This Entrepreneur’s Lifestyle Brand Is Empowering Women Artisans in Muzaffarnagar
Gauri Malik’s label Sirohi provides small-town women artisans design support to make sustainable products for eco-conscious buyers in big cities.
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Reena Saini Kallat on Art That Challenges Borders and Notions of Nationhood
Artist Reena Saini Kallat’s work looks at social and political borders by bringing the focus on manmade barriers and symbols of nationality.
Workshop Video: How to Understand Your Biases and Stop Being Played by Technology
Watch Google News Initiative India Network Trainer Shweta Bhandral’s workshop on news verification and recognizing our own cognitive biases that make us fall for propaganda.
“Borders Are There But Stories Can Bridge the Gap” – Cinema’s Powerwomen at eShe Peace Summit
Full report on what powerful women directors and producers from India and Pakistan had to say at eShe Indo-Pak Peace Summit Led by Women
“Peace That Is Not Built on Justice Is No Peace At All” – Youth Voices at eShe Peace Summit
Full report on what the youth had to say at eShe Indo-Pak Peace Summit Led by Women
“Innocence, Ignorance and Illiteracy”: A Doctor on the Roadblocks to Women’s Health in India
Dr Anuradha Rana shares her experience as a gynaecologist in a busy small town, and explains the roadblocks to women’s health in India.
5 Women-Led Natural Beauty Brands That Care for You and the Planet
With more people investing in health, these five women-led brands are creating a niche in the growing market of natural beauty products.
Loss and Labour: The Effect of Lockdown on Rural Indian Women
Rural women in India have never had it easy, and the Covid lockdown has further increased their workload while leaving them financially vulnerable.
Survey Result: Did Relationships Become More Equal at Home During Lockdown?
eShe conducted a survey on how long-term relationships fared during the COVID lockdown, with a focus on gender division of household responsibilities. Here’s what we found!
The Story of India’s Community Libraries – Spurned by State, Struck by Lockdown
Public libraries have been low on government priorities in the past few years; now COVID is threatening our few brave community libraries too.
The Reinvention: This Moradabad Coaching Centre Boss Became a Lockdown Chef
When the pandemic struck down Parul Ahuja’s coaching centre business in Moradabad, she started a home restaurant offering fabulous food. #TheReinvention
The Reinvention: From Education Entrepreneur to Quarantine Baker
Shweta Joshi put her creative and entrepreneurial skills to use after Covid shut down her education business, and turned into a baker of beautiful treats. #TheReinvention
‘Indian Matchmaking’ Needs a Trigger Warning: Ugly Truths, Toxic Memories Ahead
The regressive arranged marriage system is no longer a guilty Indian secret. It is now out there in full glory, glamorized on screen, endorsed by the elite.
This Cancer Survivor and Bureaucrat Is Sharing Her Knowledge and Experience to Help Other Patients
Principal Financial Advisor of the Central Railways, Ruby Ahluwalia set up an NGO to support underprivileged cancer patients after surviving stage-three cancer herself.
Meet Two Pilots on Air India’s Vande Bharat Evacuation Mission
Meet pilots Daisy Chacko and Aakanksha Verma who are part of India’s unprecedented worldwide evacuation operation Vande Bharat.
School @ Home: The Pros and Cons of Online Schooling
With online classes becoming the new normal in education around the world, parents, students and teachers weigh in about the challenges and opportunities.
“There Is Polarisation, Intolerance… It’s the Best Time for Humour” – Satirist Naomi Datta
Former broadcast journalist Naomi Datta used her snarky, irreverent online persona to launch her own brand of satire.
“Hate Is a Subtle and Evil Virus, as Dangerous as Corona”: Author Annie Zaidi
Best-selling author Annie Zaidi on inspiration, personal choices, and her prescient novel about bigotry and radicalisation in today’s India
Lockdown Diary: How I Healed My Relationship with My Daughter
For Mumbai-based media professional Shweta Bhandral, the lockdown has been a time to build bridges and mend relationships at home.
A Fact-Checker’s Life: Exposing Fake News and Communalism, Surviving Social Boycott
As technology majors and media houses gear up to fight fake news, fact-checkers at the forefront face the social backlash and soul-crushing battle.
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