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Disrupting the gatekeeping in the film industry: Shailaja Rao and Sandhya Nathan of South Asia Lens

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Author Shuma Raha on the unexplored side of #MeToo – the wife’s story | eShe Book Club

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Caste minds and the fight for joy: Christina Dhanuja on Dalit women's lives and resistance

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Why did India choose to forget a pioneering woman like Dr Jamini Sen?

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Sonora Jha on female desire, reclaiming agency, and solitude for self-discovery | eShe Book Club

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Schokofeh Kamiz on democracy, filmmaking and her documentary 'After Sabeen'

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Bhaktiveda Dhaul Taragi: Using expressive arts therapy to promote emotional wellbeing

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Prerora Roy on transforming self-limiting beliefs by reframing the narrative

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Bela Evers-Kapoor, the first Indian-origin woman to row across the Pacific, on fear and faith

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Bela Evers-Kapoor, the first Indian-origin woman to row across the Pacific, on fear and faith

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A pause for healing during menopause: my wellness journey at Dharana, Shillim

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Saheba Singh on poetry about the dark spaces and narratives of healing

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Kamakshi & Vishala Khurana: Sparking the love for Indian classical music in young minds

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Lulu Raghavan on building a personal brand that aligns with one's authentic self

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Kamakshi & Vishala Khurana: Sparking the love for Indian classical music in young minds

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Love in Books and Life: Romance and the Female Gaze

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Language, love and spirituality in divisive times | Aekta Kapoor

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'Joram' through the gender lens, and women's roles in Hindi films

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Rita Meher on the story of Tasveer, the only Oscar-qualifying South Asian film festival in the world

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What freedom means to Indian women | Independence Day Special #WomenSupportingWomen

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Bankruptcy to Oscar fame: the remarkable story of VFX filmmaker Saraswathi Balgam

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4 Indian novelists on female protagonists and young-adult literature

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Animal welfare in India: Challenges and solutions | Alokparna Sengupta | Keren Nazarath

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Author Roopa Pai on simplifying ancient spiritual texts for today's children

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Producer Shailja Kejriwal on gender representation in Indian television serials and films

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Actor-author Saloni Chopra on gender representation in Indian cinema

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Muktasree Chakma Sathi on representation of indigenous people in Bangladeshi films

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Aisha Gazdar on gender representation in Pakistani TV serials

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Anna MM Vetticad on gender representation in Indian cinema

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9 ways we made our Taj Mahal tour less chaotic and more Insta-worthy

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I was afraid of going to the Aurat March. This year, my teen daughters went with me

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Sustainability consultant turned podcaster Dr Shailja Chandra is bridging India and Australia through her work

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How books teach kids life skills, and why rewriting Roald Dahl won’t change mindsets: Dalbir Kaur Madan

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“Those furthest from the consequences are making the worst decisions” – Dr Scilla Elworthy on white men monopolising global capital

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“Whenever they have allies and a strong support system, women flourish” – Aarti Kelshikar

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Two sisters, a passion for Indian weaves, and a social-media success story

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Seattle banned caste discrimination – I was in the room when it happened

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From acting to organic farming and Ayurveda: Aditi Deshmukh’s many lives

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Interfaith research scholar Urmi Chanda on why religion has become a loaded word

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World peace to inner peace – 47 poets from 8 countries come together in a new anthology ‘Amity’

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Veil of freedom: Why my mother chose to wear the hijab, and I chose not to

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A good year for Aries to adopt a pet, a time of brilliant success for Cancer – Tarot predictions for 2023

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She is helping women in Dehradun knit their way to a better future

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“It is high time we dissolve the myth that poetry is elitist” – UK teen poetry sensation Iona Mandal

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She set out to make Bharatnatyam classes inclusive; then a 58-year-old with Parkinson’s signed up

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This ‘quantum coach’ transformed her life from ordinary to extraordinary; she now helps others do the same

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How two Bengaluru athletes created a sisterhood in sport reaching over 3,000 women

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Babasaheb and Savita Ambedkar: A portrait of an uncommon marriage

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Children’s Day special: 14 terrific new books for kids of all ages

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50 years on, the exodus of South Asians from Uganda finds retelling in three debut novels

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60 journalists from India and Pakistan met at a weeklong workshop in Nepal – I was one of them

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Trauma stole her ability to sing. Her voice now heals people through a wisdom podcast and guided meditations

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Mountaineer-author Bonita Norris on brushes with death and living on the edge

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One-Eyed Mama undergoes eye surgery and realises she has a ‘vision’ problem

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Love outside marriage and women in pursuit of happiness – this doctor’s debut adds a twist to romance novels

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A ‘voice’ in her head led Lynnda Pollio to write an award-winning book – and changed her life

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“There’s much to say about the American presence in Afghanistan… the US embassy there was essentially Ameristan”

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One-Eyed Mama finds life lessons in Morgan Housel’s ‘The Psychology of Money’

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This New Jersey mum’s books on Buddhist values are promoting peace education in US schools

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A sleep whisperer shares 4 Vedic habits that will help you sleep deep and long

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This perfumer’s art brings alive Mughal-era paintings through fragrance translations

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From shame to digital snooping, this new book explores the experience of menstruation in South Asia

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“Web content is too focused on copying the West; we’re losing India’s own charm and identity” – Sheena Chohan

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How women-led social enterprise reCharkha is giving plastic waste a useful makeover

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One-Eyed Mama learns the essence of kumbhaka pranayama while longing for her grown-up babies

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A local girl’s guide to 5 fun spots in Jakarta, Indonesia

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“We face discrimination, violence and solitude, but humans are beautiful regardless”: Kyung-sook Shin

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Can chronic pain change your personality? I would know, I have been there

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From Bhojpuri to dholl puri, a taste of Mauritius through the eyes of two successful women

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Welsh artist Deborah Claire Procter on learning kathakali in India and creating art in Argentina

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“I felt free after throwing up”: Anorexia messed up her mind, but this Chennai girl is determined to heal

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An American woman, a Paris bookstore, and a controversial book that changed literary history

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My daughter taught me what it means to be LGBTQIA, but being an ally parent was a lesson I had to learn myself

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Easy access to music is a beautiful thing: Raveena Mehta on viral videos, Tiger Shroff, and her genre-defying Hindi pop

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One-Eyed Mama has coffee with Osho

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“Learning to live and thrive with a mental-health condition brings with it a lot of illumination”: Aparna Piramal Raje

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One in five Indian women is subjected to marital rape; Indian courts turn a blind eye, again

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Ambition, power, whim – behind the world’s most famous fashion magazine

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Actor-producer Emily Shah on her film Jungle Cry and her mixed American-Indian heritage

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One-Eyed Mama visits an Ayurvedic centre in Kerala to heal her eyesight

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How do we ensure gender justice in Indian colleges and universities? This book shows the way forward

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Edelweiss CEO Radhika Gupta on leadership, risk-taking and being the 'girl with the broken neck'

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Author and motivational speaker Samra Zafar on single motherhood, freedom and fearlessness

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One-Eyed Mama learns equipoise and fills her empty nest with Sat-chit-ananda

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‘The Black Magic Women’: Dr Moushumi Kandali on Northeastern women, myths and discrimination

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“Cancer was like a gift for me”: Immunologist and spiritual teacher Dr Monica Gulati

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What One-Eyed Mama learnt after making her way home in the snow

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“Reclaiming your own narrative is the ultimate power move” – Aparna Shewakramani

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Memories of Rawalpindi, Benazir Bhutto’s assassination, and an interfering kitten

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“The pandemic saw the art community band together like never before”: Nupur Dalmia

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One-Eyed Mama grows a mighty heart as her chick flies the coop

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“The biggest challenge is doing justice to personal histories that are within living memory”: Neema Shah

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Yoga, culture, lovemaking: The space Delhi’s historical parks occupy in public life today

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One-Eyed Mama gets her Covid booster vaccine just in time

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Suleika Jaouad on vulnerability, isolation and writing about the “in-between places”

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“As independent artists on streaming platforms, we’re playing a game where the rules constantly change” – Shilpa Ananth

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Vulnerability, illiteracy, neglect: A heart-wrenching snapshot from a women’s prison in India

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My undoing project: Letting go of the ‘ideal woman’ in my pursuit of authenticity

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“Using religion as a political tool will make the youth of the country averse not only to religion, but also to spirituality”

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The future is Dalit female: Artist Osheen Siva is painting ‘Tamil Futurism’ with feminist hues