Female Entrepreneur: Bindu Menon – Founder of B&P Creatives
Specialist Expat Relocation Management and Cross-cultural understanding (India inbound). Freelance writer for travel, culture and women’s issues Tell us about yourself and your background I was born in God’s own country – Kerala, raised in Madras that is now Chennai, lived for a couple of years in Mumbai, the commercial capital... Read More
YA fantasy novel Sceadu now available on Amazon
Crossword Book Awards finalist Prashant Pinge takes you on a journey inside your shadow Sceadu, a young adult fantasy novel by Crossword Book Awards finalist Prashant Pinge, has just been launched globally. The book has generated considerable attention over the past few months, thanks to an innovative promotional campaign along... Read More
Female Entrepreneur: Anju Arora – Founder of ‘Naari’ Women Wellness Program
I belong to a conservative business family from Delhi. After graduating in commerce, I started to work with a placement company and acquired some experience in recruiting and interviewing candidates. While working there for two years, I got married and relocated to Hyderabad. Though Hyderabad was a new city, it... Read More
WeAreTheCity India Launches Mumbai Micro-Site | Caroline Graham
WeAreTheCity India would not be complete with a micro-site dedicated to Mumbai! Mumbai or Bombay – whatever your preference – is the biggest, busiest city in India and we hope our new micro-site does it justice. If you are a would-be blogger living in Mumbai, or you are organising an... Read More
Female Entrepreneur: Farah Bakhshay – Founder of Semurg Relocations
Tell us about yourself I have spent almost a decade understanding world people and assisting them to settle into Mumbai! I head Semurg Relocations in Mumbai and have an empathy for relocating business leaders and their families who come to this financial hub of India which is second nature to... Read More
Culturama November 2014
Seventeen years ago, Global Adjustments started the Annual Beautiful India Photo Competition – that year, there were 12 entries in all. Today, around 500 entries are sent in each year, with each image offering an amazing insight into the country. These are the images that we use in Culturama. The... Read More
Pravasi Women – Vinita Ramtri, Vice President, Financial Services
Tell us about yourself Someone recently referred to me as a ‘pocket rocket’. I think that sums me up quite well actually! We all live once, and in this one life, I want to pack it all in. Eternally motivated, I just never stop. I’m a workaholic and when I’m... Read More
Female Entrepreneur: Caroline Joire – Founder of AGALINE
I am a French citizen who came to Indian five years back. I have done business studies and I have always known I would eventually create my own company. I first came to India for an internship in Delhi with a consulting company helping other French companies to develop their... Read More
Female Entrepreneur: Bindu Menon – Founder of Point Blank Advertising Pvt Ltd
Tell us about yourself I am a Postgraduate in Biochemistry and have an MBA. I began my career with GSK and have spent all my working years in healthcare marketing. I have been an entrepreneur in Healthcare Communications for the past 16 years. In 2001, I founded Point Blank, in partnership... Read More
Videshi Women – An interview with Lizzie Chapman, DBS Digital Bank
Where are you from? London Oh and learn to shout at taxi drivers in Hindi. Key skill. How long have you been in India? Nearly 3.5 years What brought you to India? Love! For the city of Mumbai and a geeky passion for digital finance. I am fascinated by how... Read More
Pravasi Women – Sunita Bhambri, Vice President Compliance Barclays Bank Plc
Tell us about yourself I am a barrister / solicitor qualified in the UK. Born in Nigeria, I studied at a boarding school in India and moved to London with my parents when I was 16. I worked for 15 years as a lawyer in India and in the UK... Read More
Not a man’s world anymore… | Pooja Jalan
Eight Indian women were named in the Fortune list of 25 most powerful women in the Asia Pacific, four of whom were in the top 10. Placed at number two was Chanda Kochhar, the chief of ICICI Bank, Arundhati Bhattacharya from State Bank of India was at number four, Nishi... Read More
Videshi Women – An interview with Joan Hyman
Tell us about yourself, your background and what you do currently I am a yoga teacher based in Los Angeles and I travel the world leading retreats and teacher trainings. Where are you living currently and why did you choose that location? I live in Los Angeles because I am... Read More
Inspirational Woman: Roopa Purushothaman | Founder of Avasara Academy
I am an economist and the Head of Research at Everstone Capital. In my role, I cover macro and thematic issues on demographics, income and consumption patterns. Previously, I was a vice president and global economist at Goldman Sachs. While at GS, I co-authored the report: ‘Dreaming with BRICs: The... Read More
Tea for Two | Jo Gaglani, Co-Founder of Iford Manor Collection
Everyone knows that tea is a healthy drink, but have you ever considered the benefits of added ingredients such as spices and flowers? Herbs, spices and essential oils have long been added to improve the flavour and metabolic benefits of the drink. India has perhaps the best known example of... Read More
Sceadu Book Review | Leonnie Fisher
I read Sceadu in four nights, simply because I was hooked! From the very beginning it was full of intrigue and mystery, begging the reader to delve into the book to gain the answers. It was full to the brim with rich thought-provoking descriptions allowing the reader to picture the... Read More
“OH NO! NOT A GIRL AGAIN…..” | Vimla Patil
These are the words often heard in Indian homes when a second or third girl child is born to a family. Yes, social movements, governmental efforts and unbeatable tenacity from women themselves are changing the scenario in Indian society. But the girl child has a long way to go before... Read More
Female Entrepreneur: Nina Bual – Founder of Chamki Nails and SPA.ce the spa
I’m from the UK and come from a family of five girls. We all grew up with the support of our parents to venture into any career path of our choice and have enjoyed continuous support from our parents. This freedom allowed us to follow our hearts as well as our heads and I ended... Read More
The Luxury of Giving Up | Shalini Chopra
Recently I was watching a talk on TV, where Sujoy Ghosh was the guest. For those who watched and liked the movie ‘Kahani’, Sujoy is the producer and director of that super successful movie. Before this huge box office hit, he had made three movies which did not do so... Read More
Why ‘Potential’? | Puja Kohli
“Everybody is talented because everybody who is human has something to express.” Brenda Ueland The word “potential’ transcends multiple fields from physics to social sciences. When we consider potential in electrons we discuss in terms of energy. In neuroscience, we refer to action potential as nerve impulses and when we relate... Read More