Women often sacrifice stable careers to follow their husbands around the world, but former corporate honcho Preeti Kumar worked out a flexi career that could go with her everywhere.
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Women @ Work
She’s One of India’s Most Famous Bharata Natyam Dancers — and She’s French!
Padma Shri awardee Devayani’s life is a story of grit, ambition and unflinching devotion to her art.
She’s Using Technology and the Mobile Revolution to Help Indians Earn More and Spend Smarter
With her social enterprise m.Paani, Akanksha Hazari is using the mobile revolution to power the aspirations of the next billion Indians.
These Teenagers Are Helping Bengaluru Save 15 Lakh Watts of Electricity a Year
These teenagers work towards electricity conservation in schools and offices, and recycle newspapers to make notebooks for underprivileged children.
The Visually Impaired Need Skills, not Sympathy: How Madhu Singhal’s NGO Is Lighting Up Lives
Madhu Singhal’s own personal challenges triggered the founding of Mitra Jyothi, a 28-year-old organization that empowers the disabled.
Sun, Trees and Laptops: Simran Lal’s Workplace ‘Nicobar’ Has a Tropical Resort Vibe
In the last of our three-part series ‘Home @ Work’, we feature Simran Lal, creative director of luxury lifestyle label Nicobar, whose workplace is set on her family farmhouse amidst tall trees and plenty of open spaces.
This Cafe Chain Set Out to Create Jobs for Acid Attack Survivors; It Ended Up Changing Many Other Lives
This is a café that will overwhelm not only your taste buds, but your heart as well. Sheroes Hangout was set up in Agra and later Lucknow with the aim to generate employment acid attack survivors and victims of gender violence.
She Talks Peace and Resolves Conflicts from Kashmir to London, Armed Only With Her Gentle Voice
Armed with nothing but a peacenik’s passion, 21-year-old Saumya Aggarwal is building bridges and relationships between countries and communities.
These Two Girls Use Games and Gifts to Teach Indian Kids How to Conserve and Recycle
Sana Sawhney and Ayushi Gupta have developed a ‘Green Curriculum’ to promote environmental education among the urban and rural youth.
“Misogyny Exists Everywhere”: Wealth and Education Don’t Change Patriarchal Mindsets, says UK-based Activist
London-based women’s rights activist Zahra Rasouli helps rescue victims of gender and gang-based violence and child sexual exploitation. She believes gender discrimination is a global phenomenon.
This Teen Wants You to Stop Wasting Half-full Glasses of Water in Restaurants
The millennials have inherited a dying Earth. Humankind’s toxic footprint has not spared any part of the planet. With countless crises just around the corner, these girls are successfully securing a sustainable future. This is part one of our three part series, ‘Knights in Recyclable Armour’.
“Commitment Needs Sacrifice But It Also Transforms You” – Madhu Tandan on Love, Longing and Knowing
Madhu Tandan’s new novel is no ordinary love story; it’s a canvas of absence, abstinence and infidelity along with a thrilling plot.
Daily Yoga for Staff, Salad During Shoots: Aleya Sen’s Film Company Sure Keeps It Healthy
In the second of our three-part series ‘Home @ Work’, we feature Aleya Sen, co-founder of Chrome Pictures, who embraces a sustainable lifestyle both at home and at work.
These Sisters Run a Cafe Where You Can Hang Around with Cool Cats, Literally
As part of our series ‘Cafe with a Cause’, we take you to Cat Cafe Studio run by the Khosla sisters in Mumbai, where you can hang around with cats over coffee.
Simi Kohli Shares 3 Healthy Asian Recipes From Her Restaurant, Shibuya
Bringing together her love for food, healthy cuisine and travel, Simi Kohli shares three delicious recipes from her popular Asian restaurant, Shibuya.
Home @ Work: She Runs an Award-winning Creative Agency from Her Mom’s Garage
Workspaces don’t have to be rigidly defined by glass windows, cookie-cutter cubicles or ‘corporate’ formality. In a three-part series ‘Home @ Work’, we feature three women-led teams that do great work even in informal settings, with open spaces, plants and maybe even a mother around for company. This is part one.
“Anything Boring, Dull or Old-fashioned Is Ladylike” – Radhika Vaz Lets It Rip
Standup comic Radhika Vaz is out to provoke – with her jokes and with her feminist agenda.
She Teaches You How to Build Cool, Durable Homes with Mud, Bamboo and Love for the Earth!
With her maverick venture Geeli Mitti, Shagun Singh is teaching the world about the down-and-dirty delight of sustainable development.
Her Kochi Restaurant Serves Great Food – Along With Good Karma!
Why waste food? Minu Pauline of Kochi has set up a fridge outside her restaurant Pappadavada so that the poor and hungry can take leftovers for free.
How Jeroo Billimoria Uplifted the Lives of Millions of Children in 147 Countries
Jeroo Billimoria has affected millions of lives with her organizations that protect vulnerable children, and lift the youth out of poverty.
She Eats Pickles During Her Periods: One Girl’s War Against Menstruation Taboos
A comic on menstruation designed by Aditi Gupta as a college thesis snowballed into Menstrupedia, a creative platform for social awareness.
Nandita Das on Manto, #MeToo, and Stories That Need to be Told
Nandita Das has donned many hats, from actor to filmmaker, but the one that has stayed consistent is the steel-willed activist, unafraid to speak out. In this exclusive interview, she talks about her life journey, inspirations and why certain stories need to be told.
This Ex TV Producer Launched 100% Natural Snacks for Busy People with Gourmet Tastes
It took vision and reinvention for former television producer Shradha Aggarwal to launch her own startup offering healthy gourmet snacks.
She Chronicles Memories of Partition to Show the Humanity of the “Other Side”
Multidisciplinary artist and author Aanchal Malhotra has been studying the personal histories of the refugees of the Partition through the belongings they carried with them.
This Designer Wants Everyone to Be Inspired by the Possibilities in Glass
For someone who has shattered numerous stereotypes, there is no such thing as a glass ceiling for Reshmi Dey.
Why Namrata Set Out to Help Indian Women Find Financial Freedom
A chance encounter led investment consultant Namrata Durgan’s to a new direction in her career: to help Indian women make their money grow.
Heart Specialist and Bollywood Actress – Niharica’s Real-life Double Role
When she isn’t playing the role of a Bollywood film star, Niharica Kumari Raizada is the head of department of a heart institute in a major Mumbai hospital.
Small-Town Tomboy to Global Boxing Champ: How Nikhat Zareen Shut Her Critics Up
Global boxing champion Nikhat Zareen’s small-town roots fire her world-conquering ambitions.
Zenia Tata on Innovation, Kriya Yoga, and the $1 Million XPRIZE for Women’s Safety
With her work at the XPRIZE Foundation, Zenia Tata is enabling and accelerating new technologies to solve humanity’s grandest challenges.
This India-loving Latvian Has Brought Together Both Countries in a Delightful Way
Latvian professor Dr Sigma Ankrava has contributed in a major way in bringing together her birth country with India, academically and culturally.
