“Our concept revolves around creating a miniature world for children. As you stroll down our pathways, you’ll notice buildings lining both sides, mirroring the setup we’ve designed. The aim of this environment is to provide children with an open space for thinking, imagining, and playing,...
What was your dream in your growing up days? How did you get into the jewellery business that you do?We all have many dreams when we are growing up but for me things were different. Since I left my home at the age of 15...
Osteoporosis has come to become a common parlance among most women, especially in the menopausal phase of their life. Either they have been affected by it, or they live with the fear of being affected by it. You very rarely hear (or probably never hear)...
Dr. Manorama Pinakapani, the director of the Community Health Education Society (CHES), dedicated nearly three decades to ensuring that every child, regardless of circumstance, is embraced with dignity, equality, and justice. As the driving force behind CHES, Dr. Pinakapani’s journey began with a profound act...
Mallika Ghosh began her career in advertising. Before Parinaam, she was Head of Films, South India for McCann Erickson. Soon, the desire to do something meaningful with her life, brought her to the social sector and that’s when Parinaam came to life. Alongside Elaine Ghosh,...
When she was an adolescent growing up in Garhwa, Jharkand, just like any other girl, Aditi Gupta got her period. But what she wasn’t prepared for was the taboo and regressive attitude towards menstruation in her conservative society. This experience impacted Aditi to such an...
Parvathy, a 35-year-old woman from Anakapalle, Andhra Pradesh, says, “I’m married, and I have two boys who are in Anakapalle, Andhra Pradesh, studying. I came to Chennai along with my husband as a mason, and it’s been a week, but I still haven’t got a...
She has never spoken about menopause. For the first time, breaking her silence on what’s become an important conversation for women’s health, Sudha Murty speaks about the symptoms and how she is dealing with this lifestage of menopause. Sudha completed her engineering at a time...
Nirupama Menon Rao, served as the first woman spokesperson of the Indian foreign office, as the first Indian woman High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, and the first Indian woman Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China. In her career spanning nearly four decades, the retired...
Sudha Ramalingam, a relentless human rights activist and practising advocate in the Madras High Court, has been a formidable force in championing the rights of the marginalised. From holding pivotal roles in organisations like the People’s Union for Civil Liberties to her extensive involvement in...
