Karmic Lifesciences on a data quest
Nidhi Saxena’s background is probably unique among the current crop of young Indian entrepreneurs. Saxena is a trained pilot, has an MBA from the Mumbai-based S.P. Jain Institute of Management and...
View ArticleGoing against the norms, Nusrat Jahan started her own venture in Kashmir
Kashmir is working towards making women of the state less confined to domestic chores and creating opportunities for them to be self-reliant. The Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) State Women’s Development...
View ArticleHow Divya Kashiv brought her father’s business back to life
One of the most revolting things on television today, especially to liberal sensibilities, is the clear gender bias on some of the more regressive soaps. Sons, it seems, are the ones who are the...
View ArticleArt for all: Crude Area brings contemporary art to your homes
Is art only meant for the elite? Is great art only for the millionaires? That is quite the general perception. Shweta Bhandari and Nidhi Dewan, however, do not think so. Once colleagues at well-known...
View ArticleOut there to disrupt the global ivory trade: Whiteknife
Last year, the Supreme Court of India was called upon to look at a petition concerning the reintroduction of cheetahs to India. For those who do not know, India’s cheetahs were hunted down to...
View ArticleSan Francisco based Tomboy Tailors knows what suits you
Zel Anders traded careers in corporate recruiting and writing for non-profits to start a business selling menswear looks for a female clientele. She launched custom clothier Tomboy Tailors early this...
View ArticleWomen on Wanderlust are going their own way
Amarpreet Kaur, a 52-year-old homemaker from Jammu, took her first international vacation last year to South Africa with a group of women she had never met before. “Once my children settled to their...
View ArticlePull up your socks!
India’s footwear industry has never had it so good. Gone are the days when the Indian middle class had but one (here is looking at you Bata) shoe brand to aspire to. Today, the footwear sector is $35...
View ArticleFit and working
As a child and then as a teen, Upasna Kamineni did not pay much heed to matters of good health. A foodie to the core, Kamineni was woken up from this slumber by a kinesiologist in the UK, where she was...
View ArticleThe whole six yards
No matter how hard she tries or does not, Jeyasree Ravi can’t not be linked, associated or compared to her lineage. Ravi’s father, Kuppuswamy Chetty runs Nalli Silk Sarees, the 85-year-old Chennai...
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