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Parents and Gaslighting

Parents and Gaslighting “You’re crazy!”, “That never happened”, “You’re remembering things wrong”, “What are you talking about?”,  “You must be confused again”, “You’re overreacting.” You get to hear them every other day and these statements actually harm you in ways you would never have imagined. In case you didn’t know, this is called Gaslighting. Gaslighting is

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Mere Paas Maa Hai: A Single Mother’s Narrative From Hindi Cine-Maa

Mere Paas Maa Hai: A Single Mother’s Narrative From Hindi Cine-Maa The feeble mother donning a white saree, roped and helpless but sanguine about her virtuous son’s impending arrival to the ruffian’s lair was the first impression of a single mother that gave the classic name to this character as Cine-Maa. A single mother in old

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