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.
Category: Voices
How Gyan Yoga helped me accept rejections and roadblocks in my writing career
When author Richa Tilokani faced repeated rejections from publishers, she applied the acceptance principle of Gyan Yoga to deal with the brush-off and bounce back. It went on to become the subject of her fourth book.
This new book on interoception helped me make sense of my body’s mysteries
In a brilliant new book ‘Inner Sense’, science writer Caroline Williams explains how interoception works to connect mind and body. Aekta Kapoor dives in, and finds clues to her own midlife metamorphosis.
Afghan journalist receives award in India but is refused a visa and forced into hiding
Senior Indian journalist Nilova Roy Chaudhury regrets her country’s treatment of her Afghan counterpart who was denied a visa to receive an award, and had to flee for her life after the Taliban discovered her work.
Living poetry: a physician’s collision with haiku
Bengaluru-based physician Dr Vaishnavi Pusapati pens an ode to haiku, the form of poetry that shaped how she looked at suffering and survival, and taught her to listen, interpret and trace the slow art of healing.
How I learnt to use compassion as a powerful tool in leadership
In a world that confuses aggression with confidence, and noise with importance, women leaders are showing that compassion is the invisible force that can heal divisions, dissolve fear and build trust, writes Aruna Joshi.
Professor at work, “Pathumma” at home: the hidden burdens of Muslim women professionals in Kerala
Though modern Muslim women in Kerala are excelling in their careers, their domestic duties and caregiving obligations remain unchanged. Is this true gender equality, asks Dr Sapphire Mahmood Ahmed.
From the hills of Ladakh, Nima Goos Goos brews a new story – of tisanes and tenacity
While protests and a government crackdown wrack the scenic Himalayan territory of Ladakh, one women-led enterprise is quietly rewriting the definition of tea, progress and sustainable entrepreneurship. Smriti Sinha reports.
The body as battlefield: a single woman’s reflections on ageing
When confronted with casual ageism and judgements about one’s weight or single status, what would you do? In this essay, Reeti Roy turns within to seek love and self-validation.
Girija Oak’s AI-morphed photos yet another example of how India’s online spaces are failing women
With cases like actor Girija Oak’s AI-morphed images spotlighting the problem of online gender-based abuse, a new report urges stronger laws, faster takedowns, and safer digital spaces for women and LGBTQI+ people.
“Listening restores attention, stories train us to stay”: folktale podcaster Shilpa Dasgupta
Through her podcast Ohh Folk!!, Kolkata-born, US-based storyteller Shilpa Dasgupta revives forgotten folktales from around the world, blending research and voice artistry to preserve oral traditions for modern listeners.
“When one woman grows, an entire community rises”: stories from a women’s tech network
A single woman’s growth in tech transforms entire communities and industries. Karen D’Mello shares stories from her life and work at a nonprofit that helps women in tech through mentorship networks.
This Indian-origin filmmaker is amplifying Afghan refugee voices
At a time when women’s voices are being systematically silenced, US-based Indian-origin documentary filmmaker Ankita M Kumar has set out to bring Afghan refugee stories to the world. Her first film has now been backed by Naseeruddin Shah.
Green vistas to hot momos: how ‘Maligned City’ Delhi grew on me
Raised in Ahmedabad, architect Vishakha P. Saxena didn’t notice when she began to fall in love with the much-maligned city of Delhi – until it was too late and it was hers.
I was called ‘damaged goods’ – it took me two decades and two marriages to know my worth
New Zealand based Indian-origin mother of two Anagha Kawley narrates her remarkable story of rising from the ashes of two devastating relationships, the first of which left her with 65 percent burns.
Reclaiming the intimate and feminine, and turning it into power: Shilo Shiv Suleman
Award-winning artist Shilo Shiv Suleman on her new exhibition ‘Art of Liberation’ that features women artists from across South Asia “working against censorship, surveillance and silencing”
These throwball players at India’s ‘Rural Olympics’ changed my perspective of women’s sport
Mumbai-bred writer and cyclist Priyanka Dalal got a glimpse into another India when she volunteered at a rural sports festival where women stepped out of traditional homes to play throwball, many for the first time.
Bela Evers-Kapoor, the first Indian-origin woman to row across the Pacific, on fear and faith
Endurance athlete Bela Evers-Kapoor just made history as the first woman of Indian descent to row across the Pacific Ocean. She spoke to Palak Malik about her remarkable 39-day journey, battling waves and hallucinations, while missing her grandson the most.
This HR executive spoke up against sexist work culture; the outcome was not what she expected
Behind glittering corporate towers, young HR executive Sara Yahia’s corporate ascent collided with gender-based harassment and institutional betrayal. What followed was not just survival, but the beginning of a profound personal reckoning.
eShe 