Whereas there are a variety of boards, message boards and chatrooms that individuals going via a divorce can go to to debate their points and get emotional and authorized assist, many of the advise comes from people who lack the skilled knowhow to counsel others concerning such extremely complicated issues. That’s precisely the place a new app, known as ‘DivorceKart’ is available in. Launched this week by movie star divorce lawyer, creator and media columnist, Vandana Shah, the software program is being promoted as India’s “first authorized app” that focuses on answering authorized queries about divorce. The app is accessible without cost on Android and iOS.
Accessible solely in English to start out off with, the app appears to be like to preempt potential right-wing protests by proclaiming that it’ll “solely be a assist platform to know one’s authorized rights and wouldn’t suggest or advise any particular person to finish a wedding or proceed with it”.
The app was launched this weeokay within the presence of actor and former Chanel [V] VJ Ranvir Shoray, who’s at present going via a messy divorce from his spouse, actress Konkona Sen Sharma. Additionally current was Nationwide Award-winning filmmaker Aruna Raje Patil, who herself went via a divorce again within the eighties.
With stress, diversions and the shortage of willingness to compromise taking a large toll on relationships, divorces are on the rise the world over, and India, sadly, isn’t insulated from the development both. Nonetheless, in contrast to many different elements of the world, the societal stigma connected with the ending of a wedding is a big hurdle for {couples} seeking to go their separate methods. As an alternative of getting physiological counseling and authorized advise which are so essential at this stage, most people who’re separated from their spouses discover it arduous to method folks with the know-how to assist them at these emotionally and financially annoying time.
