7 Games That Can Help to Boost Your Child's Intelligence
7 Games That Can Help to Boost Your Child's Intelligence

By Kazi Nasir

This article highlights seven powerful games, puzzles, chess, memory cards, building blocks, word games, math board games and strategy video games that can significantly enhance a child’s intelligence. Backed by research, including a UNICEF (2023) report showing a 30% boost in cognitive development through play-based learning, the article explains how each game improves skills such as problem-solving, memory, creativity, language development and decision-making.

This article highlights seven powerful games, puzzles, chess, memory cards, building blocks, word games, math board games and strategy video games that can significantly enhance a child’s intelligence. Backed by research, including a UNICEF (2023) report showing a 30% boost in cognitive development through play-based learning, the article explains how each game improves skills such as problem-solving, memory, creativity, language development and decision-making.

If Mangalsutra Shows a Woman Is ‘Taken’, Why Don’t Men Wear Anything?
If Mangalsutra Shows a Woman Is ‘Taken’, Why Don’t Men Wear Anything?

By Riya Kumari

For generations, a woman’s body has carried the weight of traditions that she never agreed to, inherited rituals she never chose, and symbols she wears not always out of love, but out of fear of what might happen if she doesn’t. The mangalsutra is one of those symbols, beautiful in intention for some, suffocating in expectation for others.

For generations, a woman’s body has carried the weight of traditions that she never agreed to, inherited rituals she never chose, and symbols she wears not always out of love, but out of fear of what might happen if she doesn’t. The mangalsutra is one of those symbols, beautiful in intention for some, suffocating in expectation for others.

TikTok's Bird Theory - Gen Z's Way to Test a Relationship
TikTok's Bird Theory - Gen Z's Way to Test a Relationship

By Kazi Nasir

TikTok’s viral Bird Theory suggests that the five words "I saw a bird today" reveal the emotional health of a relationship. Based on Dr. John Gottman’s research from the 1990s, this Gen Z trend measures how partners respond to small emotional cues. While popular among couples and influencers alike, psychologists warn against relying on it as a sole indicator of relationship strength, urging deeper communication and consistency instead.

TikTok’s viral Bird Theory suggests that the five words "I saw a bird today" reveal the emotional health of a relationship. Based on Dr. John Gottman’s research from the 1990s, this Gen Z trend measures how partners respond to small emotional cues. While popular among couples and influencers alike, psychologists warn against relying on it as a sole indicator of relationship strength, urging deeper communication and consistency instead.

Why Indian Mothers Raise Sons Who Become the Kind of Men They Fear
Why Indian Mothers Raise Sons Who Become the Kind of Men They Fear

By Riya Kumari

Some truths are easiest to see in hindsight, but hardest to admit in the present. Mothers, in their quiet resilience, nurture sons with hope, love, and sacrifice, but often, unknowingly, they pass on the very fears and patterns that haunt them. They raise men who are afraid of vulnerability, blind to accountability, and struggling with the weight of inherited expectations.

Some truths are easiest to see in hindsight, but hardest to admit in the present. Mothers, in their quiet resilience, nurture sons with hope, love, and sacrifice, but often, unknowingly, they pass on the very fears and patterns that haunt them. They raise men who are afraid of vulnerability, blind to accountability, and struggling with the weight of inherited expectations.

If a Woman Becomes “Dirty” After a Man, Why Isn’t He Called the Dirt?
If a Woman Becomes “Dirty” After a Man, Why Isn’t He Called the Dirt?

By Riya Kumari

There is a wound women inherit long before they grow up, a wound stitched with silence, shame, and stories that were never theirs. A woman is taught that one choice, one moment, one relationship can “reduce” her, as if her worth is a fragile coin that drops in value the second a man touches it.

There is a wound women inherit long before they grow up, a wound stitched with silence, shame, and stories that were never theirs. A woman is taught that one choice, one moment, one relationship can “reduce” her, as if her worth is a fragile coin that drops in value the second a man touches it.

"Don’t Live With Parents for 5 Years After Marriage", Say Relationship Experts
"Don’t Live With Parents for 5 Years After Marriage", Say Relationship Experts

By Nidhi

Relationship experts are urging newly married couples to avoid living with parents for the first five years of marriage, explaining that independence helps build emotional safety, confidence and stronger connection. From protecting romance and privacy to reducing household pressure and expectations, experts say that early married life needs personal space to grow. This article explains the seven reasons shared by counsellor Ajay K Pandey and why many couples find independent living better for stability and long term relationship health.

Relationship experts are urging newly married couples to avoid living with parents for the first five years of marriage, explaining that independence helps build emotional safety, confidence and stronger connection. From protecting romance and privacy to reducing household pressure and expectations, experts say that early married life needs personal space to grow. This article explains the seven reasons shared by counsellor Ajay K Pandey and why many couples find independent living better for stability and long term relationship health.

Why Do Indian Employers Ask Women About Marriage but Not Skills?
Why Do Indian Employers Ask Women About Marriage but Not Skills?

By Nidhi

Indian women continue to face questions about marriage and family in job interviews, even when they have the skills and qualifications employers claim to value. This article explores why companies still judge women based on personal life assumptions, how cases like the Foxconn controversy reveal deep systemic bias, and how stereotypes around commitment, reliability and family duties shape hiring decisions. It breaks down the cultural, corporate and societal patterns behind this discrimination and asks whether workplaces are truly ready to treat women as equal professionals.

Indian women continue to face questions about marriage and family in job interviews, even when they have the skills and qualifications employers claim to value. This article explores why companies still judge women based on personal life assumptions, how cases like the Foxconn controversy reveal deep systemic bias, and how stereotypes around commitment, reliability and family duties shape hiring decisions. It breaks down the cultural, corporate and societal patterns behind this discrimination and asks whether workplaces are truly ready to treat women as equal professionals.

The More Independent Indian Women Become, The More Insecure Indian Men Feel
The More Independent Indian Women Become, The More Insecure Indian Men Feel

By Riya Kumari

Every generation of Indian women has carried one silent dream, to live as a full human being, not someone’s shadow. And now that this dream is finally unfolding, something unexpected is happening: the more women rise, the more certain men feel like they are falling. Not because women are overpowering them, but because these men never learned to stand tall without controlling someone else’s wings.

Every generation of Indian women has carried one silent dream, to live as a full human being, not someone’s shadow. And now that this dream is finally unfolding, something unexpected is happening: the more women rise, the more certain men feel like they are falling. Not because women are overpowering them, but because these men never learned to stand tall without controlling someone else’s wings.

Why Indian Women Are Tired of Loving Men They Have to Raise
Why Indian Women Are Tired of Loving Men They Have to Raise

By Riya Kumari

Every time a woman explains her feelings, it feels like speaking into wind. Every time she asks for effort, she is met with silence, distraction, or a promise that never becomes reality. And while she is expected to hold everything together, the man she loves holds nothing, not the conversation, not the emotions, not the relationship.

Every time a woman explains her feelings, it feels like speaking into wind. Every time she asks for effort, she is met with silence, distraction, or a promise that never becomes reality. And while she is expected to hold everything together, the man she loves holds nothing, not the conversation, not the emotions, not the relationship.

Why Indian Parents Still Think Divorce Is Worse Than an Unhappy Marriage
Why Indian Parents Still Think Divorce Is Worse Than an Unhappy Marriage

By Nidhi

In India, divorce is still treated as a family disgrace, not a personal choice. This article explores why so many Indian parents push their daughters to “adjust” instead of “leave,” even when marriages turn toxic. It looks at how social pressure, family honor, and old ideas of respectability force women to suffer in silence.

In India, divorce is still treated as a family disgrace, not a personal choice. This article explores why so many Indian parents push their daughters to “adjust” instead of “leave,” even when marriages turn toxic. It looks at how social pressure, family honor, and old ideas of respectability force women to suffer in silence.

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