1) How did your career in television take off? Frankly speaking, I never thought I would be an actor; I’m pretty shy as a person. But a small interest in modelling when I was doing my engineering degree sparked a whole series of events that got...
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...
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...
Ever since this pandemic took over global consciousness — restricting movement, limiting contact and requiring recalibration — I have been on break. Don’t be jealous just yet; I use the term ‘on break’ lightly. I was on a five-week academic recess to prepare for exams,...
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,...
What made you choose a career in speaking/training? It all started 16 years ago when I started my career selling loans for Citibank. I was overjoyed with that opportunity, spinning success dreams by the minute, imagining myself in a black business suit, high heels and...
We cry out in glee and take pride when we come to know that the t-shirts worn at the recently concluded Australian Open by the tennis players are manufactured in India and specifically from Tirupur in Tamil Nadu. India stands as one among the world’s...
