Four Meditation Apps That Uplifted Me and Filled My Home with Sacred Music
Aekta Kapoor goes on an app-download spree and comes up soaked in nirvana.
Category: Voices
Alone in Okinawa: An Indian woman sets off for a surreal 60th birthday
After journeying to 32 countries, avid solo traveller Versha Khanna decided to spend her 60th birthday in Okinawa, a small Japanese town in the middle of the ocean.
Why Priyanka Chopra’s Pet Dating App Bumble Is Called the ‘Feminist Tinder’
Priyanka Chopra has invested in Whitney Wolfe Herd’s Bumble, a dating app that empowers women, and is marketing it in India.
“The Sabarimala Conflict is a Case of Brahminical Patriarchy” – Author Lekshmy Rajeev
What’s the historical and ground reality of women’s entry into Sabarimala? Author Lekshmy Rajeev, who has done extensive research on the temple dedicated to Lord Ayyappa in Kerala, shares her views.
Why a Class 11 Girl from a Remote Village Will Host the SABERA Awards 2018
Suparnaa Chadda launched the SABERA Awards to recognise and reward good in society. Why did she pick a village teen to be the emcee for the event?
Can I Have a Few Kilos of Fat Removed Along With My Gallbladder, I Ask My Surgeon
Sunita Pandey tries to view her father’s recent death and her own gallbladder-removal operation with a pinch of salt.
I Moved From Mumbai to a Small Town for Love, and Here’s What It Taught Me
If the price of love is moving from a metropolitan city like Mumbai to a small town like Dehradun, would you pay it?
These Women Expats Are Taking Forward the Traditions of Their Adopted Countries
Welsh multimedia artist Deborah Claire Procter and American spiritual coach Lyn Bishop share their experiences of living in foreign lands.
I miss my mother’s disapproval, her disappointment in me
Why don’t our mothers prepare us for their passing?
I Drove Two Hours to Give a Talk – to an Unexpected Audience
Investment consultant Namrata B Durgan was invited by a multinational company to give a talk on money matters to its employees. But she wasn’t prepared for this one little detail.
How I broke out of a violent relationship (and why I took him to court)
Atikaa Ahluwalia was educated, well-travelled and worked in fashion. She also had to face partner violence. Her credentials only made it harder for her agony to be taken seriously by the powers that be.
“Am I tired yet?” A working mother goes from giving in to giving back
Working women and young mothers tend to always be tired – either due to physical exhaustion or mental fatigue. But there are two ways to deal with ‘tiredness’: you either give up or give back.
What I Don’t Understand About #MeToo
Why do Indian men think of themselves as objects of desire in the first place?
These crusaders are working for LGBTQ rights to live and love with dignity
With the scrapping of Section 377 that outlawed consensual gay sex, LGBTQ people are coming out with a confident new voice. In our two-part feature ‘It’s Only Love’, we feature individuals and organisations working to ensure dignity in life and love for the gay and trans communities.
Five Generations in the Workforce For the First Time: Can We Make It Work?
As modern technology accelerates and life expectancy increases, five different generations are now rubbing shoulders together in the workforce, says Kay Newton.
For The First Time in History, Shame Belongs to the Molesters, Not the Molested
The #MeToo movement in India has shifted the blame and shame from victims to the sexual predators, and it’s about time. Here are five things we all – men, women, organizations and societies – can learn from this social-media outpouring.
My Marriage Fell Apart Because of This One Missing Ingredient
The one thing that undermined and unravelled my marriage was not domestic violence, or another woman. It was something simpler – yet more important.
How a Mughal empress broke the glass ceiling five centuries ago
Ruby Lal’s new book ‘Empress: The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan’ is a much-needed study of one of the most legendary female icons in Indian history.
What is K-Beauty and why does it have such a cult following in India?
Why do South Korean beauty products inspire so many millennial beauty junkies in India? We head to India’s first K-BeautyCon to find out.
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