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This week's topic is: Obligations Towards One’s Parents
An unusual lawsuit is making headlines in India. A couple is suing their only son and his wife for not giving them a grandchild after six years of marriage. Sanjeev and Sadhana Prasad, 61 and 57, say they used up their savings raising their son, paying for his pilot's training, a lavish wedding and his honeymoon. And now, they say, it's payback time - either the son and daughter-in-law give them a grandchild within a year or reimburse 50m rupees ($650,000; £525,000).
Vocabulary:
make headlines: (phrase) to be in the news; well covered by the media
lavish: (adj.) extravagant and luxurious
reimburse: (v.) repay a sum of money that has been spent or lost
taunt: (v.) to provoke someone with insults
cruelty: (n.) an immoral or evil act done with the intention of hurting someone
procreate: (v.) a scientific term that means to give birth to one or more offspring
look after: (phrasal v.) to take care, feed and protect a child or animal
deprived: (adj.) to be denied access to something considered essential
nudging: (v.) to give subtle hints in order to call someone’s attention to something
henna: (n.) a drawing made on the skin with ink for special occasions, a practice very common in India
campaigners: (n.) activists for social and/or political change
give the good news: (phrase) to announce (especially to one’s family) that they are pregnant
