“I Feel Very Blessed to Be Part of a Story That Needs to be Told” – Swara Bhaskar
With her on-screen roles and off-screen outspokenness, Swara Bhaskar is challenging the status quo and raising the bar for Bollywood role models.
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Her jewellery has a message for women: be fierce, be fearless, be irrepressible
The jewellery Eina Ahluwalia designs not only defies fashion trends, it also encourages its wearers to be fierce and fearless.
The indomitable Anjali Menon on fighting gender bias and adding sensitivity in cinema
Director and screenwriter of award-winning Malayalam films, Anjali Menon – the conjurer of surprising plots and nuanced characters – is introducing global filmmaking values to regional cinema.
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.
Nandita Das on Manto, #MeToo, and Stories That Need to be Told
Nandita Das has donned many hats, from actor to filmmaker, but the one that has stayed consistent is the steel-willed activist, unafraid to speak out. In this exclusive interview, she talks about her life journey, inspirations and why certain stories need to be told.
Zenia Tata on innovation, kriya yoga, and the $1 million XPRIZE for women’s safety
With her work at the XPRIZE Foundation, Zenia Tata is enabling and accelerating new technologies to solve humanity’s grandest challenges.
Saloni Chopra on social-media activism and the body as a feminist statement
Actor Saloni Chopra’s provocative social-media posts and videos are her way of igniting debate on gender violence, stereotypes and sexuality.
‘Tiger Mom’ Amy Chua on family, immigrant experiences, and political tribes
She sparked off a global debate on race and parenting, sold millions of copies and made ‘tiger mom’ a household term. And now Yale law professor Amy Chua is out with her new theory on political tribes.
Actor-producer Shaana Levy-Bahl opens up about life, love and ‘Ladies First’
Producer of award-winning film ‘Ladies First’, Shaana Levy-Bahl used her global experiences and even the hard knocks of life to chart a new language of storytelling.
Anuja Chauhan on mothering strategies, ‘trendy’ politics and her new look
It isn’t just the entertaining plots and lighthearted optimism of her books. What makes Anuja Chauhan an icon is her refusal to fit in. Lead photo by Rohit Chawla.
Vu TV CEO Devita Saraf on Power, Femininity and Her Ad With Donald Trump
With her confident public persona and her company’s impressive performance, Devita Saraf, the CEO of Vu Televisions, is a fast-rising icon of women’s empowerment.
Aditi Mittal and the F***ing Awesomeness of Comedy
One of India’s most successful standup comedians, Aditi Mittal uses laughter as a tool to further a deeper agenda – an equal world.
Smash Like a Girl: PV Sindhu and the Making of a Champion
India’s only badminton player to win an Olympic silver and the winner of two international tournaments this year, PV Sindhu is blazing a new trail of inspiration for Indian sports, and she’s only just begun, says Shraddha Jahagirdar-Saxena.
She lost her arms so she armed herself with courage instead
This month, Malvika Iyer will co-chair the World Economic Forum’s India Economic Summit 2017 in New Delhi, along with the likes of Union ministers Piyush Goyal and Smriti Irani, filmmaker Karan Johar and telecom hotshot Sunil Bharti Mittal.