A personal account about a mother-in-law's inability to cut the apron strings that tied her son to her, that created a rift between the author and her husband.

Many women might find themselves suffering from a lack of self esteem and a need to do more, if they had to be just stay at home moms. An honest confession.

It is imperative that parents teach their kids some rules that can ensure that they remain safe from sexual abuse - either by a stranger or by someone they know.

A Varanasi restaurant called W.O.L tells men to eat there if their wife hasn't cooked, (W.O.L = wife on leave), implying that there is no need for men to cook, even today.

An insightful writer, Shakhi loves to delve into the unsaid - into the "things we feel but don't speak of." Indeed, her writing on Women's Web brings to the fore many such issues.