go well with the ‘modern minds', but well, the question requires this : In olden times the marriageable age was 16–22 : Both for a boy and girl, the marriageable age was quite low, when their minds were young and innocent. So they found it less difficult to adjust because they practically grew up together, unlike today when most educated people are marrying around 25–30 years of age, where they have their own solid minds and personalities and find compromising hard. In olden times, marriage did not happen for companionship: For a girl, marriage was necessary to have a husband in the society. For the boy, he married to bring in a woman who can take care of his parents, look after his home, and birth next generation (preferably boys). Their motive was not companionship. Today, however, these points do exist but as secondary. Primarily, men and women look for their companions in marriage. In olden times women didn't h...

7:00 A.M. He: ‘Good morning baby. Wake up. Talk to me, I am missing you.’ She: ‘Yeah, I am up. Good morning. I am missing you too.’ 9:00 A.M. She: ‘You going to your college?’ He: ‘Yes, I am in my class. You?’ She: ‘I too am in class, feeling bored. Such a complex topic.’ He: ‘Let's bunk studies and go watch a movie. What's say?’ She: ‘But day before yesterday only we bunked our classes and went for a long ride.’ He: ‘So what? These are our fun days. Let's enjoy.’ She: ‘Okay. Will meet you in one hour at the mall.’ He: ‘Cool. I'll book the tickets.’ They spent all afternoon together. 5:00 P.M. He: ‘Hey. What are you doing?’ She: ‘Going out with friends for a party.’ He: ‘Will there be boys too?’ She: ‘Yes.’ He: ‘Don't go.’ She: ‘But why?’ He: ‘Because I don't like seeing you go out with other boys.’ She: ‘Okay.’ 9:00 P.M She: ‘You're online and still not talking to me?’ He: ‘I was talking with Amit.’ She: ‘...