I Built My Career From Nothing, Now Worried About My Family

I’m a 24 years old male, a software engineer living in a tier1 city, originally from a small village. I’ve worked incredibly hard to reach where I am today freelancing during college, funding my own education, and building a career from scratch. Even though my family was financially well off, I deliberately avoided their help … Read more

My Boyfriend is no longer with me, but will always in my heart

I come from a middle class Bengali Indian Muslim family in Kolkata just my parents and me. Outwardly, we appeared modern and liberal. I had freedom of clothes, speech, and studies. But at home, my mother’s silent suffering painted a different picture. My father, who spoke I about women’s rights, often insulted and hit her. … Read more