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Asking your crush out: Do’s and Don'ts

Love and relationships
Girls, we need to start doing what men have been doing for ages. Asking them out! Women are climbing corporate ladders, flying planes and breaking sports records but we still won't ask our crushes out. Why? Here are a few do’s and don’ts when you ask your crush out.

The five kinds of unrequited love

Relationship problems
Why do we pine for people who don’t love us back? Science reveals the five types of unrequited love, and how they compare to the real deal.

Do all women want to have children?

Pregnancy
In almost all societies, and especially ours, having a child is almost a given if you are a woman. Motherhood ‘completes’ a woman, we have been told for centuries. However, does it really? We talked to five different women who decided to live a childfree life and why.

My husband wants a baby, I don’t: what should we do?

Pregnancy
Hi Auntyji, I have recently had two miscarriages. After being through much pain, I really do not want to have a child anymore. But my husband really wants one. I feel bad for not wanting to fulfill his desire. Gunjeet, 24, Jalandhar.

Five years, no kids: Was something wrong with us?

Birth Control
Three years into their marriage, Saurabh* and Shivani* were being constantly interrogated about why they weren’t having a child. Tired of it all, they decided to try for a child, but it wasn't as easy as the world had led them to believe.

Can I date an HIV+ person?

Safe Sex
Auntyji, I’ve been dating a girl. We get on really well and it’s almost reached that next level. But I have just found out that her ex was HIV+. I am terrified now. What if she is too? Can I really continue in this relationship? Samarth, 24 , Mumbai.

Why people have sex in the car

Making Love
What’s the appeal of having sex in a parked car? US college students weigh in on the reasons they’ve done it and what it’s all about.

No condom, no sex: The story of a Mumbai sex worker

Safe Sex
Do safe sex rights apply to a sex worker? Amrita*, a 27-year old sex worker from Mumbai, tells us about her brush with harassment, that stumbled her on to the path of understanding her rights.