Meet Brishti Ghosh, a MA History student at Jadavpur University and a fashion blogger/influencer who curates body positivity-related content for her audience. Brishti might be studying history but her heart beats for fashion, and it is what makes her feel most alive. Even though she was very much sure about her own style since she […]
“An arrow can only be shot by pulling it backwards. When life is dragging you back with difficulties, it means it is going to launch you into something great. So, just focus and keep aiming.” These words of advice could be the words of wisdom espoused by Preeti Sundar from Bengaluru, India, who has done […]
“At the age of 61, I was content with my life having a loving family, consisting of my husband and son, and also owning a small organisation called Jens Hospitality in Florida. However, the December of 2019 brought in a piece of news that changed my life forever. At the end of November 2019, I […]
Meet Mrs. Vasundhara Bhatt – a polyglot, jeweler, designer, and creator- but most importantly, a strong and determined woman who didn’t shy away from following her dreams at an age when most people retire from their jobs! “As I look down the memory lane, I see nothing but happiness… I was about 5 years old […]
Meet Aboli Deshkar – A Risk-taker, a believer, a dreamer, and most importantly, a proud mom, who is currently pursuing her Masters after a gap of 10 long years and keeps herself close to gardening, baking, reading, and dancing! As we continuously try to collect more stories of valor in ordinarily simple lives, we forget […]
“After struggling through the first 8 years of my married life to bear a child, I finally experienced the bliss of motherhood in 2001. My first daughter brought us so much happiness that it almost made me forget the hardships of my past where certain societal expectations made me doubt the credibility of my life. […]
“Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark in the hopeless swamps of the not-quite, the not-yet, and the not-at-all.” ― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged As I was surfing on the internet to learn more about India’s “Brittle Boy” aka “Wonder Boy”, swimmer Moin Junnedi, I couldn’t help but be baffled by […]
“It’s OKAY to be scared. Being scared means you’re about to do something really, really brave.” — Mandy Hale (The Single Woman: Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass) Hamyl Anjum is a leader and an advocate of Human and Sexual Rights of youth and women. Her story of consistency, as she says it, […]
“And can you teach your body emotionally what it would feel like to believe in this way . . . to be empowered . . . to be moved by your own greatness . . . to be invincible . . . to have courage . . . to be in love with life . […]
“She was a gypsy, as soon as you unravelled the many layers to her wild spirit she was on her next quest to discover her magic. She was relentless like that, the woman didn’t need nobody but an open road, a pen and a couple of sunsets.” ― Nikki Rowe Mariam Saeed Khan is not […]
“I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.” ― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women Zarish Malik, a 24 year old entrepreneur from Lahore, Pakistan, works as a Director of her own company Galaxy Moving Systems Pvt. Ltd. She is the youngest in the business of elevator engineering so […]
“You cannot kill a breeze, a wind, a fragrance; you cannot kill a dream or an ambition.” ― Michel Onfray A child in Morocco, named as Khadija, was fond of seeing her mother teaching the other native women of Morocco the art of dress-making. While catching glimpses of these women as they sew and stitch, […]
Youth, like pristine glass, absorbs the prints of its handlers. ― Mitch Albom, The Five People You Meet in Heaven “Rahbar” an urdu word that means “a mentor” and in the context of The Citizens Foundation, it means someone who guides their students on the path from learning the power over their mind to creating […]
“Take me somewhere I can grow, Give me something let me go Tell me something I don’t know” – Laura Marling Myself, Maham Shah here from Pakistan, introduced as an author of my debut poetry book “My Therapist Tells Me Not to Ruminate”. I am a storyteller from Fuzia – empowering women. I am eager […]