Men have been exploring their sensitive side for long now. Sad but true, their image is still stuck in a time warp. The so-called stronger sex is yet to shed their patriarchal baggage completely. Over centuries, this species from Mars (the phrase is coined from the 1992 book title Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus by relationship counsellor John Gray) has been fed with the ‘men don’t cry’ doctrine or closer home, the more desi dictum rules as ‘ Mard ko dard nahin hota ’. Consequently, they don’t feel the pain of their counterpart from Venus either — the womenfolk — as many grouse. However, there’s been a tangible undercurrent of social, economic and emotional shifts over time, which is subtly tiding over orthodox norms and principles.

Be Teary-Eyed Than a Bully

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