COP27 proves why funding women’s rights and representation is crucial for climate action
Women bear the brunt of climate change and must be fully represented at climate negotiations and within climate finance
Category: Voices
Trauma stole her ability to sing. Her voice now heals people through a wisdom podcast and guided meditations
The trauma of losing her brother to suicide robbed Carol Chapman of her singing voice. She now runs a wisdom podcast, using her voice to inspire people to live with heart.
60 journalists from India and Pakistan met at a weeklong workshop in Nepal – I was one of them
Lubna Jerar Naqvi shares her enlightening experience of being among 60 journalists from India and Pakistan at a unique Kathmandu workshop on cross-border reporting.
One-Eyed Mama undergoes eye surgery and realises she has a ‘vision’ problem
One-Eyed Mama aka Aekta Kapoor heads to London for a high-risk eye surgery, and learns to process a question that had bothered her for a long time.
A ‘voice’ in her head led Lynnda Pollio to write an award-winning book – and changed her life
The voice of a Black, southern woman in her head drove New Yorker Lynnda Pollio to the red rocky mountains of Sedona and a quest for inspiration, wisdom and understanding.
One-Eyed Mama finds life lessons in Morgan Housel’s ‘The Psychology of Money’
One-Eyed Mama aka Aekta Kapoor reads Morgan Housel’s bestseller ‘The Psychology of Money’ and finds life wisdom tucked in between the tips on business and finance.
eShe turns 5! Show us your love and win Amazon vouchers worth INR 25,000!
To celebrate eShe’s fifth anniversary, we’re giving our love and five Amazon gift vouchers worth INR 5000 each to five lucky readers!
One-Eyed Mama learns the essence of kumbhaka pranayama
One-Eyed Mama aka Aekta Kapoor tries out the breath work of kumbhaka pranayama and learns lessons in stillness, holding on, and letting go.
Can chronic pain change your personality? I would know, I have been there
Gurugram artist and poet Nidhi Agrawal learnt through first-hand trauma how chronic pain can change one’s personality, and how to find courage in one’s tears.
“I felt free after throwing up”: Anorexia messed up her mind, but this Chennai girl is determined to heal
Shruti Vijay, a 22-year-old yoga instructor from Chennai, speaks up about her battle with anorexia nervosa and how she healed her body through her mind.
One-Eyed Mama has coffee with Osho
One-Eyed Mama aka Aekta Kapoor encounters Osho through her work and spends hours listening to Osho lectures over filter coffee while healing at an Ayurvedic retreat.
One in five Indian women is subjected to marital rape; Indian courts turn a blind eye, again
Despite an opportunity to correct course, Indian law continues to safeguard the right of husbands to force wives into non-consensual sex.
One-Eyed Mama visits an Ayurvedic centre in Kerala to heal her eyesight
One-Eyed Mama aka Aekta Kapoor heads to an Ayurvedic health centre in Kerala to see if the ancient Indian science of life could cure her vision loss.
One-Eyed Mama learns equipoise and fills her empty nest with Sat-chit-ananda
Aekta Kapoor, aka One-Eyed Mama, attempts to follow truth, consciousness and bliss to heal from her attachments and suffering.
What One-Eyed Mama learnt after making her way home in the snow
One-Eyed Mama aka Aekta Kapoor sets out on a daring journey and finds that physical challenges are a small matter when one is on a mission of love.
One-Eyed Mama grows a mighty heart as her chick flies the coop
In the second part of her column One-Eyed Mama, Aekta Kapoor writes about learning to let go of those she loves the most, armed with faith and surrender.
One-Eyed Mama gets her Covid booster vaccine just in time
The first in Aekta Kapoor’s new column ‘One-Eyed Mama’ where she shares the everyday miracles she encountered while dealing with vision loss and an empty nest – both at the same time
My undoing project: Letting go of the ‘ideal woman’ in my pursuit of authenticity
Bengaluru writer Salini Vineeth shares how she let go of traditional Indian definitions of the ‘ideal woman’ to discover, and accept, her true self and happiness.
A beautiful year for Aries, opportunities for Leo – what the cards predict for 2022
What do the cards hold for 2022? Here’s your annual forecast for the year ahead by Mumbai-based tarot card reader Karishmma Mmakhija
Kindness, purpose and service: Dr Prakash Amte and Dr Mandakini Amte share their extraordinary journey
Doctor couple Dr Prakash Amte and Dr Mandakini Amte share their remarkable journey as social workers who – inspired by Baba Amte – set out to uplift the lives of tribal folk in the forests of central India.
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