Behind the Scenes at the First Ever Virtual Jaipur Literature Festival
Ananya Jain, a volunteer working behind-the-scenes at Jaipur Literature Festival 2021, which is completely virtual this time around, shares her unique experience.
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Here’s How I Plan to Do a Digital Durga Puja This Year
How can you stay safe this Durga Puja while also partaking of all the rituals and festivities? Suranjana Ray is all set with her laptop.
How Teaching Young People Creative Writing Enriched My Own Stories
Schoolteacher Richa Gupta found the inspiration and confidence to write her own books of fiction while teaching English language and literature.
How I Healed Mind, Heart and Body to Beat Cancer – Thrice
Delhi-based author and entrepreneur Anita Kumar shares her emotional, physical and spiritual battle with cancer.
Why I Practise the KonMari ‘Declutter’ Method in My Relationships
Nidhi Chopra decided to apply Marie Kondo’s famous KonMari ‘tidying up’ method for decluttering her relationships, and this is where it got her.
A Nutritionist Shares Her Secret to Staying Young and Healthy at 61
Is youthfulness in the mind or body, or both? Nutritionist, mother of two and line-dancer Sheela Nirula shares the secret from her own life.
I Took a Step Back in My Career For Motherhood, But Stumbled on a New Perspective
Like many working women in India, marketing professional Rabia Sooch Khandelwal had to take a break in her career once the babies were born, but the experience brought out another side of her.
Why the Swedish Word Lagom Has Become a Life Mantra for Me
Mumbai-based PR professional Amrita Mendonza is looking for ‘lagom’, the Swedish word for ‘just the right amount’.
She’s the CEO of Her Home and Finds It the Most Invaluable Job in the World
Mother of two sons, Aarti Malhotra is proud of her role in their lives – as their chief nutrition officer when they were younger, to their back-end support in their businesses now that they’re grown up.
She Started Pop-ups to Help Her Mom Sell Saris, Then Became a Brand of Her Own
When her 50-something mother started a sari brand in Kolkata, Shalini Agarwal decided to help her promote her saris in Jaipur by holding exhibitions. Gradually, she became an event organiser to reckon with.
An Open Letter to the Man Who Told Me, I Am More of a Man than Him
Someone I have been politely pulling the disappearing act on, told me, when I finally picked up his phone, that I am more of a man than him. This open letter’s for you, mister.
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