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Vinita Marwaha Madill, a Space Operations Engineer, speaks on what drew her to pursue a career in space, her inspirations, her motivations behind founding Rocket Women and the challenges of being a woman of colour in a predominantly male-dominated field.
There Is No Health Without Mental Health: Psychiatrist Dr Shaili Jain
Her father was orphaned in the vicious bloodbath of the 1947 Partition, and who went on to bravely reclaim his…
Stories Gave Me A Way To Interact With The World: Author Monica Bhide
A bestselling fiction and internationally renowned cookbook author, Monica Bhide is known for sharing food, culture, mystery, and love in…
Art Is My Place Of Healing Says Artist Sharmistha Ray
She is an award-winning, critically-acclaimed artist who was born in Kolkata, and grew up in Kuwait before her family immigrated…
Writing Snuck Up On Me: Author Manreet Sodhi Someshwar
She has written across genres, poignant literary fiction, fun breezy fiction, gripping thrillers, moving from genre to genre with consummate…
Women Need Role Models That Look Like Them: Dr Shruti Kapoor
The first time she sat on a plane was when she went to the US to do her Masters in…
I Am The Villain Of My Own Story: Author Sharmila Sen
When she was 12, Sharmila Sen emigrated to the USA from Calcutta where she had grown up. This was back…
Racism Is Becoming Mainstream: Author Angela Saini
When Angela Saini’s book Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong came out in 2017, it created a right bit of a…
Romy Gill On Being An MBE & The First Female Indian Chef Owner In UK
When the envelope informing Romy Gill that she had been selected for the Queen’s birthday honours arrived at her home,…
Rohini Pande On Gender, Economic Development & De-biasing Academia
Recipient of the Carolyn Bell Shaw Award for 2018, Rohini Pande, is the Rafik Hariri Professor of International Political Economy…
I Felt Draupadi Was A Timeless, Very Modern Woman
The first thing that strikes you about Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s novels is that they unabashedly centre around the feminine experience.…
Meet Asma Khan, Britain’s First Chef on Netflix’s ‘Chef’s Table’
Asma Khan moved to the UK in 1991 to do a PhD in law, which she did complete. Back then,…In the news
