Namita Kulkarni

How many women does it take to start an all-women travel company, set up a women’s welfare network for women in distress, write tirelessly on social and environmental issues, win a bronze at the National Ice Hockey Championship, and keep training an ever-growing number of women to be professional trekking guides in the harsh terrain of Ladakh? Just one, if that woman happens to be Thinlas Chorol.

Go to Netala if you want to understand what life in a far removed, way quieter world can feel like. Less networks, more connection. Less time-chasing, more timelessness. Less adornments, more beauty. Less indulgences, more involvement. Less amenities, more resourcefulness. Less safety nets, more adventure. Less walls, more sky.

One woman in Mumbai decided to stand up for her rights and not be a victim of sexual harassment on the street. She went to the police, endured much resistance, but ensured that she got the sexual offender arrested! This is her letter to us describing her daring feat.