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…
India does not suffer from a lack of talent. India suffers from a surplus of noise. Everyone has an opinion, a notification, a shortcut, a hustle. In that racket, leadership quietly degrades into performance. We start managing optics instead of meaning. We chase compliance instead of commitment. We mistake pressure for power. When I coach…
The Vedas and the Puranas originally gave equal rights to women. In Gaya, Bihar, there is a site where it is believed that Sita Mata did the Pind Daan for her father-in-law, King Dasharatha, on the bank of the river Phalgu. Women could also wear the Yagnopavits (sacred thread) in ancient times. Devi Parvati and…