No woman likes keeping the Karwa Chauth fast
Why is it called a women’s festival?
Category: Voices
Here Are eShe’s Flash Fiction Contest 2019 Winners!
Scores of fiction writers competed for the top prize on eShe’s Flash Fiction Contest. Who finally won? Find out here!
Taking a Child’s Consent Before Hugging Can Help Prevent Child Sexual Abuse
Our children are living among their biggest perpetrators, people whom they know and trust. We have to teach them their rights, and respect their feelings.
Why Don’t Little Girls’ Dresses Have Pockets in Them?
Gendered clothing not only ruins the simple pleasures of childhood but also programmes kids with psychological stereotypes that are difficult to erase later.
Love in the Time of Krishna
An unending, infinite love story.
Women Become ‘Invisible’ After 50, But These 2 Entrepreneurs Made the Most of It
Society invisibilises older women, but these divas have turned age and invisibility into a career opportunity, turning life’s lemons into lemonade.
eShe Flash Fiction Writing Contest 2019 for Women Writers
eShe is pleased to announce its first Flash Fiction Contest for women.
Yes, you can say no – the anatomy of consent in love and marriage
Consent isn’t just limited to new relationships or sex-education classes. It’s a word we should use and demand even in marriage.
How Bollywood uses violence against women to pander to male complexes
Film critic Suparna Sharma points out how rape and women’s trauma are used in Indian films as a cinematic tool to show men earning personal glory.
Are You Making Conscious Choices, or Running on ‘Default’? Three Life Coaches Share Tips
Even not choosing is choosing by default. Are you making conscious choices or unconscious ones? Three international facilitators share their experiences with Kay Newton.
Why aren’t children treated with respect in India, asks Delhi teen
Children in India are treated as second-class citizens. It’s time they got their due, says 13-year-old Navodita Goel.
“He’s Fighting Cancer the Way He Fought for India”: A Sister’s Ode to Her Soldier Brother
Anita Panda’s soldier brother had fought and defeated enemies on the country’s border but then had to face a more insidious type of enemy from within his own body.
When a Busy Mom Gets the Home to Herself for 8 Glorious Days
What’s the definition of heaven? Having the TV remote all to yourself and being able to walk around the house naked.
Why Waiting for the Right Moment Helped Me as an Artist
Gurugram mother Shruti Vij tried to mould herself to a domestic existence, until her calling became too loud to ignore.
4 reasons why you should read Elizabeth Gilbert’s ‘City of Girls’
There are many treasures within the pages of ‘City of Girls’ that will keep you hooked as a reader.
Lord Shiva in the Swiss Alps: A Paragliding Epiphany for a Mumbai Mom
Can paragliding be a spiritual experience? Swooping over Switzerland’s Lake Thun and snow-capped Jungfrau peaks, Anita Panda has an epiphany.
Detached Attachment – Or How Not to Take Things Personally
Remember: You’re just the instrument.
From Suffering to Success: Two Women Share Their Secrets of Being ‘In the Flow’
When we’re ‘out of flow’, we are stressed and lack energy and purpose. How do we get ‘in the flow’? Two women share their experiences.
The most important element in marriage, and the most neglected
Twelve years of marriage, with all the milestones of an eventful life, taught Nidhi Chopra about that one element that’s so vital yet so overlooked in any relationship.
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