Family Matters
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Marriages between NRIs and Indian citizens should be compulsorily registered: Law Commission
The panel recommended that the Registration of Marriage of Non-Resident Indians Bill, 2019 – which is pending in Parliament – be made more comprehensive.
Scroll Staff
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Elderly couple’s lawsuit demanding grandkids highlights woes of Indians who choose to be childfree
Getting married and having children has long been considered the only path to a fulfilling adulthood. But that is changing.
Rohan Banerjee
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Men whose female partners earn 40% of household income feel sad and nervous, says new research
Men who are the only earners are relatively unhappy but they were not as stressed as men whose partners are the principal earners.
Joanna Syrda, The Conversation
Trending
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‘Knowing we’re mortal gives us purpose’: Nobel laureate Venki Ramakrishnan on his new book
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‘We are living in perpetual fear’: Prajwal Revanna video leaks spark panic among women in Hassan
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In Amit Shah’s Gandhinagar, three Lok Sabha candidates allege they faced pressure to withdraw
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Banana republic in the making?: A South Asian perspective on India from Kathmandu
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How actor Shahana Goswami flies under the radar and above the competition
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For the Ambanis, it’s all about loving their family (and making sure the world knows)
The hashtag #MukeshNitaSaveAnil started trending on Twitter on Monday.
Karnika Kohli
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Cold comfort: What ails India’s new centralised online adoption system?
Two years after India revamped the process of adopting children, parents and adoption agencies find the system lacks the human element.
Aarefa Johari
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Indian couples who want surrogate babies may now have to turn to Cambodia and Ukraine
Proposed bill allows only infertile couples who have been married for five years to opt for altruistic surrogacy.
Priyanka Vora
Video
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Eco India: A new buzzword for a protein rich animal feed: Insect farming
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Eco India, Episode 259: How future-proof innovations can revolutionize the way we protect nature
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Video: What will it take to bring back peace to Manipur?
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‘Physical building of WhatsApp University’: Satire on viral video of Galgotias University students
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Watch: Meet Sparkles, the new avatar of Boston Dynamics’ robot dog with a special costume
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How an Agarwal family in Canada planned a big, fat Hindu wedding for their son and his groom
When Rishi Agarwal told his family he was gay, his parents shocked him with their reaction. They now help other families cope with their children coming out.
Aparita Bhandari
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Adoption rules are changing, but can the new system really give more children a home?
In the final part of Scroll's series on adoption, parents and agencies weigh in on the pros and cons of the government's new guidelines.
Aarefa Johari
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Why some parents are paying more than the official fee to adopt a child
In the second part of Scroll's series on adoption, we explore how many couples have ended up paying more than the Rs 46,000 ceiling prescribed by the government, sometimes in the form of donations that agencies encourage but are not allowed.
Aarefa Johari
The Reel
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How actor Shahana Goswami flies under the radar and above the competition
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‘Presumed Innocent’ trailer: Jake Gyllenhaal plays a lawyer accused of murdering his lover
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‘Lampan’ trailer: Marathi series is based on Prakash Narayan Sant’s stories
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Watch: ‘Murder in Mahim’ series is based on Jerry Pinto’s crime novel
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‘Women Of My Billion’ review: What happens when women get talking