You are high on motivation and pursue your dreams and goals relentlessly. Day in day out, you make sure you do your best to get one step closer to the life you envision for yourself. Now imagine if you woke up to a sightless world tomorrow. Would you still have the same amount of energy …
Practice Is Key, Says Blind Tattoo Artist Ketan Saindane Read More »
Most of us wake up to the sound of an alarm. Can you imagine how different your world would be if you were unable to hear not just the beeping of your alarm, but any other sound? Consider, for instance, how it would feel to no longer be able to listen to your favorite song. …
In Conversation With Devangi Dalal, India’s First Humanitarian Audiologist Read More »
I have been an ally of the LGBTQIA community ever since the day I learned that human sexuality exists on a spectrum. In fact, I never quite understood—and still fail to understand—why people who aren’t heterosexual are seen as weirdos. Sexual preferences and their expression are private matters that don’t concern others, right? Anyway, in …
It’s Not Easy To Come Out As A Lesbian, Says Monisha Ajgaonkar Read More »
There is a point in everyone’s life when they decide what they want to be. This probably brings back memories of dressing up as doctors or astronauts and aspiring to be something your parents would be proud of. My husband, Joey, and I both had these experiences. I wanted to be a veterinarian and Joey …
Saying Yes To Van Life Is How We Found Happiness Read More »
January 19, 2001, is a day Nishant Khade will never forget. All of 23 years old, Nishant was traveling in an ambassador on the Mumbai-Bengaluru highway. It was around 4 am when his car collided with a parked truck near Kolhapur. He suffered from a C5 spinal cord injury during the rescue process. The injury …
Meet Nishant Khade, The Quadriplegic Who Can Do It All Read More »
All over the world, most of us are on the lookout for love, for a significant other who helps make life worth living. Despite globalization, India is still entrenched in the age-old practice of early matrimony. In most Indian families, women and men in their twenties are expected to be married as soon as possible, …
Why Romantic Relationships Are Better In Your Thirties And Beyond Read More »
Eating disorders are awful. Seriously, there is no way to sugar coat it. Mine snuck up and hit me in the butt. My fiancé (now husband) sat me down and shared his concerns about the different diets, supplements, and exercise programs I had and was continuing to try. I thought living like this was normal …
How I Overcame and Continue to Overcome my Eating Disorder Read More »
Today I am interviewing Ritvik Tuteja, an image consultant and soft skills trainer based in Pune, India. Ritvik and I have only interacted on social media, but being behind a screen has not dampened his charm, class, and vivacious persona one bit. Let’s hear it from Ritvik on why he does what he does for …
What’s On The Inside Doesn’t Count, Says Image Consultant Ritvik Tuteja Read More »
Abandoned as a boy for being effeminate, Naaz Joshi never dreamed that one day she would go on to win beauty pageants as a confident transgender woman. But life is unpredictable like that and Naaz is no stranger to its ups and downs. In an interview with Mahevash Muses, the brave beauty talks about how …
Meet Naaz Joshi, The World’s First Transsexual Miss World Diversity Read More »
At the beginning of this year, I enrolled myself for IGNOU’s Postgraduate Diploma In Journalism And Mass Communication. After I secured admission in February, I waited eagerly for the induction function that would educate me as to how the course would be conducted. See, IGNOU, short for Indira Gandhi National Open University, is a university …
Distance Education Is Vital In India, Says Kalpana Gupte Read More »