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Gender

REBUILDING CONFIDENCE AFTER CAREER BREAKS

Women returning to work after career breaks can rebuild confidence through practice, volunteering, honesty, transferable skills, and small steps that restore professional self...

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Gender

WOMEN FACE A DIFFERENT LEADERSHIP CLOCK

Experience should open doors, not close them, regardless of gender. Sushmita Chowdhary examines why women’s leadership potential is questioned earlier than men’s, ...

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Gender

LEADERSHIP WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE GENDERED

Sushmita Chowdhary examines the enduring barriers women face in leadership, connecting India's historic women leaders, matriarchal traditions, corporate boardrooms, politics, ...

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Gender

BATTLEGROUND TO BOARDROOM: INNER STRENGTH

A Series by Sushmita Chowdhary for WMN COMM: In this opening essay, the writer explores how respect, resilience, mental wellness, and lived experience shape authentic female l...

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Gender

WOMEN RESHAPE INDIA'S CREATIVE ECONOMY

From beauty and fashion to design, healthcare, communications and conscious luxury, India's women are building businesses rooted in heritage and innovation, inspiring a more i...

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Gender

PRIDE, IDENTITY, COURAGE, FREEDOM, REPEAT

In this Pride Month conversation, Vinta Nanda speaks with Salim Asgarally about identity, transition, family, friendship, fashion, self-expression, and the ongoing struggle fo...

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Gender

WHY MOTHERS ECLIPSE FATHERS DAILY

Monojit Lahiri explores why Mother’s Day commands greater emotional resonance than Father’s Day, examining cultural perceptions, family dynamics, emotional bonding...

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Environment

YOUNG INNOVATORS FIGHT MICROPLASTIC CRISIS

Indian teenagers Vivaan Chhawchharia and the Plas-Stick team have won The Earth Prize Asia 2026 for creating a low-cost tamarind seed powder that removes microplastics from dr...

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Human Rights

BRECHT RETURNS THROUGH BENGALI THEATRE

In an era dominated by cinematic spectacle and digital distraction, writes Arnab Banerjee, a committed group of theatre practitioners and professionals in Delhi revived Bertol...

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Gender

INDIA’S AD WOMEN EVOLVE

The changing face of women in Indian advertising is no longer confined to stereotypes of glamour or sacrifice. Brands today are under pressure to reflect authenticity, diversi...

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OHH MY DOG: LOVE, LOYALTY, LOSS

Canine Loyalty Meets A Darker Tale of Loss, Courage and Justice. Arnab Banerjee reviews ...

August 10 2026

INDEPENDENT CINEMA FINDS ITS AUDIENCE

At WIFF 2025, Kabeer Khurana, Deepa Gahlot and Siddharth Kak examined independent cinema...

August 9 2026

ANIRBAN: CINEMA BEYOND DEATH'S SILENCE

Forty-five years after its release, Bhabendra Nath Saikia's Anirban remains an overlooke...

August 8 2026