navratri

Each Navratri, Chennai’s Mylapore turns into a living gallery of dolls and stories. Behind every stall are families who have kept this craft alive for generations — and whose livelihoods depend on these festive days.

Pooja Bangad, co-founder of SheWork, overcame family expectations to change women’s roles in tech. SheWork helps women return to the tech industry after breaks, fights for equal opportunities, and challenges the gender bias that holds women back, empowering them to grow and succeed in their careers.

What makes ‘dandiya’s reigning queen’ Falguni Pathak a cultural icon even three decades later? How did she become a sensation beyond Navratri to define Indipop and a whole generation?

Started from Jinisha Jain’s home kitchen with an investment of Rs 7000, Zaika Tiffin Service has now served more than 1500 meals over two years.

In fact, a month before the festivities of Ganesh Chaturthi and Dussehra, the bylanes of Parel, Lalbaug, Girgaon and Prabhadevi, all suburbs of Mumbai, are worth a visit.

From fasting and feasting to fireworks, Dussehra is celebrated in different ways in different parts of India even as central essence of the festival - the triumph of good over evil - remains the same.