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Continue reading →: How to Deal with an AbortionPsychologist and family therapist Dr Reena Nath advises those who have been through an abortion to overtly mourn the loss instead of covertly brushing it away as a piece of unwanted trash.
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Continue reading →: Sejal Vora: Finding Your Natural SizePractising as a naturopath in Mumbai for the past five years after a glittering career in jewellery trade in New York for a decade, Sejal Vora believes we all have an ‘innate’ talent that cannot be ignored, and an inner healer that can solve all our emotional and physical woes…
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Continue reading →: Diva editorial, January 2013As I write this, there is an atmosphere of fear in my city, a primordial female fear that springs up like that of a hunted prey from the brain’s amygdala. It was not just one woman who was viciously gang raped in a bus by monsters posing as men. It…
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Continue reading →: The Luxury of SolitudeLiving in a land of abundant resources but few people, for Canadians, the idea of luxury is a housekeeper, a chauffeur, a cook at home – something that privileged city-dwellers in India would take for granted. A couple of Canadian women marvelled when I told them a pedicure in a…
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Continue reading →: Diva Editorial, December 2012While our men lament their lost childhood in the laps of pillowy grandmothers, Indian women run steadfastly on their treadmills towards camera-ready bodies. As our roles change, our bodies change too.
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Continue reading →: The Year We Moved Towards UnfreedomThousands laid down their lives 70 years ago to ensure a free India today. What causes are we laying today to ensure a safe, equal, free tomorrow?
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Continue reading →: Diva Launch Issue Editorial, November 2012Fame feeds those who make a living out of feeding fame. The media and celebrity are a symbiotic ecosystem.
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Continue reading →: Luxury Meter: The Closet ShopaholicCome Diwali season and suddenly, the shopaholic in me goes boom. My usual preoccupations (read: office work, kids’ homework and domestic housework) go flying out of my head and are replaced by lusty images and provocative scenes.
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Continue reading →: Mishal Husain: Television, Motherhood and War ReportingNamed by The Times as one of the five most influential Muslim women in the UK, Husain talks about her personal journey, motherhood, Abu Dhabi, and her show, Mishal Husain Meets.
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Continue reading →: Minty Tejpal: On Journalism, Marriage and Divorce“I’ve never been just a journalist,” says Minty Tejpal, blowing away a puff of smoke at his parents’ New Delhi apartment. “Besides, journalism today bores me. Besides Tehelka – which is a bit incestuous considering my brother and sister work there – I don’t really find anything in journalism interesting…
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Continue reading →: Luxury Meter: Art of Our LivesArt is one of the most sublime gifts that we have as humans; it need not be limited to an intellectual, esoteric minority. Like happiness which becomes doubled when shared, functional art is delight multiplied.
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Continue reading →: The Small Picture: How SMEs Drive the EconomyThe world over, SMEs drive economies – those mom-and-pop stores are the ones keeping the market alive. But in India, small startups faces huge blocks – from logistics to infrastructure to red tape and bureaucratic egos – that discourage their very existence. No surprise they contribute only 17 per cent…
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Continue reading →: Dilip Kapur: Hide and ChicHis company employs over 3,000 people and runs three factories churning out 18,000 bags and 25,000 wallets a month. His brand retails at 78 stores in India and around the world, and his business is growing at 25 to 30 per cent annually. But Dilip Kapur, founder of Hidesign, doesn’t…
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Continue reading →: The Canadian Rockies: Mountains of DelightWe’re driving through the Canadian Rockies of Alberta where the landscape is unbelievably gorgeous and the weather just right for a summer holiday. Our journey begins at Banff, a quaint town located uncharacteristically inside a national park, and takes us to the snow-drenched Lake Louise. Along the way, we sight…
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Continue reading →: Shefalee Vasudev: The Other Side of FashionWhether it was in her various roles in mainstream news journalism or as the launch editor of an international fashion magazine in India, Shefalee Vasudev has always valued the ‘surprise’ quotient in any piece of writing.
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