With Akanksha Hazari, founder of m.Paani, on the cover, this issue is all about technology for life. Meet women who have used mobile connectivity and social media to make the most of their talents. Plus fashion, food, travel and more! Start reading.
The Gap Year: Why More Older Couples Are Taking Time Off From Their Lives
It’s not just a term used for school-leavers; even people in their 50s these days are trying out the concept of ‘the gap year’: taking a year off from their regular lives, rebooting and travelling the globe.
She Paints Her Poetry in the Colours of Fire and Feminism
A self-proclaimed ‘shaukeen’ and ‘raging feminist’, Instagram poet and policy analyst Harnidh Kaur is unafraid to take on controversial topics in her art.
Poets of Instagram: Young Female Voices Bare Their Truths on Social Media
Social media is a boon for today’s poets, the ones who use words to paint pictures, and pictures to embellish words. In the first of our two-part series, meet Megha Rao and Reet / Roohanii.
She Married an Expat and Became a Trailing Spouse But Continued to Ace Her Career
Women often sacrifice stable careers to follow their husbands around the world, but former corporate honcho Preeti Kumar worked out a flexi career that could go with her everywhere.
She’s One of India’s Most Famous Bharata Natyam Dancers — and She’s French!
Padma Shri awardee Devayani’s life is a story of grit, ambition and unflinching devotion to her art.
5 Oats-based Recipes for Healthy and Yummy Desserts
Did you know you can use oats in delicious desserts? Try these 5 recipes.
Are Skirts a Practical Garment for Schoolgirls? Share Your Views and Win!
It’s contest time! Share your thoughts and win!
“I Love Waking Up Without an Alarm”: Arianna Huffington’s Morning Routine
How does a media mogul start her day? Benjamin Spall and Michael Xander speak to Arianna Huffington, founder of The Huffington Post and Thrive Global, about her mornings.
She’s Using Technology and the Mobile Revolution to Help Indians Earn More and Spend Smarter
With her social enterprise m.Paani, Akanksha Hazari is using the mobile revolution to power the aspirations of the next billion Indians.
These Teenagers Are Helping Bengaluru Save 15 Lakh Watts of Electricity a Year
These teenagers work towards electricity conservation in schools and offices, and recycle newspapers to make notebooks for underprivileged children.
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How a Couple’s Home-building Journey Became an Apt Metaphor for Their Marriage
When Kay and her husband first bought a run-down farmhouse in Spain, their friends thought they were mad. But over the years, as they decorated, renovated and expanded it, the process became symbolic of their marriage.
The Visually Impaired Need Skills, not Sympathy: How Madhu Singhal’s NGO Is Lighting Up Lives
Madhu Singhal’s own personal challenges triggered the founding of Mitra Jyothi, a 28-year-old organization that empowers the disabled.
Sun, Trees and Laptops: Simran Lal’s Workplace ‘Nicobar’ Has a Tropical Resort Vibe
In the last of our three-part series ‘Home @ Work’, we feature Simran Lal, creative director of luxury lifestyle label Nicobar, whose workplace is set on her family farmhouse amidst tall trees and plenty of open spaces.
This Cafe Chain Set Out to Create Jobs for Acid Attack Survivors; It Ended Up Changing Many Other Lives
This is a café that will overwhelm not only your taste buds, but your heart as well. Sheroes Hangout was set up in Agra and later Lucknow with the aim to generate employment acid attack survivors and victims of gender violence.
She Talks Peace and Resolves Conflicts from Kashmir to London, Armed Only With Her Gentle Voice
Armed with nothing but a peacenik’s passion, 21-year-old Saumya Aggarwal is building bridges and relationships between countries and communities.
These Two Girls Use Games and Gifts to Teach Indian Kids How to Conserve and Recycle
Sana Sawhney and Ayushi Gupta have developed a ‘Green Curriculum’ to promote environmental education among the urban and rural youth.
My Daughter-in-Law Had Planned to Go to a Goa Nightclub, I Taught Her a Lesson
Sunita Pandey’s inner mother-in-law is seeing red.
“Misogyny Exists Everywhere”: Wealth and Education Don’t Change Patriarchal Mindsets, says UK-based Activist
London-based women’s rights activist Zahra Rasouli helps rescue victims of gender and gang-based violence and child sexual exploitation. She believes gender discrimination is a global phenomenon.
This Teen Wants You to Stop Wasting Half-full Glasses of Water in Restaurants
The millennials have inherited a dying Earth. Humankind’s toxic footprint has not spared any part of the planet. With countless crises just around the corner, these girls are successfully securing a sustainable future. This is part one of our three part series, ‘Knights in Recyclable Armour’.
“Commitment Needs Sacrifice But It Also Transforms You” – Madhu Tandan on Love, Longing and Knowing
Madhu Tandan’s new novel is no ordinary love story; it’s a canvas of absence, abstinence and infidelity along with a thrilling plot.
Daily Yoga for Staff, Salad During Shoots: Aleya Sen’s Film Company Sure Keeps It Healthy
In the second of our three-part series ‘Home @ Work’, we feature Aleya Sen, co-founder of Chrome Pictures, who embraces a sustainable lifestyle both at home and at work.
These Sisters Run a Cafe Where You Can Hang Around with Cool Cats, Literally
As part of our series ‘Cafe with a Cause’, we take you to Cat Cafe Studio run by the Khosla sisters in Mumbai, where you can hang around with cats over coffee.
Simi Kohli Shares 3 Healthy Asian Recipes From Her Restaurant, Shibuya
Bringing together her love for food, healthy cuisine and travel, Simi Kohli shares three delicious recipes from her popular Asian restaurant, Shibuya.
“Stop This Talk,” Said My Mother-in-Law, But I Was 29 and I Was in Love
There is an opening of the eyes and heart when you find your spiritual mentor. A Delhi grandmother shares her journey as a seeker, and how it all began.
Home @ Work: She Runs an Award-winning Creative Agency from Her Mom’s Garage
Workspaces don’t have to be rigidly defined by glass windows, cookie-cutter cubicles or ‘corporate’ formality. In a three-part series ‘Home @ Work’, we feature three women-led teams that do great work even in informal settings, with open spaces, plants and maybe even a mother around for company. This is part one.
“Anything Boring, Dull or Old-fashioned Is Ladylike” – Radhika Vaz Lets It Rip
Standup comic Radhika Vaz is out to provoke – with her jokes and with her feminist agenda.
She Teaches You How to Build Cool, Durable Homes with Mud, Bamboo and Love for the Earth!
With her maverick venture Geeli Mitti, Shagun Singh is teaching the world about the down-and-dirty delight of sustainable development.
Her Kochi Restaurant Serves Great Food – Along With Good Karma!
Why waste food? Minu Pauline of Kochi has set up a fridge outside her restaurant Pappadavada so that the poor and hungry can take leftovers for free.
