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Of old friends and cozy blankies | Apurva Purohit

I had occasion to go for a dear friend’s son’s wedding recently. Yes! The decade of attending children’s weddings has well and truly begun! As we spent the three days in fun and frolic (in a sedate manner let me hasten to add, given the decade I am referring to)...
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Raising Awareness in Schools

Recently we visited a public school in Hyderabad to address girls. As I started to introduce myself and shared that the topic of discussion was menstrual hygiene management, the room when the quiet and the I could see the girls share curious glances with each other. The girls seemed a...
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Life’s lessons | Nimble Neha blog

I have had an eventful life so far and like most other people, I have had my share of learning. Through this post I want to capture some of them. So here are a few. – Each person is unique and priceless and we must never forget that. And never...
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Two powerful stories. Two powerful lessons | Vinita Ramtri

I’ve just picked up Market Wizards by Jack D. Schwager. If you haven’t already heard of it, it’s a brilliant book that contains interviews with top traders. Simultaneously, I am also reading Choose Yourself, another excellent read by James Altucher, who has founded/cofounded more than 20 companies including StockPickr. Two...
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Money Matters | Tejal Gandhi

Your financial questions answered by the experts! Q: I would like to start planning my finances with the start of the new financial year. I am 30 years old, single and earn about Rs 60,000 per month. My net amount for investing is around Rs 30,000 per month. In addition...
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How to deal with your shy nature? | Monisha Doley

I remember the time when I used to be a shy girl. I was very reserved and was never comfortable in a group conversation. I would be sitting quietly, just with a smile throughout. But there is one thing I started doing which helped me immensely in working on my...
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Make it Equal…|Nimble Neha blog

For the longest time, I kept wondering why was there all this fuss around gender equality, particularly at work. This was quite a few years ago of course. At the time I was, what I call, at the best stage of my life – financially independent with no responsibilities. The...
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Liberating women, liberating the world

A new study concluded that $12 trillion could be added to global GDP by 2025 by advancing women’s equality. (McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) report, The power of parity: How advancing women’s equality can add $12 trillion to global growth, September 2015) By nature, a woman is naturally designed to readily...
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Happy Birthday WeAreTheCity India!

International Women’s Day is a doubly special day for us at WeAreTheCity India as it’s also our birthday! Happy Birthday! We can scarcely believe that it has been exactly two years since we launched our platform to support and encourage professional women across India. We hosted our first event at...
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Celebrating International Women’s Day | Tatvã Femme

The world is celebrating International Women’s Day today to acknowledge and pay tribute to the indomitable spirit of women across the globe. The celebrations are intended to ignite the spirit of inspiration in others. I personally fell it is a great day to honour and acknowledge the feminine energy. Most...
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Hope | Nimble Neha Blog

Sometimes I wonder if I could see into the future, would I avoid all my mistakes? Who would I allow to enter my life and what I would do with my life to avoid all those things that caused me pain? Then I think what if I could really see...
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Black Bucks, Bishnois and Bollywood | Piya Bose, Girls On the Go

Of late black bucks, Bishnois and certain Bollywood stars have been synonymous. It seems that one can get away with shooting animals almost everywhere, but not in Bishnoi land. Bishnois are a religious group living in the Thar desert, that follow the teachings of Guru Jambheshwar. In his 29 (20...
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Growing Pains | Nimble Neha blog

When I was growing up, the focus on academics was intense and there was limited diversity in what defined talent. Those days in India, if you could not become a doctor or an engineer, or completed a masters in business administration or become a chartered accountant, you were considered useless...
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Technology & Wellness | Shubhi Srivastava

In this fast paced world, where we all are surrounded with gizmos and gadgets; we can send messages and mails with just a click to people far away from us; where with one call we can have a face-to-face conversation with people sitting in different countries; we can travel thousands...
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Too Much or Too Less | Shubhi Srivastava

Recognition is something that everybody longs for, a very common human nature. It may be because we are always been told to expect it even when we didn’t know the meaning of it. Here are some of the common scenarios that prove the point. Scenario 1: As infants or children,...
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Wellness at Work | Shubhi Srivastava

What is Wellness at work? When I share the idea of wellness at work with people, I get varied reactions. Some of which are as weird as the idea of wellness at work itself. They say: “Office mein kaam karein ki exercise” – The office is for work, not for...
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What to do when you can’t believe in yourself?

We hear that you have to ‘believe in yourself’ all the time because it’s just so true. Time and people have proven this age-old philosophy a gazillion times. Many successful names stand a strong testimony to this. When the world doesn’t approve of you, it’s okay and all that matters...
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