Bawari Basanti on Defying Hypocrisy and Making Honest Music
How can music be a tool for social change and personal development? Popular folk-singer and social-media star Bawari Basanti tells us.
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Offline to Online: Rape Threats Are Still Being Used to Silence Women
Women continue to be silenced with threats of sexual violence and rape, although the medium has changed from the battlefields of yore to internet-enabled platforms today.
Mayawati’s Digital Makeover Gives Away Her Ambition for a Role at the National Stage
Mayawati wants to project herself as the main contender to the post of Prime Minister if the 2019 national elections throw up a fractured verdict.
This 22-Year-Old Has Created a Safe Online Space to Share Stories of Depression and Abuse
Ayesha Asif collects quotes and stories centred around the concerns of women’s empowerment, environmentalism, abusive relationships, mental health, casteism and self-love.
Poets of Instagram: Young Female Voices Bare Their Truths on Social Media
Social media is a boon for today’s poets, the ones who use words to paint pictures, and pictures to embellish words. In the first of our two-part series, meet Megha Rao and Reet / Roohanii.
Read the August 2018 Issue of eShe Magazine
With Akanksha Hazari, founder of m.Paani, on the cover, this issue is all about technology for life. Meet women who have used mobile connectivity and social media to make the most of their talents. Plus fashion, food, travel and more! Start reading.
Saloni Chopra on Social-Media Activism and the Body as a Feminist Statement
Actor Saloni Chopra’s provocative social-media posts and videos are her way of igniting debate on gender violence, stereotypes and sexuality.
“Trolls Use Sexual Intimidation to Keep Outspoken Women in Line”: Sreemoyee Piu Kundu
Sreemoyee Piu Kundu on the social stigma of single or divorced in India and why single women live in fear.
Sometimes Pretty, Sometimes Badass: Shubhika Davda, Papa Don’t Preach
Shubhika Davda’s edgy fashion label Papa Don’t Preach defines its muse as “a ribbon around a bomb” and is meant for a “perfectly flawed girl”.
Lifelong Resolutions for Love and Sex Every Smart Woman Must Make
Our catty columnist Unsanskari Stree has given up on New Year Resolutions. Instead, she suggests a list of lifelong resolutions for single women. Trigger warning: love, sex and real-life truths ahead!
Archana Dhankar Shows You 3 Ways to Ace the Wedding Season
Fashion blogger and social-media influencer Archana Dhankar shares advice for women entrepreneurs and three trendy looks for the wedding season.
This B-School Professor Is Giving Women Lessons in Body Positivity
Full-time professor, fashion blogger, and social-media enthusiast, Falguni Vasavada-Oza is India’s poster-woman for body positivity and the power of fashion, says Shillpi A Singh.
