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SubscribeOn marriage, divorce, intimacy, and the after - from Partlee.
Issue 01 · Spring 2026
The lead · Field Notes · 5 min
The matter where only one party shows up.
What happens when the mediation is scheduled and the other partner does not arrive. A page from the desk.
An empanelled mediator · 28 Oct
The latest
- 01
Conversations · 10 min
A father and his daughter, one year after.
Recorded by Partlee
- 02
Field Notes · 4 min
Outside the registrar.
Field correspondent
- 03
Conversations · 11 min
Two mediators on the cases they turn away.
Recorded by Partlee
- 04
Letters · 5 min
A letter on the eve.
Anonymous, edited
- 05
Domestic · 6 min
The grandparent visitation clause.
An empanelled advocate
- 06
Letters · 5 min
A letter to the wedding photographer.
Anonymous, edited
- 07
Domestic · 8 min
Step-parenting in India: the first two years.
A child psychologist
- 08
Essays · 7 min
The marriage that didn't happen.
The Partlee desk
“Numbers travel further than feelings. So we write the feelings down too - and keep both, neutrally, on the record.”
From the editor’s desk
By section
Essays
Long-form arguments. Read in one sitting.
Conjugal
Intimacy, sex, hygiene, fantasy, the marriage no one writes about.
Domestic
Children, in-laws, friends, the small rearrangements at home.
After
Ex-partners, new ones, dating before and after the decree.
Counsel
Practical, lawyered, plainly written.
Letters
Written to one person. The rest of you read over their shoulder.
Conversations
Two voices, recorded carefully, lightly edited.
Field Notes
Smaller observations from the matters we run.
From reading to doing
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