Women

The stories come in from all over India. In the northeastern state of Manipur, Mary Kom’s boxing academy gets queries every week from young girls in the insurgency-torn region who hope to train with Ms. Kom and emulate her achievements as World Boxing Champion.

I am writing in response to a well written article by Mr. Nizami in Greater Kashmir about pregnancy related casualties. It explains a tragic but true tale of Kashmiri women. I thank you for bringing out the harsh tales that surround us, although most of them are preventable.

AILING HEALTHCARE
SITUATION WOULD NOT IMPROVE UNLESS THE AVAILABILITY, ACCESSIBILITY AND AWARENESS OF KASHMIR PEOPLE IMPROVE, WRITES SALMAN NIZAMI.
Deaths of women caused during childbirth have become alarming in the Valley. Every year, about 6,000 mothers die in childbirth and allied complications of pregnancy.

Women who lop their hair short are no longer interested in bedroom action, say researchers, who claim that ''deliberately reducing one's attractiveness' can sometimes be a way of repelling men's interest. Initially, the claim was made by sex therapist and former comedian Pamela Stephenson, 59, who said that ladies who cut their hair are deliberately making themselves less sexy to blokes. 

If your husband is enjoying a secret rendezvous with another woman, don’t run after him with a knife, for the extra-marital affair is a sign that your marriage is a healthy one. That’s the claim of France’s most prominent female psychologist Maryse Vaillant in controversial new book on the effects of infidelity on married life, Men, Love, Fidelity, reports The Telegraph .