I felt guilty spending money on the air ticket and hotel stay for the writing workshop when I don't have any qualms about adding items to Amazon's shopping cart.

Sacrifices should not be glorified and boundaries should be respected. Yes, your life revolves around your kids, but do not forget to take yourselves on that jolly ride! It is not selfish!

We are a very lonely people, I sometimes think. We are desperate not to be, and one of our strategies for ensuring that we're not is - friendship. Yaari.

These women are often a victim of early marriage, abuse, financial dependence on spouse, or of domestic violence, with no real power.

What should a woman like me do, who wants to work, get a PhD, yet also get married, have kids, have a husband. Am I asking too much?