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May 9, 2012 by admin | No Comments
Although the book is considered fiction, Shaila portrays each woman “like it really is” living in a South Asian country where societal rules prevail. In one of the stories she talks about matriarchal control over the daughter-in-law where the daughter-in-law is expected to do all the work, where the daughter-in-law is not able to eat [...]
April 21, 2012 by admin | No Comments
Love is the most pleasurable and important thing that you can experience. There are different types of love. Many people are looking for good relationships. Think what you crave from your were attracted to someone and this is what it means to you. It can be a combination of acts, such as: nice words, being [...]
February 21, 2012 by admin | No Comments
Could Rhonda Byrne be wrong? Could there really be another Secret? According to C. Perry Yeatman and Stacie Nevadomski Berdan, the authors of Get Ahead By Going Abroad: A Woman’s Guide To Fast-Track Career Success, there is indeed another secret: working abroad gets you up the career ladder faster — especially if you are a [...]
January 31, 2012 by admin | No Comments
Whenever I was pregnant (three times with four children), I read everything I could put my hands on about being pregnant. I wanted to know how the baby was developing, what new pregnancy symptoms I could expect, whether things in my environment could hurt my baby, and so much more. I would read and re-read [...]
January 30, 2012 by admin | No Comments
“My name is Shikha Morol. That’s not my real name, but I don’t want to tell you my real name. This is my name here. And please don’t take any pictures. I won’t allow it… “ The woman in front of me sat with her head bowed. She wore a blue synthetic sari with garish [...]
January 10, 2012 by admin | No Comments
Malika Anderson, long-time life coach, advocate, and enthusiast for women, has written the guide for the twenty-first century woman that helps women not only to survive and persevere but to thrive and shine, by using common-sense, embracing themselves, and accepting reality. Unlike other guidebooks that try to tell women how they can have it all, [...]
January 9, 2012 by admin | No Comments
Author Keith G. Wright has released the latest addition to his “Ain’t No Joke” series. Unlike his previous two books – one about being a successful parent and another about surviving the teenage years – this one is about something he’s never gone through…being a woman. Does a man – or even this man – [...]
January 8, 2012 by admin | No Comments
“Them” is written by Joyce Carol Oates. In 1937 Detroit, 16 year old Loretta contemplates an evening date with a boy she likes. She lives in an apartment with a father who doesn’t work and is drunk all the time, and with a brother who might be dangerous for all she knows. Her life takes [...]
January 6, 2012 by admin | No Comments
Advaita Kala in “Almost Single” makes a pertinent observation on the institution of marriage- is marriage the be all and end all of womanhood as decreed through convention? Patriarchal society’s utterances on any matter pertaining woman have been treated as inscriptions on stone. Marriage has been a status woman strives to reach for, but has [...]
January 4, 2012 by admin | No Comments
It’s almost 40 years since Margaret Drabble published The Waterfall, a novel, therefore, of the swinging, liberal, liberated sixties. The scenario is simple. Jan and Malcolm and Lucy and James are two (heterosexual) couples. Then Jane initiates a shuffle of the cards and has an affair with James. By 2007 standards, this might provide enough [...]
December 23, 2011 by admin | No Comments
When I was in my 20s a lot of Americans, including relatives of my friends, were living in Saudi Arabia because their jobs took them there. There was little concern for personal safety at the time. I was intrigued by comments on the book cover of The Unveiling: An American Teacher in a Saudi Palace [...]
December 12, 2011 by admin | No Comments
About the Author: Esther Blum is a Registered Dietitian and Holistic Nutritionist practicing in New York City. In her years of practice, Esther has helped show countless women how to put the fun back in eating, be a tigress in bed, eat and drink like a food fashionista, choose the right vitamins, feel up instead [...]
November 29, 2011 by admin | No Comments
It Could Happen Again, Sonia Rumzi, 2011, ASIN B004TMB64Y (Kindle e-book) This novelette looks at the world of domestic violence. It is not a pretty picture. Set in present-day Boston, Truvi and her four boys are living with Jake, her boyfriend (two of the children are his). Noor, her friend and co-worker, is the recipient [...]
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