Keen to highlight interesting things to do in her adopted city Goa during the offseason, Vijaya Josephine Pais founded the Facebook group Offbeat Goa in 2014. What started as a mere social-media page has grown today into 2…
We are sometimes defined by that one major milestone in our lives. For Bhagyashree, it was her unforgettable debut role in the Bollywood blockbuster Maine Pyar Kiya (1989). Though she went on to star in 20 more films after t…
After eking a living as a domestic helper, snack-stall owner, tea-seller and tailor, single mother Minaj Nadaf now drives an auto-rickshaw, wins marathons and even works for charity!
A single mom of two teenage kids, a do…
Associate supervisor and fellow of the Albert Ellis Institute, New York, Dr Varkha Chulani practises rational emotive behaviour therapy system. To put it in layman’s terms, the clinical psychologist and psychother…
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…