Delhiwale: Portrait of a mahila

3 weeks, 5 days ago

AAP to Launch Women's Court in Delhi Today, with Kejriwal and Akhilesh Yadav | ABP News

ABP News

With Delhi gearing up for elections next year, the Aam Aadmi Party is leaving no stone unturned in its campaign efforts. The party has now announced its decision to organize a "Mahila Adalat" in Delhi to address issues related to women’s safety and highlight the deteriorating law and order situation in the city. The event will witness the participation of …

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Registration within a week: Atishi explains Delhi's Rs 1,000 for women scheme

India Today

Delhi Chief Minister Atishi on Friday announced that registration for the AAP government’s ambitious scheme to provide Rs 1,000 to women in the city will commence within a week. Nearly 40 lakh women would be eligible for the Mahila Samman scheme,” she said. Responding to the BJP’s allegations of an election gimmick, Atishi retorted, “Khisyani billi khamba noche.” She asserted …

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Delhi's Mukhya Mantri Mahila Samman Yojana to be rolled out in 10-15 days: CM Atishi

India TV News

Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Atishi today announced that the 'Mukhya Mantri Mahila Samman Yojana', to provide monthly assistance of Rs 1,000 to women in the national capital, will be rolled out in the next 10-15 days as the government is working on the registration process. The scheme is likely to benefit around 45 lakh eligible women, a significant number which …

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4 weeks, 2 days ago

Way in the world: how Muslim women travelled from 17th-20th centuries

The Hindu

I began reading Three Centuries of Travel Writing by Muslim Women chronologically, hoping rather ambitiously to read it from cover to cover, one essay at a time. They write: “On the face of it, the premise of this volume is simple: a comparative study of travel narratives by Muslim women who travelled the world before the ‘jet age’ transformed modern …

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1 month ago

Women showcases biz skills at Shakti Bazaar

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad:Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy inaugurated the Indira Mahila Shakti Bazaar at Shilparamam on Thursday, showcasing handicrafts and handlooms from 106 stalls set up by women's self-help groups across the state. Since Madhapur is an expensive area, and a hub for IT companies, we have allocated this place for you to place good employment opportunities in your hands.” Governor Jishnu …

Women Bazaar Indira Shg Showcases Biz Shakti Bazaar

1 month, 3 weeks ago

CM Revanth to Launch 4 Mahila Shakti Canteens in Warangal

Deccan Chronicle

Warangal: During the Praja Palana Vijayotsavalu, Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy is scheduled to announce the launch of 22 Mahila Shakti Canteens. The Chief Minister is set to inaugurate at least four Mahila Shakti Canteens during his visit to Warangal on Tuesday, November 19. Works are in progress for the Mahila Shakti Canteens at Mahatma Gandhi Memorial and Chanda Kanthaiah …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Meet the Masters of Clay: Maati Kala Mela Returns with a Splash of Colors and Creativity

Hindustan Times

The Maati Kala Mela is back in Lucknow, offering visitors a chance to buy clay and other material-based items while also witnessing the live pottery-making process. The fair features a variety of products from local artisans, including decorative diyas, clay puja thals, and utensils. The event also includes a live pottery-making session, allowing visitors to participate in the process and …

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4 months ago

Delhiwale: The Sunday Book Bazar icon

Hindustan Times

She is a living landmark of Delhi’s iconic Sunday Book Bazar. Last Sunday while attending to her stall, Asha agreed to become a part of our Proust Questionnaire series. Last Sunday, while attending to her stall, she agreed to become a part of our Proust Questionnaire series, in which citizens are nudged to make “Parisian parlour confessions”, all to explore …

Book

6 months, 4 weeks ago

Mahila Manch protests outside Delhi minister Atishi’s house, seeks Rs 1,000 allowance

New Indian Express

NEW DELHI: Members of the Mahila Manch held a protest outside Delhi Finance Minister Atishi’s residence on Tuesday, demanding the AAP government to fulfil its budget promise to provide a Rs 1,000 monthly honorarium to the city’s women. Atishi addressed a press conference, attributing the protest to the opposition BJP’s women wing and accusing them of attempting to gain political …

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7 months, 1 week ago

'Mr. & Mrs. Mahi' movie review: A confused tale of marriage, cricket and failed dreams

New Indian Express

For the unversed, this is not a biopic of Mahendra Singh Dhoni or a cricket allegory of the ex-skipper’s marital life. Another entry in the incoming Letterboxd list “Films where Janhvi Kapoor’s husband is an insecure manipulator”, Mr. & Mrs. Mahi is Bawaal if it were a sports drama. After realising that he has lost the youthful agility of a …

Mahi Mahima Mahendra

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Delhiwale: Into a bookseller’s soul

Hindustan Times

Delhi’s backpackers’ district of Paharganj had many bookstores, each crammed with hundreds of used books. Many of those well-thumbed paperbacks would bear origins of exotic lands, often left by international travellers passing through Paharganj on way to Manali, Benares or Goa. Deepak Dialani, who founded the shop in 1996, agrees to become a part of our Proust Questionnaire series, in …

Books

9 months, 2 weeks ago

Review: The Gallery by Manju Kapur

Hindustan Times

In an NDTV interview, Manju Kapur showcased her giant library, exuding an aura of both an academic and a passionate reader. In “A Frozen Woman,” the protagonist’s sense of self, like Minal’s, diminishes as she conforms to her husband’s and society’s expectations. He does not mind her working relentlessly as “The more indispensable his wife, the more secure the quarters.” …

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10 months ago

The Influenchers: Powerful women shaping India

New Indian Express

Much before all it took to be an influencer was a cellphone, a selfie-stick and an Insta account to post saffron-painted nails or a whoopee dance on a moving train, there was—and is—the real deal. There are service innovators like Mehvish Mushtaq, the first Kashmiri woman to develop an Android application called ‘Dial Kashmir’ that provides addresses, contact numbers, and …

India Women

10 months, 1 week ago

Manju Kapur – “Artists cannot create meaningful works if they are not free”

Hindustan Times

There’s a buzz about your new book. So far as Minal’s interest in the art world is concerned, this grew from my own interest and from observations of the many women who run galleries. The particular reference in The Gallery came from a belief that artists cannot really create meaningful works if they are not free. Indian women are not …

India Women Nepal Work Book Free Characters

11 months ago

Book Review | Retro Indian heroine ticks off her milestones

Deccan Chronicle

Years ago, I read Nayantara Sahgal’s marvellous Prison and Chocolate Cake, a memoir about growing up in the Nehru family where the adults, most of them leaders of the Independence movement, were constantly going to jail. That the girls are being educated is due entirely to their father who believes that the only thing holding women back from fulfilling themselves …

India Sun Book Malati

1 year ago

Report: The Madras Art Weekend 2023

Hindustan Times

The second edition of the Madras Art Weekend, held from November 29 to December 3, put the spotlight on the works of nearly 150 emerging and established artists, including two from abroad. These include MF Husain’s Two Women with Elephants, Ram Kumar’s The City, Krishen Khanna’s Ramu Kaa Dhaba, Jeram Patel’s Hospital series, the works of KCS Paniker, NN Rimzon’s …

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1 year ago

Manju Kapur’s gallery of life

Live Mint

It’s a murky Saturday morning on the eve of Diwali, and I’m sitting with writer Manju Kapur in the drawing room of her home on Man Singh Road in Delhi. “We spend most of our lives with our families,” Kapur says, “And when women get married, they are told they haven’t just married a man, but his whole family.” Words …

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1 year ago

A Dubai museum that tells powerful stories of Emirati women

Live Mint

Removed from Dubai’s shiny skyscrapers and mega malls is Bait al Banat, commonly known as the Women’s Museum. Ghubhash’s brother suggested that the old residence be turned into a women’s museum, a space where she could introduce the world to Emirati women and their lives. “Women here were empowered a long time ago, but we haven’t had a chance to …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Mashallah! Mahira Khan dazzles in new picture from her pre-wedding ritual- SEE HERE

India TV News

Pakistani actress Mahira Khan has been hogging the limelight ever since she shared videos and photos of her wedding to entrepreneur Salim Karim. She captioned the pictures, "My Khadija made this sari for me…Pray for you everyday, K." Mahira tied the knot with Salim Karim in an intimate ceremony in the resort town of Bhurban. On the professional front, Mahira …

Mahira Mahira Khan

1 year, 10 months ago

International Women's Day | SHE makes remarkable contributions in North East India amid challenges and opportunities

Firstpost

While women make up 48 per cent of India’s population, their contribution to the country’s GDP is a mere 17 per cent. Therefore, it is crucial to promote the concept of women’s equal rights and empowerment in politics, economics, and socio-cultural development North East India is a region that is home to many remarkable women who have made significant contributions …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal announces 100 special mohalla clinics for women

Hindustan Times

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday announced that 100 special mohalla clinics for women will be opened in the national capital and said these will be run by an all women staff. Inaugurating four 'mahila special mohalla clinics', he said children below 12 years and women will get free of cost treatment at these facilities. "Four mahila mohalla clinics, …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Delhiwale: A good read served with pickle

Hindustan Times

The pungent aroma is heady. The shop was founded “20 years before the freedom” by Ramavtar’s father, Lala Devi Sahai. “Very popular with women,” remarks Ramavtar, though these monthlies are rarely sighted anywhere else. “Earlier, we kept more magazines… Shama, Khatoon Mashriq, Mashriqia Aanchal, Sushma, Stardust, Filmfare, Mayapuri… some of these are no longer published.” A box by the counter …

Pickle Ramavtar

3 years, 2 months ago

On Dashami, Women In a Kolkata Para Hope 'Barir Purohit' Will Now Mean Different

The Quint

The pandel at the 66 Pally Durga Puja in Kolkata is quite muted this year when compared to other, more ostentatious structures that Kolkata, and this specific Puja itself, sees during this time. After all, a pandel in the city had installed a live-sized murti of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, another had recreated the Burj Khalifa, while even others boasted …

Kolkata Maa Durga Pandel

3 years, 4 months ago

Women writers have been marginalised in Hindi literature for far too long

The Hindu

Although renowned Sanskritist Michael Witzel questions the widely accepted belief that there were nearly 30 women rishis who composed Rigvedic hymns, he has to come to terms with the possible existence of five such women poets, besides two prominent Upanishadic women — Maitreyi and Gargi. He says, “This does not mean, of course, that women did not compose poems during …

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3 years, 10 months ago

Streaming Now: Celebrate Women's Day with Bombay Begums and The Married Woman

News 18

This week’s highlights on streaming platforms revolve around International Women’s Day, being celebrated on Monday, March 8. Ekta Kapoor is producing The Married Woman, starring Riddhi Dogra and Monica Dogra, a series based on celebrated author Manju Kapur’s bestseller novel called A Married Woman. The Married Woman ‘The Married Woman’ is an urban, relationship drama about women and their conditioning …

Women Woman Married Bombay Begums

3 years, 11 months ago

'Bombay Begums' Starring Pooja Bhatt to Release on Women's Day 2021

News 18

The web series, Bombay Begums will release on March 8, on the occasion of International Women’s Day. The show casts Pooja Bhatt, Shahana Goswam, Amruta Subhash and Rahul Bose in pivotal roles, and is created and directed by Alankrita Shrivastava of Lipstick Under My Burkha fame. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Pooja B Said Shrivastava: “‘Bombay …

Women Indian Shrivastava Bombay Begums Pooja B

3 years, 11 months ago

First look poster of Netflix series Bombay Begums starring Pooja Bhatt, Shahana Goswami released

Firstpost

Pooja Bhatt, Shahana Goswami, Amruta Subhash, Plabita Borthakur and Aadhya Anand will soon be seen on Netflix’s Bombay Begums, which releases on 8 March. They will be seen as “five ambitious boss women” who “steer their lives through obstacles in their careers and relationships, all while trying to break free from the shackles of society.” The cast also includes Danish …

Women Netflix Bombay Begums

3 years, 11 months ago

Assam banker known for empowering women gets Padma Shri

Hindustan Times

Lakhimi Baruah’s mother passed away during her birth and her father died when she was in her early teens. The difficult circumstances made Baruah stronger and on Monday, she was named as one of the recipients of this year’s Padma Shri awards in recognition of her efforts to financially empower the Assamese women. Baruah is the founder of Konoklata Mahila …

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4 years, 1 month ago

How Musahar Women from Bihar Are Taking Their First Step Towards Financial Independence

News 18

Eighteen-year-old Santoli Kumari is the first woman from Makhdumpur in Bihar’s Jehanabad district to top the 12th board examinations. While for men, the reason is limited financial dearth, for women, the battles are many — considered to be the ‘inferior’ gender whilst also belonging to the ‘shunned’ caste. You need money to have a seat at the table,” says Surabhi …

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4 years, 3 months ago

Masaba Masaba to Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitaare, the rise of Indian content championing female gaze and talent

Firstpost

Recently, streaming giant Netflix made Bela Bajaria the head of global television, a key role filled by the impressive Cindy Holland. As women pick, choose, fund and deliver original content across genres, women technicians, primarily directors and writers, have made their mark on OTT. “There is just a very clear distinction made in people’s heads if you’re a ‘female director’, …

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4 years, 9 months ago

With Mithila art, women in Nepal's Janakpur brought about a socio-cultural renaissance

Firstpost

Photos by Prabhat R Jha | Text by Suryasarathi Bhattacharya When Manjula was 12, her grandfather had invited a visitor to come and meet her. Like Manjula, a lot of women in Janakpur have found a new lease of life, full of hope, optimism and self-worth, by taking to the region’s ancient traditional art of Mithila painting. “We had our …

Art India Women Ramayana Artists Form Paintings

5 years, 1 month ago

Of women and kinship

Deccan Chronicle

Sometime in the mid-70s, Khalid Mohamed had just joined the Times of India as a trainee when his training officer looked at the nervous young man and said: ‘You don’t seem like a news person at all, so why don’t you try to get a softer job.’ Within two months, Mohamed, who hadn’t even grown a mustache by then, had …

Women Sisters Writer Mohamed Rehaan

5 years, 2 months ago

Mahindra inaugurates India's first all women-run automobile workshop in Jaipur under Pink Collars initiative

India Today

Mahindra & Mahindra has inaugurated India's first all-women-run automobile service workshop in Jaipur. "At Mahindra, we are delighted to inaugurate India's first-ever automobile workshop powered entirely by women. According to Mahindra & Mahindra, the 'Pink Collars' initiative encourages channel partners to tie up with ITIs and impart up-to-date industrial knowledge through the company's expert trainers, provide automotive aggregates to support …

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5 years, 2 months ago

Puma launches first campaign featuring Mary Kom, Dutee Chand and Sara Ali Khan

Live Mint

New Delhi: Global Sport Brand Puma’s new campaign Propah Lady counters the conventional idea of what makes women proper, and redefines it. The inclusive campaign brings together Indian Olympic boxer MC Mary Kom, international athlete Dutee Chand, Bollywood actor Sara Ali Khan and transgender model Anjali Lama. Leading by example, the campaign's protagonists Mary Kom and Dutee Chand have not …

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5 years, 10 months ago

Deepika Padukone, Kangana Ranaut, Alia Bhatt: Meet the new ₹100 crore stars of Bollywood on International Women’s Day

Hindustan Times

On March 8 every year, the status of women in society is hotly debated and the discussion is always about their achievements and challenges ahead. Doing this in an assured way are some of the biggest female names in Bollywood – Deepika Padukone, Kangana Ranaut, Alia Bhatt, Anushka Sharma, Karena Kapoor and Vidya Balan. From making a spectacular start with …

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6 years, 1 month ago

Kozhikode: Mahila Mall opens to shoppers today

Deccan Chronicle

Kozhikode: Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan will inaugurate the Mahila Mall, owned and operated entirely by women, at Wayanad Road here on Saturday. The mall, a Kudum-basree venture, is cla-imed to be the first of its kind in the country and is owned by Unity Women’s group, a Kudumbasree unit under the city corporation focusing on IT services for the last …

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Delhiwale: Portrait of a mahila

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