The Whale Life, a startup based in Hong Kong that provides curated experiences at sea, is the brainchild of Aasavri Talwar. A 24-year-old, born and brought up in New Delhi, Aasavri moved to Hong Kong about six years ago to study Industrial and Product Design at the HK Polytechnic University. After graduation, she moved to […]
It took Sonali Srungaram 17 years to realise that an urge to create something of her own during her teenage years was not a passing whim, but her primary passion. After working for Accenture out of three countries (India, UK and New Zealand) for more than a decade, she launched CIPHER Healthcare, a company which […]
Pooja Nabh left a corporate career at Dell as an Assistant Manager training to try her hands at making desserts for a living. Her venture CocoCraft is an extension of her undying love for desserts – she claims to have eaten more of them than regular food all her life. She knew if she started […]
After moving to Gurgaon from Indore after her marriage, Prerna Dugar had been striving to do something creative and productive with her time. First, she thought of opening an ethnic wear boutique, similar to one she had been running in Indore with her sister. But after assessing the market she veered towards the idea of […]
Entrepreneur Basantika Bagree Sharma calls her venture Kiducate a community strictly for the parents, by the parents and of the parents. It reaches out to parents who want to get the best for their child in terms of curricular and extracurricular activities, it’s by the parents as on the forum, parents genuinely connect and help […]
I have the bad habit of putting authors on a pedestal. After all, these are people whose words have often bestowed me with a sense of inherent optimism, sometimes dismay, made me feel things that actual human beings couldn’t. I am a journalist who is supposed to be objective and sharp but I am also […]
Veteran radio presenter Tshepo Ntshole was at the right place at the right when the Bostwanian government liberalised the country’s airwaves and allowed for private radio stations for the first time in 1999. Two private radio stations were being set up at the time and she was asked to come in for voice trials for both the […]
Simran Oberoi is a self-taught home baker and the founder of Ovenderful, a niche signature e-bakery that specialises in healthy and organic bakes, as well as classic bakes. She was also a mentee of The Cherie Blair Foundation’s Women in Business program for a year. In order to ensure that knowledge on healthy baking can […]
At the first glimpse, the lively interaction between the spirited women entrepreneurs at the Indo-Israel Women Entrepreneurs looked like a reunion of long-lost friends. The attendees shared their stories of struggles, second doubts and coming to acknowledge and hone their creative ambitions. The sea of women simultaneously nodded their heads at every instance someone chose […]
The saree is six yards of elegance. From our homes to red carpets, this simple garment has transcended borders and made a statement across the world. But can the saree be a potent weapon of protest? Can it make us rethink our notions of feminity and stand up against the system? Stacy Jacobs, an American […]
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