Unlike popular belief, her journey hasn’t been easy.

For this entrepreneur in Lucknow the Pardah system was the biggest hindrance. She married really young and her family was traditional, carrying further the legacy of the nawabs. But Kalpana was determined to find a vocation outside of being mom and staying at home. She says she had to work on her in-laws who now […]

Anju Narain was married at 18. When you converse with her, it’s very hard to believe she has two children 25 and 22. She grew up in Mysore but married a Lucknow boy and as a result moved to the UP capital. “It was pretty hard to adjust to begin with,” but her husband supported. […]

Originally from Punjab, this go-getter got married and settled in Lucknow. And that’s when an idea struck