I am not a fan of stories which indulge in what women in power wear. While I am in the chamber of Shailaja Teacher though, I realise no one around me does either. She is the Minister for the Departments of Health, Social Justice and...
Say stand-up comedian and immediately a youngish urban man might come to mind. Well, that is exactly the image Shefali Pandey and Preethi Das are out to break. Based out of Ahmedabad, Mahila Manch, the stand-up comedy group founded by the spunky duo, has been...
It’s certainly a difficult time for living and breathing people all over the world. For a majority of the population (including India), a pandemic is something that we haven’t witnessed in our lives until now. We may have even gone to wars with neighboring countries...
We’ve all heard about Akshaya Patra and the amazing work they do with mid-day meals across the country. What we haven’t heard about is the amazing work they also do when it comes to relief during crises. One of the first organisations to take cognizance...
With COVID-19 lockdown affecting everyone, how has it affected dance schools such as yours? The effect has been severe in every single sphere across the globe and ours has been no different. We have all had to shut down the physical space in which we...
As a writer, you’ve been very active on social media and interacting with your followers, especially around dealing with isolation during this lockdown. How helpful do you think writing is during a pandemic like this? I think we all have our ways of trying to...
On a day like this, I mused aloud, one could fall in love. It was a chirpy spring morning, and I was deep in conversation with a pretty young thing at her studio apartment, before COVID-19 hit the global ceiling. “Yes, one could,” she said,...
As an independent PR executive, how has the lockdown affected your work life? Well, the first thing is that most businesses in this situation have stopped marketing and PR. Most of my clients who are in the F&B business have taken a break for now...
I speak from a space of supreme privilege when I say this: this lockdown has been the happiest thing that has happened to me in years. Insensitive? Very. But if you are gramming your post-workout glows, aglio-olio recipes, and jabbering gibberish, every day – it’s...
RJing from home must be quite a feat… what exactly does it ensue? Yes of course.Working from home, especially as an RJ is quite a task I must say. I get asked this question a lot of times about how I’m doing my radio show...
