Another interesting thread. :-) Well, the way the article is written makes the questions seem like an interview protocol. Important questions, notheless. Even before saying anything on the content of these questions, my usual reaction to articles like these is - WHO is the audience for the article? Obviously, the article is targeting educated, dual earning, urban couples. Well, I should say enlightened rather than educated couples cuz having a PhD or an MBA is not equivalent to empowering your partner with a sense of equality. I see some writers here hypothesizing and speculating all kinds of things and trying to relate these ideas to Nepali couples. But we forget that Nepal is not just Kathmandu and the elite and priviledged people who live there. Much of Nepal is still very rural - economically, geographically and most of all socially. Yes, the so-called modern couples of today can probably try to incorporate these questions into their lives. But when we think of the rest of Nepal, even the fundamental rights of women are violated everyday, so the question of her asking her husband these questions is out of the question. And the men, who are still in the neanderthal stage of human evolution, don't do any "asking" -- they do the "commanding." So, these questions go right out the window.