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Breaking free: Why escaping an abusive marriage requires more than financial independence

June 03, 2026 12:32 pm

The ability to leave an unhealthy relationship often depends not just on emotional strength, but on whether a person believes they can rebuild life independently afterwards. And that's where financial security plays the biggest role.

Saif Ali Khan speaks about parenting and financial independence

'Father would be happy I wasn't asking for money': Saif Ali Khan on success; why financial freedom matters

May 25, 2026 2:59 pm

Saif Ali Khan reflected on career success, fatherhood, and financial independence.

Jhalmuri was the quiet witness to India’s evolution. Now, it finally gets its big break

April 24, 2026 3:35 pm

In an election in which the ruling Trinamool Congress and the challenger BJP have given no quarter, jhalmuri has found unexpected fame

Experts and women discuss the exhausting pressure of the Indian marriage market despite successful careers and independence

'At 28, I’ve built a career and a life in a new city -- so why is my family treating me like a problem to be solved?'

March 20, 2026 4:29 pm

Working, financially independent, and living on our own terms, yet we are measured almost entirely by our marital status. Indian women in their late 20s are navigating a quiet, relentless pressure that no career milestone seems to silence.

Why does Gen Z criticise the 9-to-5 yet struggle to quit?

‘It pays my bills, but it doesn’t feel like me’: Why India’s Gen Z hates the 9-to-5 but refuses to quit

March 06, 2026 3:24 pm

Stay on for financial stability or quit to pursue a dream? Inside Gen Z’s uneasy, exhausting, and deeply rational compromise between meaning and money.

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Tricolour’s journey to citizens’ hands & hearts, a democracy story

January 24, 2026 7:40 am

The national flag’s journey, from the first version designed by Sister Nivedita (the vajra flag) to Naveen Jindal, reflects a remarkable continuity in India’s democratic imagination.

Twinkle Khanna reflects on how watching Dimple Kapadia, raise two daughters alone shaped her beliefs about strength, gender and independence.

‘My mother would wake up…’: The powerful childhood moment that made Twinkle Khanna believe women were ‘superior’

January 19, 2026 5:34 pm

This constant demonstration of hard work became a blueprint for a young Twinkle.

Feroze Gandhi cannot be forgotten because he lives in the marrow of India’s democratic experiment

September 16, 2025 6:13 pm

Social media mobs mocked Rahul Gandhi for failing to publicly remember his grandfather on his birth anniversary. What makes the present trolling so hollow is that those who contributed nothing to the freedom struggle now demand ritualised remembrance from those whose ancestors filled India’s jails

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Untold stories of Bengali women revolutionaries

August 24, 2025 8:17 am

As India stands tall this Independence Day, it is time to remember these women — not as footnotes to a masculine history, but as foundational architects of freedom.