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The third meeting of eShe Book Club , featuring Christina Dhanuja’s debut work  Dalit Women and the Fullness of Life  (Penguin India, 2026), was held online on 23 May. The book examines the intersection of caste, gender, trauma, joy, and systemic oppression as experienced by Dalit women. The discussion brought together participants from India, Nepal, the United States, Canada and Kuwait, reflectin...

Dr. Jamini Sen was a groundbreaking physician who achieved international recognition but was deliberately forgotten in her home country of India. She was the first woman ever to become a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. She served as royal physician to the Nepalese royal family for ten years and developed a close friendship with King Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah. She c...

Female desire doesn't diminish with age but is often suppressed by societal expectations. Making unconventional choices publicly can be an act of defiance against patriarchal norms. These were some of the topics that came up during eShe’s inaugural Book Club discussion featuring award-winning author Sonora Jha’s new novel Intemperance .The discussion, moderated by Aekta Kapoor, founder and chi...

Germany-based Iranian filmmaker Schokofeh Kamiz talks about her documentary 'After Sabeen' about the prominent Pakistani peace activist and social entrepreneur Sabeen Mahmud who was shot dead in Karachi in April 2015. The film features Sabeen Mahmud’s inspiring mother Mahenaz, who was wounded in the attack that killed Sabeen. This moving and artistic film also draws on the memories and gri...

Bhaktiveda Dhaul Taragi is the founder of Praanah, a Bengaluru-based organisation that harnesses expressive arts therapy to nurture emotional wellbeing across ages. The organisation designs tailored expressive arts sessions for diverse groups – from helping cancer patients process their diagnosis to facilitating creative interventions for corporate teams managing stress. It also offers a professio...

In the latest episode of eShe TV , we feature transformation coach and entrepreneur Prerona Roy, whose own life serves as the greatest testament to the power of overcoming self-limiting beliefs. Roy sustained 82 percent burns in a tragic kitchen fire accident in her early 20s. Yet – despite the pain, disability and devastation that followed – she rose like a phoenix and completely changed the traj...

UK-born Bela Evers-Kapoor, an ocean rowing athlete, made history this year by becoming the first woman of Indian descent ever to successfully row across the Pacific Ocean. Evers-Kapoor was a key member of the Dutch Ocean Rowing Team 'GROHE Team Ocean', which embarked on a 39-day, 2,133 nautical mile journey from Monterey Bay, California, to Kauai, Hawaii, departing 30 May and arriving 8 Ju...

UK-born Indian Bela Evers-Kapoor, an ocean rowing athlete, made history this year by becoming the first woman of Indian descent ever to successfully row across the Pacific Ocean. Evers-Kapoor was a key member of the Dutch Ocean Rowing Team 'GROHE Team Ocean', which embarked on a 39-day, 2,133 nautical mile journey from Monterey Bay, California, to Kauai, Hawaii, departing 30 May and arrivi...

Mumbai writer Maya Lalchandani shares her transformative experience at Dharana wellness retreat in Shillim, where she discovered the journey to self-healing through holistic living, emotional balance and a deeper connection to nutrition. Read the article on eShe.in .

Saheba Singh leads a multidimensional life. On one hand, she is a design entrepreneur heading a company that offers architectural and interior design for restaurants and stores. On the other, she is one of the few artists in India who creates live kinetic art, coordinated with music. And now she has added a third feather in her cap: that of author. Her new book 'All Kinds of Stupid' (Fingerprint,...

Mumbai sisters and musicians Kamakshi and Vishala Khurana launched their educational platform Sound Space more than a decade ago to take Indian classical music to diverse audiences. The sisters, who are trained in psychology, have now launched another inspiring initiative – The Sound Space on Wheels, a bus that navigates through different slum dwellings in Mumbai to teach Indian classical music to...

“The crux of personal branding is how you want to be remembered and what you want your legacy to be,” says Lulu Raghavan. A ‘brand evangelist’ and corporate leader, Raghavan’s new book Go Further, Faster – Shaping a Life That Matters (2024) charts out a clear and practical path to personal growth with actionable tips and suggestions. Raghavan – who has lived in San Francisco, New York, London and...

Mumbai sisters and musicians Kamakshi and Vishala Khurana launched their educational platform Sound Space more than a decade ago to take Indian classical music to diverse audiences. The sisters, who are trained in psychology, have now launched another inspiring initiative – The Sound Space on Wheels, a bus that navigates through different slum dwellings in Mumbai to teach Indian classical music to...

This is eShe 's panel discussion on the subject of ‘Love in Books and Life: Romance and the Female Gaze’ at Ananke Women in Literature Festival 2024. It features four renowned Indian authors: Andaleeb Wajid  is a prolific author, having published more than 45 novels in the past 14 years. Andaleeb enjoys writing in a number of different genres such as young adult (YA), romance, and horror. Manj...

Aekta Kapoor is the founder and editor of eShe , a digital media platform that amplifies women's voices and stories of our shared humanity. She features in and as 'An Unsuitable Girl' in the documentary web series ' Love Storiyaan ' on Amazon Prime. For this fireside chat on day 3 of Ananke's Women in Literature Festival 2024, she speaks to psychologist and journalist Apoor...

Released this month, Hindi film 'Joram' is a thriller about a tribal villager on the run with his baby daughter Joram. They are trying to escape the grasp of the urban police on one hand and rural politicians and Maoist rebels on the other. The film features women in key roles: Smita Tambe Dwivedi plays 'Phulo Karma', a bereaved mother seeking ruthless vengeance; Nimmy Raphel plays...

Rita Meher cofounded Tasveer South Asian Film Festival (TSAFF) in 2002 to serve as a platform for films from South Asia for audiences in the US. Today, Tasveer has the distinction of being the only Oscar-qualifying South Asian film festival in the world, and receives hundreds of applications each year. This October, the 18th edition of TSAFF is all set to take place in-person from October 12 to 15...

As India celebrates 76 years of Independence, eShe TV puts the spotlight on what freedom means to Indian women. Are Indian girls free to make informed choices for their lives – about work, marriage, finances, or even something as simple as what to wear? Do Indian women have freedom of movement and equal access to opportunities or even public spaces? eShe editor Aekta Kapoor speaks to three panelis...

From a poverty-stricken childhood in Mumbai to the Academy Awards red carpet in LA, Saraswathi Balgam's rags-to-riches tale is dotted with grief, gumption and meditation. This podcast is narrated by Maya Lalchandani, who wrote the original article in eShe.

Does the younger generation look up to strong female protagonists in books? Will boys pick up books that feature girls in the lead? Who decides one kind of literature is for women and another for men? eShe editor Aekta Kapoor invites four novelists to share their views on these subjects and more. Speakers: Dr Arva Bhavnagarwala, Mumbai-based paediatrician, fiction writer, mother to two boys, autho...

Despite India's history of compassion towards all living creatures, the human-animal conflict is getting worse with more urban development and human activity in areas otherwise occupied by wildlife. eShe editor Aekta Kapoor speaks to two representatives from Humane Society International (HSI) India, managing director Alokparna Sengupta and senior director Keren Nazarath, on the subject. HSI is...

Roopa Pai, the Bengaluru-based author of the award-winning book 'The Gita for Children', which is on Amazon's list of ‘100 Indian books to read in a lifetime’, talks about her unlikely journey from computer engineering to writing for kids, and her latest book 'Yoga Sutras for Children'.

Shailja Kejriwal is chief creative officer, special projects, at Indian media and entertainment giant ZEE group. She pioneered path-breaking content that united India and Pakistan on a single platform for the first time in over 60 years through the television channel Zindagi and the production project of 12 films, Zeal for Unity. She has produced nationally acclaimed films and conceptualised Zee T...

Saloni Chopra is an actor, writer, and a filmmaker based out of Australia and India. She played the lead role in 'Girls on Top', a joint production by BBC and MTV India. She also featured in 'Maya', a short film which was part of the Official Cannes Selection 2013. Saloni is the author of the memoir 'Rescued by a Feminist', and a vocal advocate for women’s rights and person...

Muktasree Chakma is an award-winning journalist, feminist, rights activist and researcher. With a background in law, Muktasree founded Supporting People and Rebuilding Communities - SPaRC, an indigenous women-led organisation based in Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh. She is a core group member of Sangat, A Feminist Network; a bureau member of South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR); a general boar...