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www.newsindiatimes.com – that’s all you need to know T he trailer of the Tamil series ‘Exam’, which centres on the investigation behind the scams in the educa- tion system, is finally out. It stars Dushara Vijayan and Aditi Balan in the lead roles. The seven-episode fictional series offers a riveting look into a deep-rooted scam that plagues the world of competitive entrance ex- ams. Set against the rural backdrop of the fictional town of Thykara, the seven-episode suspense drama explores the struggle of Dushara Vijayan in busting the scam behind the competitive entrance exams. The series is produced by Push- kar and Gayatri under the banner ofWallwatcher Films and is written and directed by National Award- winner A. Sarkunam. Amazon Prime Video shared the trailer on its Instagram handle today. The National Award-winning di- rector A Sarkunam believes that the series ‘Exam’ is not only about the scam in the world of competitive exams, but it also delves deeper into the ambition, pressure, and consequences that come with the choices we make as individuals. A. Sarkunam said, “The story of Exam will resonate with audiences across languages, geographies, and social strata. It promises to grip viewers from the very begin- ning through to the climax, as the narrative unfolds alongside Jhansi and Maramalli, exploring the twists and turns in their lives when their worlds collide. Exam goes beyond the scam in the world of com- petitive exams; it delves deeper into the ambition, pressure, and consequences that come with the choices we make as individuals,” as quoted in a press note. The series will premiere on Prime Video on May 15. ANI Exam Trailer: Dushara Vijayan Leads Investigation To Bust Scam Behind Competitive Exams In This Tamil Series PHOTO:COURTESY ANI News India Times (May 2, 2026 - May 8, 2026) May 8, 2026 18 Lifestyle Ask Sahaj: My Son-In-Law’s Long Unemployment Is Creating A Family Rift D ear Sahaj: My spouse and I live in the Southwest and have two adult daughters ages 35 and 30. The 30-year-old lives at home and has a remote job. The 35-year-old lives on the East Coast, is em- ployed and has two young children. Her spouse is 37 and has not worked for 2½ years. We have tried to show up for our older daughter. We paid for child care for her first child so that her spouse would have time to find a job. He did not get a job during that six-month period. He has had two jobs for six and two weeks, respectively. He quit the first and was fired from the second. I buy clothing for our grandchildren, but we no longer give themmoney. His parents are giving themmoney. He has an ADHD diagnosis, and our daughter appears to give him a pass due to his mental health issues. His parents seem to give himmoney so they don’t have to address his issues. We are very depressed about the situation. Our younger daughter thinks we should be more direct and confront our older daughter about her husband not working. We have read a lot about in-law situations and have talked to friends in the same situation. Everyone has said we need to show up and keep our opinions to ourselves. So far, we have done this because we love our daughter and want to see her and the grandchildren. At the same time, our younger daughter is not speaking to her older sister and is angry we are not confronting the situation more directly. I’m stuck with no great choice of a path to move for- ward. I’m very upset our daughters don’t have much of a relationship, and I’m frustrated our older daughter and son-in-law are creating relationship issues for us with our younger daughter. We have had lots of mental health challenges in our family. My husband, younger daughter and I felt we were getting to a more peaceful time in our lives and resent our older daughter for bringing a man who can’t seem to cope with life into the family. We have done family therapy in the past, and both of our daughters and son-in-law are in individual therapy. How do I get our younger daughter to understand there’s not much we can do to change the situation? Should we be confronting our older daughter? - Stuck Stuck: Any one of these issues alone - your worry for your daughter, your frustration with her husband, your grief over your daughters’ strained relationship - would be heavy. All of them together, and of course you feel stuck. Let me try to untangle a few things for you. When something feels as misaligned as your daugh- ter’s marriage does, it can create a powerful urge to step in. This is where you may be getting pulled into a false binary - say nothing and feel complicit, or confront directly and risk fracture. But there is a middle path: have a gentle, loving and curious conversation shaped like a check-in. For instance, instead of asking, “Why isn’t your husband working?” you might say: “I worry about you. I want to support you. Are you okay, and what do you actu- ally need fromme/us?” You might be surprised by what she shares when she’s not bracing for judgment. It’s likely your older daughter almost certainly senses the resentment you (and her dad and her sister) feel over her choice of partner because unspoken feelings have a way of arriving anyway. Whatever her husband’s limita- tions, she is not failing to notice them. She is navigating them in real time, with young children depending on her no less. She may simply be doing what she believes she has to do to keep her family together. That resentment isn’t fair to your son-in-law, either. An ADHD diagnosis is not a pass, but it is relevant since difficulties with consistency, follow-through and em- ployment can be part of the experience. I think the more useful question isn’t whether his behavior is excusable, but whether there are meaningful efforts toward account- ability, structure and treatment. Without that nuance, it’s easy for frustration to turn into judgment. Still, as you choose to lean into the nuance here, you can’t force your younger daughter to do the same. I understand why her anger feels like one more thing to fix, but her estrangement from her sister is not yours to solve. You can tell her clearly and lovingly: “We’ve made a choice to stay connected to your sister and our grandchil- dren. We hope you can respect that decision, even if you’d handle it differently.” You don’t have to justify yourselves beyond that. The relationship between your daughters belongs to them. You can grieve that it’s strained without taking responsibility for repairing it. You are not as powerless as you feel, but your influence lives in a different place than you might want. It lives in staying in the relationship and in being someone your daughter can turn toward, not brace against. It also looks like setting boundaries and decid- ing what support looks like, rather than trying to reshape a situation you don’t control. Staying connected often gives you more influence than being “right.”. Sahaj Kaur Kohli is a thera- pist and the creator of Brown Girl Therapy. -Special to TheWashington Post By Sahaj Kaur Kohli PHOTO:@sahajkaurkohli.com Entertainment