International Women’s Day began over a century ago as a call for equality, for fair work and dignity, and in recognition of women’s labour. The Day celebrates empowerment. Yet across India, women’s bodies tell a more complicated story, one where anaemia quietly coexists with rising obesity and where exhaustion has been normalised. I have lost…
Women’s empowerment is a pressing issue in the 21st century. It’s heartening to note that women’s participation has been increasing in every field in the past few decades, but it still doesn’t seem fair to say that women and men are at completely equal levels today.India is one of the world’s oldest civilizations. Was the…
Matcha rose to remarkable prominence in 2025, evolving from a traditional tea into a global lifestyle staple. Once closely associated with the refined tea culture of Japan, matcha steadily found its way into modern cafés, wellness routines, and social media feeds around the world. Its vivid green hue, earthy flavour, and reputation as a natural…
The concept of women’s empowerment has developed over time, with varying definitions and opinions. Women’s empowerment is the process to enable women to take control of their life, make decisions, and fully participate in all aspects of society. Women’s empowerment encompasses economic, social, and political empowerment. Economic empowerment refers to women’s ability to access resources…
International Women’s Day 2026 urges us to “Give to Gain”. Give respect. Give visibility. Give knowledge. Give funding, justice and opportunity. It is a powerful call to action. Yet for many professional women in India, giving has never been the problem. Over-giving has. Across corporate India, from multinational boardrooms in Mumbai and Bengaluru to fast-growing…
On most days, a woman in India does not experience the city as a neutral grid of roads and buildings. She experiences it as negotiation. She calculates lighting before distance. She chooses a bus based on who else is inside it. She avoids certain parks after dusk. She memorises which metro exits open onto crowded…
The Scrabble Board was laid out on the table. My sister, brother, and I arranged our tiles and began to play. After a few rounds, just as I was going to place the word “Queen” on the board, my grandmother, who was sitting beside us, called out : “Mina, make sure you place the Q…
The desert sun beats down on the white gaddis facing the makeshift platform, glancing off the reddening bare scalp of the man seated before me and turning the sandstone of the looming Mehrangarh Fort a burnished rose. In a nook cradled by boulders and dusty trees, my mother and I wait for the Ustaad to…
There has been a noticeable shift in recent years in the role of BRICS, from an informal grouping of like-minded emerging economies to a bloc capable of playing a larger role on the geopolitical stage. Founded by Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, the group is now expanding further with new members including Saudi…
Reuben Ray Sometimes the deepest lessons of life are revealed not only in scriptures or spiritual discourses but in the simple drama unfolding on a playing field. A moment on a cricket ground can mirror the journey of human courage, faith and aspiration. In India, cricket has long transcended the boundaries of sport. It has…