Iron deficiency still a problem in India

Haemoglobin counts continue to be low even as the country’s development parameters improve. Awareness about nutrition is key According to the National Family Health Survey 2016, India has the highest number of anaemic individuals globally — nearly 53% adult women and 50% pregnant women in India are anaemic. Santanu Misra, co-founder of the non-governmental organisation […]

Multi-taskers, pay heed!

With proper exercise and a nutritious diet, you can generate enough energy to perform myriad tasks every day — and keep yourself happy We women are multi-taskers by nature. We survive on a hidden energy that gives us that rush of adrenaline to fulfill a dozen tasks to perfection.We are known as nurturers but we […]

Together again

After blogging as Mrs Funnybones, Twinkle Khanna has become a topselling author with her debut novel set in a Kerala health spa called Shanthamaaya. An extract Jay must have already told Lalit that I was in Shanthamaaya because he didn’t look surprised to see me. He smiled, a wide, gummy smile, and pulled me towards […]

CHEF DHWANI

Born, brought up and educated in Mumbai, Chef Dhwani did her initial schooling from Poddar High School and junior college from Jai Hind College. Influenced by one of her paternal uncles, she developed a desire to become a chef and thus chose to do her formal education in Hotel Management from IHM, Bengaluru under the […]

Who’s that girl in the kitchen?

They have not been in the limelight. Yet Delhi-NCR has outstanding women chefs cooking up a storm She is is the Chef Partner at SodaBottleOpenerWala, Cyber Hub, Gurgaon. After studying at IHM – Aurangabad, Anahita Dhody worked in four different hotels in three different cities before she took off to pursue her dream to gain […]

Clothes don’t define us

Most women are careful to dress in keeping with society’s norms but some do throw caution to the wind and dress to please themselves In Every report that talks about a girl being sexually violated, there is a sureshot mention of the right clothes the victim could have worn or how the molester thought the […]

Listen, women!

The female of the species is always being told what to do, how to behave, what to think. here is a power point presentation of the stereotypical tirades we hear all the time Women can have quite a few common experiences when it comes to being subjected to sexist and misogynistic remarks. Here is a […]

Mind your language

Sexism is embedded in the very words used to describe women and their experiences. Today is a good day to start changing your vocabulary Pejoration’: The depreciation of a word’s meaning to a negative one. “If you do want a healing relationship, How do you talk about it when the language is rooting against you?? […]