Delhi’s got talent – and how

Quite a few women in the national capital region stand out as symbols of what can be achieved if you focus on your goal. A glimpse into the lives and achievements of a few who could be role models for the younger generation

They dare to be different: women in male-dominated professions

These city women have cut a trail-blazing path through professions usually dominated by men. And they’ve done it with panache  

‘Nothing is impossible’

Motivated by her father, Sheraton Hotel New Delhi’s Sous Chef Aditi Chatterjee is constantly learning and does not believe in resting on her laurels What or who inspired you to become a chef? My father has been an inspiration for me ever since I understood the art of cooking. Sitting on the kitchen platform on a […]

A tryst with queerness: womanhood and queerness in the capital

Three years after Section 377 was struck down by the Supreme Court, queer women in Delhi still find it difficult to live and love freely without compromising their womanhood

Delhi Anganwadi protests: Delhi Government responds to the grievances

The Delhi government is paying the country’s highest amount of honorarium and allowances to Anganwadi workers and helpers in the city, sources in the government claimed on Sunday. The Anganwadi workers are paid monthly Rs 12,720 in Delhi while Rs 12,200 is the pay in Tamil Nadu, Rs 11,811 in Haryana, Rs 10,500 in Telangana, […]

All that’s pink is pricey

Women have been on the receiving end of gender-based economic injustice for a long time. Now, this phenomenon is called ‘pink tax’ though it is not imposed by the government but is a marketing tactic by companies to put bigger price tags on products targeted at women

Anganwadi workers express their angst

For years, pleas of the Delhi anganwadi workers for better working conditions have fallen on deaf ears. The women have now gathered outside Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s house to protest indefinitely for better pay and full-time employment status.   Lalita, one of the protesting anganwadi workers could be distinctly heard shouting the slogan: ‘Kejriwal […]

Old is not gold any longer

The number of women being abandoned by their sons is increasing at an alarming rate while daughters are seen making huge sacrifices to provide care to their old mothers when they become old and helpless   As I was giving a coin to a young woman pleading with folded hands at the car window, my […]