“Parenting which is meant to add love and happiness to our lives – has off late become a source of fear and guilt. All parenting problems are due to an expectation mismatch between what the child can do and what the parent expects.” Meet Dr. Debmita Dutta, the wonder woman who has aptly described current-day parenting and has made it her life’s purpose to, “make parenting a joyful stress-free experience again”. A practising doctor for close to 20 years, Dr. Debmita, is also

My name is Divya Vachie Agrawal , and I am a Company Secretary. I love to read, write and research just about anything new that comes my way. I have a keen interest in music, art, and I believe I have a creative mindset. My favourite thing to do is to spend time with my daughter, Vachie. Three years ago, I started a blog about Indian culture. I always dabbled with writing and one of my friends suggested I compile

A self-taught artist based in Bengaluru, Vandana Krishna, believes art is her form of expression. In her own words, she is an engineer by qualification but an artist by passion! Although she predominantly works in ink medium, she loves working with acrylics & graphite medium. She is a CERTIFIED ZENTANGLE TEACHER, trained in USA under the founders of Zentangle® Rick Roberts & Maria Thomas. A form of meditative, mindful drawing, Zentangle® has helped increase her focus and find peace despite

“There is a power above that one can tap into to make life more beautiful…than beautiful. It happens with a mix of prayer, mediation, good thoughts, words and deeds.” Behind this meditative thought is Poonam Wadera, a certified MahaVastu expert and trained Astro-Numerologist. For Poonam, it started as a personal interest in Vastu to enhance her life. But 2012, she was guided by her Guru to pursue it as a profession and to delve deeper into the ancient science behind Vastu. At

“I don’t react to situations. I respond to them.” With this approach in life, you are bound to be a wonder woman! Meet Dr. Bhavi Mody, Founder of Vrudhi Holistic Health Care Services. An only child, Dr. Bhavi was raised by a perfect parent duo – a father, a strict disciplinarian and mother who always taught her to put others before self. She has twin girls who she says, “rule her world” and a very supportive husband. Dr. Bhavi has made it her life’s purpose to

“My inspiration comes from every parent who is struggling with kids not eating healthy food.” Meet Rakshita Dwivedi who used that inspiration to set up Recipe Dabba, a platform to help kids and families adapt to healthy food choices. Not only is Rakshita an advocate of eating right, but she also facilitates culinary workshops for children and parents to help them explore healthy flavours and pick up cooking as a life skill (which is gender agnostic!). Recipe Dabba has been instrumental in helping

“I do not believe in regret, but I do believe there may come a time we look back and feel like we could have done something differently. Take the learning, but also remember that it was probably the right decision you given the circumstances” She’s practical and positive and she’s Hira Mehta, a multi-facet 63-year-old who has a refreshing take on age. She says, “Even though everyone screams themselves hoarse saying age does not matter, I beg to differ, because it

Caroline ‘Ceri Naz’ Nazareno-Gabis, World Poetry Canada International Director to Philippines, is a multi-awarded contemporary poet, editor, journalist, museumist, linguist, educator, peace and women’s advocate. Graduated cum laude with the degree of Bachelor of Elementary Education, specialized in General Science at Pangasinan State University. Ceri have been a voracious researcher in various arts, science and literature. She volunteered in Richmond Multicultural Concerns Society, TELUS World Science, Vancouver Art Gallery, and Vancouver Aquarium. She currently experiments on deviantArt , mask and

“Let’s make the Indian society way more progressive than we think we can!” This sentence pretty much sums up what Richa Vashista strives to do! An out and proud queer individual and a mental health professional who has lived her entire life in Mumbai. She has done her Master’s in Clinical Psychology and loves food, travelling and music. Richa’s body of work is focused on three main aspects – ·         Mental Health: She works towards reducing the widespread stigma around availing mental