When Everyone in the Family Has a Different Definition of Adventure
What is adventure? Can it be as much about going outwards as going within?
Category: Voices
“Patriarchy Is the World’s Largest Religion, Biggest Cultural and Economic System” – Bina Shah
Acclaimed author Bina Shah shares her views on South Asian women’s issues, and what unites the women of India and Pakistan.
Why Marry When You Can Have a Child While Single? Meet My All-Female Family
Faridabad engineer Rijuta Gupta shares her experience of adopting an infant last year and also writing her first book around the same time.
How to Discover the Gem That You Are and Create the Reality You Desire This Year
Gemstones evoke certain qualities that reflect ones already inside us; can we learn to recognise and cherish the gems we are?
‘The Great Indian Kitchen’: A Necessary Dialogue on Ridiculous Patriarchal Norms in Marriage
It’s not so often that a movie shakes a society from its siesta and makes people uncomfortable. That’s precisely what ‘The Great Indian Kitchen’ has done to Kerala.
‘Misbehaviour’: Five Rebels, a Beauty Pageant and a Women’s Revolution
Philippa Lowthorpe’s new film ‘Misbehaviour’ looks at the 1970 disruption of the Miss World contest in London by a group of feminists.
Book on Kamala Harris Offers an Indian Perspective of the New US Vice President’s Life
A new book on the life and journey of Kamala Harris, the first woman to be sworn in as US Vice President, hits the stands today.
‘The Last Color’: Widowhood, Womanhood and an Unlikely Friendship in Benaras
Vikas Khanna’s new film ‘The Last Color’ offers a compassionate view into the lives of widows in India with a superlative performance by lead actor Neena Gupta.
New Direction for Gemini, Power for Libra – What the Cards Say for 2021
Tarot forecast for the year ahead by Karishmma Mmakhija
8 Things the Lockdown Taught Me as a Startup Founder and Single Mom
Arundhati Kumar launched her new sustainable accessories brand Beej just before lockdown hit. Here’s what she learnt.
5 Paths I Took to Heal Grief and Turn It Into Inner Growth
Grief is a lonely place. Here are five tried-and-tested ways to heal from the pain and sense of loss.
Dancing in Abhaya: An Intimate Homage to Poet-Environmentalist Sugathakumari
A professor in the US pens a touching obituary to the late poet-activist Sugathakumari, and how her acts of compassion influenced uncountable lives.
Love in the Time of Covid and Politics
2020 proved to be the acid test of love – from marital conflict in the lockdown, to wedding plans going awry, to interfaith couples being harassed by regressive laws.
The Problematic Compliance of Women: From ‘A Suitable Boy’ to a Student’s Suicide
The obedience of women may make for suitably happy endings in Indian fairytales but has fatal consequences in real life.
How Covid Changed Us: New Traditions That Await Us in the New Year 2021
Every society has its own culture and customs. But everyone’s traditions will take on a digital avatar in coming years post-pandemic, and why not?
Creating Social Impact: Here Are the Winners of Grant Thornton SABERA 2020 Awards
The Grant Thornton SABERA Awards acknowledge the inspiring stories of impact and development aligned with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
23 Years after Ricky Reel’s Death, His Mother Sukhdev Is Still Fighting for Justice
Sukhdev Reel not only lost her 20-year-old son Ricky, she was also subject to spying by the UK police for demanding an investigation into what she believes was a racist murder. An interview.
Capgemini’s Director on the One-Rupee Coin that Changed Her Life
An unexpected act of assistance from a stranger in a phone booth turned into a life-changing miracle for IT professional Tejinder Kaur Sethi from Mumbai.
Up Close with Mili Sarkar, the Village Teen in the Viral ‘Sari Back Flip’ Video
In conversation with the 17-year-old village girl Mili Sarkar whose Instagram videos doing gymnastics in a sari are going viral.
These Two Child Authors Are Bringing Up Burning Issues Through Their Books
Young authors Ananya Kamboj, 15, and Manya Harsha, 10, are bringing up important issues through their books and activism.
