New study shows how maternal fear and anxiety can shape the next generation
Japanese researchers have discovered that anxiety in pregnancy worsens birth outcomes, implying that emotional support is a vital pillar of maternal healthcare.
Category: Love & Life
Unfollowing the map: when a content writer rewrites her own story
Content writer Kanchan Balani was following the expected career path – until one day she careened off the map and charted an unexpected new journey. She shares her detours and delights while transcending self-made boundaries.
Inconvenient when alive, exalted in death – no country for women survivors
In 1947, Sikh women, dressed in phulkari finery, committed mass suicide to avoid rape or abduction. Those who survived the horrors of Partition were shunned by state and society. Why is a dead woman venerated but a survivor problematic, asks Natasha Sharma.
5 Bollywood celebrity-owned beauty lines that are worth the hype
From Deepika Padukone to Katrina Kaif, Indian celebs are following Hollywood icons and launching their own line of beauty products. Hansa Makhijani Jain picks the best they have to offer.
Labour, fatigue and the unequal privilege to rest in ordinary Indian households
The character of Asifa from Banu Mushtaq’s award-winning book ‘Heart Lamp’ is a stunning if tragic portrayal of how continuous labour is the norm and rest is a privilege denied to most women, writes Dr Sapphire Mahmood Ahmed.
Bharatnatyam between coding and caregiving: an engineer mom’s self-care formula
Singapore-based software engineer and mom to a little boy, Sainy Banerjee shares how classical dance helps her navigate emotional complexity, burnout and self-expression in an impossibly busy life.
What body shaming does to a woman’s sense of self
Casually stated and disguised as concern, body shaming erodes one’s self-worth and casts a long shadow on the trajectory of a woman’s life and personal growth, writes author Aruna Joshi.
Colouring inside lines: theatre exponent Sujatha Balakrishnan on the gender roles we all play
Sujatha Balakrishnan, founder of the nonprofit Theatre for Change, shares her experience of overcoming gender barriers, blazing new trails in her 50s, and building a family based on love and commitment, not rigid social confines.
Why I am grateful my teenage daughter watches Korean dramas
In the wake of a tragic suicide by three young sisters in Ghaziabad, media have been quick to blame Korean content for the girls’ mental-health issues. But this framing is irresponsible and ignores the real problem, writes Shweta Bhandral.
7 super nutrients that will give you sensational skin and hair
A shelf full of coveted creams and cosmetics is all very well, but do you know what kind of nutrition gives you gorgeous skin and hair? eShe’s beauty editor Hansa Makhijani Jain tells you what you need in your diet to look and feel your best.
Childfree not childless: a filmmaker reclaims her right to freedom from motherhood
A married woman without children faces innumerable judgements and questions in India. But even though motherhood is idealised, the woman’s body is considered impure, notes filmmaker Shobhita Thakur.
Women who carry the world: emotional labour and the myth of balance
Modern society applauds work-life balance but ignores the fact that women bear a disproportionate share of emotional labour, caregiving and domestic duties. Author Aruna Joshi busts the myth of balance shaping womanhood.
Ritual to reality: the silenced wounds of postpartum motherhood in India
Postpartum depression in India is not just a ‘private matter’ but a symptom of systemic neglect and a failure of public-health infrastructure. Rituals intended as care frequently become tools of emotional and social control, writes Dr Sapphire Mahmood Ahmed.
Sacrificing mom discovers secret joys and unexpected benefits during kid’s exam time
Delhi podcaster and filmmaker Arti Jain found several hidden advantages – from personal and gastronomical to social and even anti-social – of raising an adolescent.
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