Around the time that Dr Renu Mahtani worked in a hospital ICU, she developed psoriasis, an incurable skin disease. Badly affected and bleeding, she realised it was stress-related, as she had long working hours and two sma…
The time-etched lines on Bhag Bahri Malhotra’s face are well earned. A little frail at 88, the matriarch of Delhi’s iconic bookstore, Bahrisons, looks nevertheless hale and hearty as she shares her life’s journey…
Umadevi Raje Jadhav has several achievements to her credit as economist and journalist, all of which become even more remarkable considering she is the descendant of an erstwhile royal family of Gujarat, and has a large r…
Following in the footsteps of a legend can be daunting, but Meghna Ghai Puri has worn her mantle with dignity and responsibility. Daughter of Bollywood director, producer and screenwriter Subhash Ghai, Meghna has chart…
These twins have more than just their genetic makeup in common – Ranjani Mahesh and Bhairavi Gopi also have a unique musical sensibility that has made them something of a phenomenon on music platform Smule, where the sim…
Even though fashion has been paramount in Kaveri Lalchand’s life, it has never been the sum total of who she is. A free soul who is comfortable in her own skin, Kaveri conquered her fears one by one and drew her fashion sensi…
Fifteen years ago, a Danish journalist called Ronni Abergel founded the Human Library Organization, where instead of books, real people with real stories were given on loan to readers. It’s now an international u…
Sapna Moti Bhavnani had always been daddy’s little girl, with the same deep-set eyes and furrowed forehead, from the time she played havoc as a teenager, chloroforming him so that she could sneak out with the boys in the n…
It is tough to imagine now the choice that Rashi Bunny once had: to be a trophy wife and archetypal homemaker duty-bound by convention to allow her talents to perish. Now a highly accomplished and renowned theatre artiste w…