Author Niven Govinden's 'Black Bread White Beer' captures the inner lives of this thirty something, upwardly mobile couple as it deals with festering, unaddressed issues-mixed-race marriages, parental pressures, the tension between humanism and organized religion-and the loss of their unborn child. With Amal and Claud on the verge of true commitment and true adulthood, 'Black Bread White Beer' casts a critical eye on a society in which, despite never-ending advances...
05:20 PM, May 10, 2012
Washington: After years of "evolving" on the issue, US President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he believes same-sex couples should be allowed to marry, taking a stand that is likely to please his political base and upset conservative voters. "It is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same-sex couples should be able to get married," Obama said in an interview with ABC's Robin Roberts. Obama's...
06:01 AM, May 10, 2012
BANGALORE: Soaring real estate prices in Bangalore may be burning holes in the pockets of prospective buyers, but it seems to be bringing families together. Couples who had chosen to live in nuclear families after marriage, are now coming back to their parents, all thanks to skyrocketing realty prices. According to realty intelligence firms, prospective investors now prefer to cut the expenses by living under the same roof with their...
09:18 AM, Feb 18, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday denied permission to a Class 9 girl to live with her boyfriend, a student of Class 12 of the school she was in, and handed over her custody to her parents. The girl from a private school in Paschim Vihar had moved the court seeking approval to remain with her boyfriend and his family, who had expressed desire to take custody of...
05:40 PM, Feb 11, 2012
As we kick-start 2012, let's rewind and take a look the celebrity couples who parted their ways in 2011. ...
11:59 AM, Jan 03, 2012
Washington: Fear of divorce deters live-in couples from marriage, especially its social, legal, emotional and economic ramifications, says a new US study. Demographers Sharon Sassler, professor of policy analysis and management, and Dela Kusi-Appouh, doctoral student in development sociology, both at Cornell University, conducted the study. Roughly 67 percent of the study respondents shared their worries about divorce. However, middle-class subjects spoke more favourably about tying the knot and viewed...
12:04 PM, Dec 19, 2011
Mumbai: A new adoption rule which is likely to come into effect soon says that single men will not be able to adopt a girl child at all. Not live-in couples won't even have the option to do so. Many would say that being single and being a father don't go hand in hand. But choreographer Sandeep Soparrkar doesn't agree with the view. Sandeep was one of the first men...
08:25 AM, Jun 15, 2011
London: Ever wondered how many rows does an average British couple have? Well, a survey says couples bicker 2,455 times a year. The Sun cited the survey as saying that single biggest reason for an argument is not listening to what the other person is saying. This leads to around 112 rows a year. There are other reasons too. Getting annoyed over spending leads to 109 disputes and money in...
04:33 PM, May 20, 2011
London: The "three-year glitch" has replaced the "seven-year itch" as the tipping point where couples start to take each other for granted, according to a new survey. Weight gain, stinginess, toe-nail clippings on the bathroom floor and snoring are a few of the passion-killers that have led to a swifter decline in relationships in the fast-paced 21st century, said the study commissioned by Warner Brothers to promote the release of...
12:43 PM, Mar 09, 2011
London: It seems mobile phones are proving to be handy for couples in love who can't muster enough courage to express their feelings face to face. According to a new survey in Britain, the majority of couples in relationships are more likely to text the words "I love you" to each other than saying it face to face. The survey of 2,137 people in relationships across the UK found that...
03:23 PM, Feb 10, 2011
New York: American researchers have found a new way to predict the success of a relationship - compare the speaking style of a couple. In a study of college students they found that couples whose language was in sync were almost four times more likely to want to see each other again than those who did not use similar language. "We are able to predict this at higher rates than...
11:29 AM, Feb 02, 2011
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