When five stars talk of seasonal, regional, local

October 1, 2024

“Regional is the new national” – I can’t help but recall that showstopper line when I look at the growing craze for regional food. This line is borrowed from CII report -albeit it was used in quite another context, that of the entertainment sector, how Telugu (and South Indian) films...

Daughter’s right to inherit property?

September 20, 2024

My friend’s mother passed away recently. Soon after her brother asked her to sign a couple of documents relinquishing her share completely. I asked her why she submitted passively into this act of foregoing her share, when even the law allows daughters the right to inherit their parents’ property. All...

Neville Tuli’s Poster Art Exhibition Celebrates Cinematic Heritage

September 16, 2024

“Cinema is the single greatest cultural discipline of India”- Neville Tuli, Founder & President -The Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (T.R.I.S.) tells Namrata Kohli in an exclusive conversation in the backdrop of his recent exhibition “The World’s Greatest Mela – Respecting India’s Cinematic Heritage” at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. A curated collection of 400,000...

A new vision for women’s safety: from fear to freedom

September 6, 2024

Remember how some kids used to bully you in school or college or that nasty colleague in your previous workplace... You would wonder what you have done to deserve this and why they would pick on you only when you had done nothing to please or displease them. Your analysis...

Japan Meets Peru, That’s Nikkei Cuisine

August 27, 2024

Food is not just fuel (for the body) or nutrition but food is art, history and culture. So, the other day when I was invited for an ISSEI pop-up featuring Nikkei cuisine at Radisson Blu Plaza Delhi Airport, I was intrigued by what on earth is ISSEI and what exactly...

How freezing eggs is empowering women with Reproductive Freedom

August 23, 2024

Did you know the primary factor which determines "when" to get married for most women in India. An insight shared by founder of one of India’s leading matrimonial website- Shaadi.com’s Anupam Mittal is very revealing- “When to get married in the west is decided by when you find a compatible...

No More Shopping for Brides

August 16, 2024

I am a product of an arranged marriage and had one myself like the majority of middle-class Indians. So, I am qualified to write on the subject of arranged marriages and matrimonial advertisements. Twenty years ago, the memories are vivid and clear, how my parents would arrange for savories with...

Customers Walk the Ramp celebrating Tanishq Jewellery

August 9, 2024

Recently Tata Group’s jewellery brand Tanishq celebrated three decades of its presence in Delhi with an event at Pullman Aerocity in New Delhi. What was special about this event was that the customers of Tanishq walked the ramp wearing its jewellery pieces. It was a night of where Tanishq’s customers...

Why Female Leadership in Politics Matters?

August 3, 2024

Kamala Harris’s nomination as the White House Presidential candidate sparks a million emotions but to me this current Vice President of the United States, could make history as the first woman, the first Black woman, and the first person of South Asian descent to hold this position. Which brings us...

Paris 2024 Olympics Breaks New Ground with Complete Gender Parity

July 20, 2024

It’s time to celebrate a milestone achievement. For the first time in the history of international sporting events, we have equal participation of women and men. Paris 2024 Olympics marks the change for achieving full gender parity with an equal number of male and female athletes participating featuring 329 medal...