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As a person who for the better part of her life has suffered from PCOS (1) and a hypo-active thyroid gland (hypothyroidism(2)), I can tell you that life has certainly not been a bed of roses. Add to that the development of Endometrial hyperplasia(3) and my life all but has been …

A resume is a carefully curated précis of your professional tangent. It is your first introduction to a prospective employer via a document that is meant to present, who you are, on a piece of paper in a concise and lucid manner. The chief purpose behind drafting a resume is …

Ma, does everyone wear makeup once they grow up? Asked my eight year old; watching me apply makeup in preparation for an outing. As I looked into her eyes, shining with innocence and naiveté, I was transported back in time to when I had been but six years old and …

For the past few months, I have been addressing working women on the topic of “Transcending Emotional Barriers”. In the sessions held, I have had the privilege of meeting women on a one-on-one or group session. The undercurrent of the discussion and the ensuing colloquy has always centered on the …

“The most important thing in my life is – ME!” Sadly, although this is the truth, yet most women in India fail to acknowledge & subsequently embrace this truth. We are encumbered by societal viewpoints and bogged down by family constraints. As a result, we lose track of elevating our …

A woman dons many hats. She is a wife, a daughter-in-law, a mother, a sister, an employee and a friend. She is the stable front to all the instability or upheavals that a family may face. In a family she is the constant in a constantly changing world. I-Cube sessions …

Having grown up in the defence services as a “Fauji Bachcha or a Fauji Brat”, I call myself a child of India. It’s impossible for me to say that I belong to a certain place only in India because I have grown up in so many wonderful places. I am …

Any mother would concur that there is nothing more upsetting or depressing than dealing with a bleary eyed cantankerous child early in the morning on a school day. I mean let alone the fact that working mom’s have to get up at the crack of dawn in order to cook …

It had been a particularly tiring journey.  In fact, this particularly tiring journey was undertaken to escape a particularly stressful few months in Mumbai so, the journey merely ended up adding to our already tired souls. A last minute decision to escape the stress of big city life had made …

When you travel to the uplands of Bali in Indonesia, amid the jade green rice fields & dense forests, you can espy many coffee plantations. Most of these plantations offer what they term a, “coffee experience or tour”. This experience consists of a trek or leisurely stroll amid the plantation …