“The System Discredits the Whistleblower to Maintain Status Quo” – IPS Officer D Roopa Moudgil
Having stood up to corrupt politicians and conniving businessmen over 20 years, courage is now second nature to IPS officer D Roopa Moudgil.
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“Shouting One’s God’s Name Is Not Religion, Following Its Principles Is”
The true bhakta does not need an identity card, a religion, a caste, a place of birth, a parent, weapons of lathis and tear gas, or a cancerous government that devours its own citizens.
Why 4 Intrepid Women Set Off on a Daring Ride Across 6 Countries
For 56 days, four Indian women rode their motorbikes through six countries, covering inhospitable terrain and diverse regions. What inspired this daring adventure trail?
A Young Woman Chronicles Her ‘Cheerful Fight’ with Cancer Before It Takes Her Life
A new memoir, ‘Tales from the Tail End’, follows the ‘cheerful fight’ that Ananya Mukherjee had with cancer, before she eventually loses the battle.
Top Cop Aparna Kumar Makes an Intrepid Expedition to the South Pole
What is like at the South Pole, and what does it take to get there? Senior IPS officer and adventurer Aparna Kumar shares stories from her intrepid travels.
Read the March 2019 Issue of eShe Magazine
We’re celebrating courage this month, with UK feminist-activist Jasvinder Sanghera on the cover, Bollywood actor Flora Saini who spoke out about domestic violence, and top cop Aparna Kumar who journeys to the South Pole. There are also delicious features on food, travel, fashion and beauty inside!
This Fashion Photographer Teaches the Blind How to Click Brilliant Images
Award-winning photographer, TEDx speaker and entrepreneur Richa Maheshwari is wasting no time in making the most of life and giving back too.
A Bus Accident Cost This Teen a Leg, But That’s Not How Her Story Ends
Her first day of engineering college turned out to be the turning point for teenager Medha Saha – she lost a leg but earned the heart of a hero.
Why Childhood Adversity Turns Some People into Super-Achievers as Adults
In ‘Supernormal’, her groundbreaking new study of trauma and survival, Meg Jay tells the stories of people who overcome trauma in their childhoods to go on and live successful lives as adults.
Being Twice Widowed Has Only Made Her Twice Stronger
Rani lost not one but two husbands before she reached her mid-thirties. But this is not a sob story.
She Works 7 Days a Week to Make Ends Meet – and She Couldn’t Be Happier
Renu Chouhan, the girl behind the popular fashion e-venture Kuch Creative, has turned her limitations into her strengths, and her needs into fuel to work harder.
Living with Rheumatoid Arthritis at 25, Fighting Pain Like a Warrior
Most people think of RA as something that only strikes people in mid-to-late life, but it does, in rare cases, afflict people who are in their 20s. This is one young girl’s story.
She Lost Her Arms So She Armed Herself With Courage Instead
This month, Malvika Iyer will co-chair the World Economic Forum’s India Economic Summit 2017 in New Delhi, along with the likes of Union ministers Piyush Goyal and Smriti Irani, filmmaker Karan Johar and telecom hotshot Sunil Bharti Mittal.
“Visual Impairment Has Enabled Me”: Jasdeep’s Brave Journey
Sometimes life closes one door because it wants you to notice the open window. After losing her sight, software techie Jasdeep Kaur learnt to see her truth more clearly.
