Becoming a mother after 8 years of marriage was a dream come true for me. A feeling that I still struggle to express in words. I find this quote so apt in my case, “Perseverance and determination is the key to success.” After being treated for infertility for about 3 years, I took a break and started yet again only to have 4 failed IUI’s and a failed IVF.  Not the one to give up easily, I went ahead with

“I really feel that genuine empathy and honest care play a big role in easing a doctor-patient relationship. Even in the most difficult cases honesty is imperative.” says Dr. Nina Mansukhani, Obstetrician/Gynecologist and founder of the clinic, Touch of Life in Pune. 41 year old Nina, is a proud army brat and army wife. With over 18 years of experience in the field of OBGYN, Nina says she loves the concept of “bringing forth life from another life” and feels

Hailing from a small town (Dharwad, Karnataka) where things are not as complicated as the hussle-bussle of life in a metro, 47 year old Purnima Gokhale-Kesanur considers becoming independent, self-sufficient and living life on her own terms as her biggest achievement. Mother, lead technical writer, physics teacher, mountaineer and an active participant in conserving nature and wild-life. This multi-dimensional wonder woman has completed a Himalayan trek (16500ft!) without knowing what it entails, ventured into the deep forests, got chased by

“I had the first solo exhibition of my paintings in October!” says Vidya Vivek, a self-taught 36 year old artist from The Nilgiris who turned her hobby into a full time profession. Vidya worked briefly in the IT world before taking a break to raise her two daughters, now 14 and 8 years old. With encouragement from her husband, she kept learning techniques, styles and mediums from the internet. After many trials and errors, many hours of hard work and

Meet Nirzara Verulkar, a commercial artist, animator and founder of a design studio called Drawing Chime where she illustrates and writes children’s stories. Nirzara has illustrated six books, some of which were selected for the Asian Festival of Children’s Content (Singapore). “Art as a medium of expression inspires me” says Nirzara, and the idea of expressing something beyond words….in the form of an illustration or poem makes her feel very calm. Other than that, food is her big inspiration and

They met through common friends a year back, discovered that they shared similar interests and hit it off instantly! What I just described was the start of a fabulous friendship and business partnership between two millennials, Megha Kapoor and Priyanka Vinod, founders of Millennial Mode a fashion and lifestyle blog and a clothing label called Millennial Mode Label. When they first met, both Priyanka and Megha had full-time jobs, and while it was very tempting to quit and follow their

She describes herself as a partner, agony aunt, designer, mentor at her label and boutique. Say hello to Sithara Kudige, who aspires to go beyond the ordinary and make beautiful clothes that caters to women who are discerning and want something unique. Fascinated by colours, fabrics and textures, Sithara believes that you can take a style, trend or inspiration and make it your own. Her journey in the fashion world started as a stylist and she constantly found it difficult

To all those who believe that women are afraid of snakes – I present to you, Subhadra Cherukuri who has broken this long standing gender stereotype to be one of (north) Bangalore’s few woman snake rescuers. And she says it is about time someone took the lead! Subhadra has a genuine love for wildlife and when she decided to do something that gave her a greater purpose in life – she chose to rescue urban wildlife (snakes, birds, squirrels, etc.).

“Starting a business isn’t as glamorous as it seems. You have to put in the hard yards and if even it’s a no – don’t accept it.” Meet Maude Georgia Abraham founder of Get Gorgeous, a beauty bar set up in 2015 with an aim to fast track the nascent nail art market in Bangalore. Surrounded by strong, broad-minded and self-made women during her formative years, it came as no surprise when Maude decided to set up a business of

She was told not to start out on her own, but Nain Belliappa, a 28 year old Marketing graduate, listened to her gut and established her very own interior design firm called Houseof9design. Now, two years and many projects old, Nain, recounts one of her initial projects where she had to design a velvet tufted table and position an ornate logo so that it was visible to the customers as they walked into her client’s store. She designed it, visualized