Jasmine flowers are the pivot of my life. I began to string flowers when just eight. My parents had a small make-shift flower shop off Lloyd’s Road. My mother used to make long strings of flowers and I used to distribute them in nearby houses. This is how my life beyond the four walls of …
It almost turns into a love affair when you see how many visit it. “Very, true it is so addictive that topics run into your head all the time and blogs are even born in the middle of the night,” says Purnima Ramakrishnan. This 35-year-old who is currently the Senior Editor of World Voice Column …
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Sumitra Srikant, an interior designer turned organic gardener offers suggestions for avid gardeners. She says, “You have plants for all seasons. Greens, cucumbers and egg plants can be grown now. Do not worry about water. Soil around the plant needs to be moist. Actually, too much water will leach away the nutrients.” Sumitra grows more …
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Jayalalithaa trusted me when it came to her personal work and used to tell me ‘ Sachu ma un galaala idha panna mudium dhaane? ’ (Sachu can you do this for me?).” She is an evergreen star. She was bold and capable in politics as well as acting on screen. I remember, in Ven nira …
“I was visiting my son Narendran who works as a professor at the Northwestern University, Chicago, and showed the short stories to him,” she says with a shy smile. He promptly sent her manuscript to a few publishers. “When one of them approved it, I got down to editing and fine-tuning it with Narendran,” says …
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Her company is a national distributor of ARTronic brand UPS from Europe (AEG group Germany) in India. It was Geetha’s multi-tasking ability that had helped her company establish itself amidst stiff competition. Self-confidence, perseverance and the tendency to lend a helping hand to the downtrodden are her strengths. “I want to uplift women. A home …
Little do people know that lakhs of women workers are not only involved in producing these festival garments but also nearly 90 per cent of India’s hosiery. From a tea-shop sized unit with just three women on sewing machines to factories employing thousands of women, the overwhelming majority of all activities in Tirupur city centres …
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The objective of Penn Nalam is to save women through early detection of cancer. Radhika Santhanakrishnan, Founder of Penn Nalam, a survivor of breast cancer herself, wanted to reach out to women who suffer in silence. Radhika says that ignorance and lack of funds have been the main culprits. Originally written for The Hindu, read …
She gave employment to youngsters from down South and others who were visiting Chennai for employment for the first time She is a teacher who conducts classes for public sector enterprise, corporate companies and of course, schools and colleges. She also offers simple solutions to critical power problems. She has been doing this for nearly …
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Meet Bombay Gnanam, actor-writer, who works on pro-women themes. Bombay Gnanam is not only a calm and composed woman, but also one who emanates self-confidence and high determination. Splendid is her articulation prowess, as she unwinds her memories and the path she has treaded all these years to carve out a niche for herself in …