Would you ever give up an upcoming promotion and a big pay raise to reflect and introspect on what you truly want to do? I didn’t think anyone would until I met Smriti Arora Malhotra, Founder and CEO of Wall Tart, a company that promises to alienate dullness from this world, wall by wall. Smriti, took an impulsive decision to quit her job when she was at the top of her game. Her decision was met with disapproval from all those

Meet Kanika Tekriwal, Co-founder and CEO of JetSetGo Aviation Private Limited. When I first read about JetSetGo the words that came to my mind were – innovation, disruption and revolution! And it turns out that is exactly what Kanika set out to do. At 29, she has already been chosen as one of the 100 most inspirational women in the world by BBC and recognized by Forbes Asia as one of the 30 under 30 leading entrepreneurs in Asia. In

Alfred Mercier rightly said, “What we learn with pleasure, we will never forget” and Anumeha Fatehpuria, Founder of The Arts in Education (TAiE), believes in enabling just that. She reaches out to children, parents and teachers, showing them exciting ways of addressing anything from academics, to life skills using the arts. Anumeha was always a good student, but she found herself wanting to learn in ways that encouraged a deeper understanding of things and most importantly in a joyous and

I absolutely love the suspense and power of a well-directed courtroom drama, so the first question I asked Aarthi Sivanandh, Lawyer and Partner at J Sagar Associates, was if it was as dramatic as depicted in the movies and if she had the opportunity to deliver the famous phrase “Objection, My Lord” on a typical day at work. Aarthi was very amused, but patient with me. She went on to explain her line of work and it opened my eyes

“You are a badass, magnificent sorcerer of divine light. Each day. Every day.” I usually end with a message from my wonder women, but given how badass this message was, I decided to start with it! Meet the woman who lives by this quote, Nilma Dileepan. Now Nilma, manages two worlds that she founded herself. One is called With Love, Nilma through which she designs, styles and curates decor for weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, etc. Her forte is “minimalistic and eco-friendly décor”.

Meet Suhana Medappa, the “right brained and right handed” protagonist of this post, who, after a bit of trying and testing, figured out that a mainstream career path limited her creativity. That, and the unstinted support of an extremely broad minded family gave Suhana the liberty to experiment with her career, though always in the creative field. With a degree in textile design and experience working as a designer with the Satya Paul brand, Suhana set up a screen printing studio

“All the world’s a stage and all the men and women merely players.” Here’s introducing you to the dizzying world of stars, scripts and stilettoes via the eyes of Tina Desai, Actor and Model. I am sure most of you will recognize Tina from her role in movies like The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and its sequel. She also stars in Sense8, a Netflix original. In India, Tina acted in the movie Table No. 21 and a couple of other

“When I am 80, I don’t want to look back on life and regret that when I could, I didn’t and now it is too late.” Meet Rashmi Bal who (in her own words) is the CEO, COO, CFO, support staff and owner of Battered Up! Now, don’t be misled by the name, Rashmi is a passionate baker and has been whipping up some fabulous cakes over the last four years. When Rashmi started Battered Up, she left behind a

We all are, to some extent, guilty of avoiding, glossing over or turning a blind eye to the lesser fortunate ones. Not because we are bad people, but because each of us are doing our best to manoeuvre through what life throws at us or we have toughened ourselves to avoid the emotions we feel when we look at the ones who are suffering. I am not here to judge, as I am guilty of it myself. But here is 63 year old Shubhangi Apte, from Raipur in Chhattisgarh,

Someone who knows the likes of a bride to be, who can make her happy, drive away her wedding jitters, excitedly talk for hours about the wedding specifics and make her dream wedding a reality. No, I am not talking about the groom, I was referring to a wedding décor stylist! Meet Reena Edward Alex, Founder of The Wedding Spell. Reena started out as a blogger, given her “obsession with all things to do with weddings” and then using the vast