Peepli Live is an odd combination of sad and somber subject matter and lighthearted comedy. Perhaps this is not an odd combination, but rather the very definition of satirical comedy. Nevertheless, if one knew nothing about it before viewing it I think the film would make one feel somewhat guilty...

When it comes to beliefs about family relationships and expectations, I have come to learn that what is right, wrong, good, or bad, is all in the eye of the beholder. While there is an old saying, apparently, that blood is thicker than water, this does not ring true in...

Divorce can be a difficult issue for children to deal with. Often times, children who go through the divorce of their parents can suffer adverse effects. Because of the difficulty associated with this traumatic event, many theorists have begun to study what helps children come out of these situations with...

Many of us have already heard about the high divorce rates, especially in the Western world. Many of us also may come from a family that is divorced, living with either one of our parents. From personal experience, the problem of divorce is great, since it tears the family unit...

More than ninety percent of people living in Western cultures get married before they are fifty years old and forty to fifty percent end up divorcing. The divorce rate for second and third marriages is even higher (Marriage and Divorce). This is a very high rate of divorce and raises...