Women's Feature Service

Ayurvedic expert Reenita Malhotra Hora, in the latest book, The Ayurvedic Diet published by Harper Collins, presents a jargon-free nutritional wellness guide for that seemingly illusive healthy lifestyle. Here is an excerpt.

Many women in Mokhada tehsil of Maharashtra have donned the role of social workers and they are visiting one village after the other, silently campaigning for their rightful share of water.

This excerpt from Suchitra Sen: The Legend and the Enigma by Shoma A Chatterji looks at Sen as the quintessential working woman, who effortlessly portrayed the dedicated professional woman in many of her films, someone who attempted to create a balance between the demands of love and romance and work.

Trained by Darun Uloom Niswaan (DUN), a centre for Islamic learning and theology, the first batch of 30 female Qazis are out to ensure that women have their rights in place.

These homemakers are using social media to fulfil their cherished dream of having productive careers.

International Monetary Fund head Christine Lagarde thinks that increased participation of women will work wonders for the global economy.

It's not only about the right to pray or gender discrimination, it’s also about having complete access to all places.

The intention to lift the ban on sex determination in order to check the falling child sex ratio has kicked up quite a controversy in India.

There is hope that the upcoming hearing will grant positive rights to the LGBT community in India.

As children, Sharmila and her siblings were not sent to the government school nearby. Their father insisted that they walk about two kilometres every day to another school, which had better teachers.