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29, 39 or Even 79 – It’s Just a Number!

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Hampi Chakrabarti Loading

4 min read

Irrespective of everything that happened and continues to happen in the JNU stir, what struck me like a bolt was the multitudes of people questioning what a 29 year old was doing in college! Before I knew, my most vulnerable vein was threatening to burst. Four years ago, after an incomprehensible tussle with research proposals,...

Why I Find March 8 Annoying!

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Anita Belani Loading

5 min read

Editor’s Note: On the eve of yet another ‘Day’ for women, the author tells us why she doesn’t have much patience for March 8th, viz. International Women’s Day. …… While traveling to work this morning I was sifting through my usual early dose of news and came across perhaps the millionth article on gender equality...

Bringin’ the F in Female Vocalist

Bringin' the F in Female Vocalist.Nov19 2015.Final-03
Shaapla Sen Loading

4 min read

As a female vocalist one of the main things I do before any show is take a sticky lint roller and try to get cat hair out of my black clothes. Of course, when I was starting out, I had other problems. Calcutta is a city deeply connected to all sorts of music and that...

Like a Boss!

Like a Boss!
Ushasi Sen Basu Loading

3 min read

I find human relationships fascinating; how nuanced the simplest one is. Like how, had it not been for your mother-figures, you might’ve been walking around on all fours and baying at the moon instead of…reading this article. A great loss that doesn’t bear consideration. Yet — she’s probably the one we snap at most; whose...

Job Designation: Stay-at-Home Mom

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Kiran Manral Loading

3 min read

P just had a new baby. As far as new mommyhood goes, she was a little sanguine about it, this being her second time round, with her first offspring now out of training pants and off diapers. She knew about the coping with the leaky breasts, the postpartum depression sneaking up on her, dealing with...

Life in a Steel Plant

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Nandini Bhattacharjee Loading

3 min read

25 years ago when I chose to join a steel plant in small town West Bengal over a job in Calcutta, I was warned that a) life in a factory is not meant for girls and b) I was in for a culture shock, having grown up in a pretty liberal environment, family and education-wise....

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The HR Lady Speaketh: Zen and the Art of Prepa...

Preparing for an Interview Part 1
Namita Kutty Loading

4 min read

Getting hired by a company is much like marriage. Heck, if you put in long hours, you probably end up spending more time at office than with your better half. Think of your interview as the first date. You want to make a good impression, but you also need to do your homework. First step,...

Maid of Honour

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Krishani Khound Loading

5 min read

My sister is a lawyer, who deals in corporate matters. She got the most challenging case of her career recently. Her client is our mother. Here is a rare case where a lawyer has to become charitable and unprofessional. The son of our mother’s maid got into a quarrel with his wife and she filed...

Feeling Bookish: Life Lessons from Lean-In — W...

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Rupam Sabharwal Loading

4 min read

  Editor’s Note: Guest author Rupam discusses the book that changed her life in this Feeling Bookish installment. Write in with your thoughts on the books you love! Most of us are Facebook addicts. We like, we comment and we share content. Thankfully, I landed on this shared video, which was Sheryl Sandberg’s TED TALK....

The HR Lady Speaketh: Navigating the Corridors...

The HR Lady Speaketh: Navigating the Corridors of Power Part II
Namita Kutty Loading

5 min read

In our previous post, we explored the basic hygiene factors which will help build a solid reputation.  Credibility: do you know your subject matter, Reliability: are you a woman of your word and Integrity: do your people trust you? After you’ve set-up a strong base for a stellar reputation, we can move on to navigation...

The HR Lady Speaketh: Navigating the Corridors...

The HR Lady Speaketh: Navigating the Corridors of Power Part 1
Namita Kutty Loading

6 min read

The term ‘Human Resources’ often conjures up images of professionals with Machiavellian plans. Honestly, we’re not all that evil, it’s just that the realities of corporate working sometimes are a bit more complex than they appear. Here’s introducing a series of corporate home truths straight from the horse’s mouth. From a seasoned HR professional with...

Ode To Scholarly Survival Paradigms

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Hampi Chakrabarti Loading

3 min read

Scholarship has never been alien to human civilization. Scholars have thrived through the brutality of non-scholars and morons since time immemorial. They have been hanged, plastered inside the walls, banished from the kingdom, undergrounded in asylums and what not, only to be proven right centuries later. I say this at the onset just to clarify...

29, 39 or Even 79 – It’s Just a Number!

29 39 or even 79.Hampi Chakrabarti-thumbnail
Hampi Chakrabarti Loading

4 min read

Irrespective of everything that happened and continues to happen in the JNU stir, what struck me like a bolt was the multitudes of people questioning what a 29 year old was doing in college! Before I knew, my most vulnerable vein was threatening to burst. Four years ago, after an incomprehensible tussle with research proposals,...

Why I Find March 8 Annoying!

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Anita Belani Loading

5 min read

Editor’s Note: On the eve of yet another ‘Day’ for women, the author tells us why she doesn’t have much patience for March 8th, viz. International Women’s Day. …… While traveling to work this morning I was sifting through my usual early dose of news and came across perhaps the millionth article on gender equality...

Bringin’ the F in Female Vocalist

Bringin' the F in Female Vocalist.Nov19 2015.Final-03
Shaapla Sen Loading

4 min read

As a female vocalist one of the main things I do before any show is take a sticky lint roller and try to get cat hair out of my black clothes. Of course, when I was starting out, I had other problems. Calcutta is a city deeply connected to all sorts of music and that...

Like a Boss!

Like a Boss!
Ushasi Sen Basu Loading

3 min read

I find human relationships fascinating; how nuanced the simplest one is. Like how, had it not been for your mother-figures, you might’ve been walking around on all fours and baying at the moon instead of…reading this article. A great loss that doesn’t bear consideration. Yet — she’s probably the one we snap at most; whose...

Job Designation: Stay-at-Home Mom

Work - Homemaker - Job designation stay at home mom --50
Kiran Manral Loading

3 min read

P just had a new baby. As far as new mommyhood goes, she was a little sanguine about it, this being her second time round, with her first offspring now out of training pants and off diapers. She knew about the coping with the leaky breasts, the postpartum depression sneaking up on her, dealing with...

Life in a Steel Plant

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Nandini Bhattacharjee Loading

3 min read

25 years ago when I chose to join a steel plant in small town West Bengal over a job in Calcutta, I was warned that a) life in a factory is not meant for girls and b) I was in for a culture shock, having grown up in a pretty liberal environment, family and education-wise....

The HR Lady Speaketh

The HR Lady Speaketh: Zen and the Art of Prepa...

Preparing for an Interview Part 1
Namita Kutty Loading

4 min read

Getting hired by a company is much like marriage. Heck, if you put in long hours, you probably end up spending more time at office than with your better half. Think of your interview as the first date. You want to make a good impression, but you also need to do your homework. First step,...

The HR Lady Speaketh: Navigating the Corridors...

The HR Lady Speaketh: Navigating the Corridors of Power Part II
Namita Kutty Loading

5 min read

In our previous post, we explored the basic hygiene factors which will help build a solid reputation.  Credibility: do you know your subject matter, Reliability: are you a woman of your word and Integrity: do your people trust you? After you’ve set-up a strong base for a stellar reputation, we can move on to navigation...

The HR Lady Speaketh: Navigating the Corridors...

The HR Lady Speaketh: Navigating the Corridors of Power Part 1
Namita Kutty Loading

6 min read

The term ‘Human Resources’ often conjures up images of professionals with Machiavellian plans. Honestly, we’re not all that evil, it’s just that the realities of corporate working sometimes are a bit more complex than they appear. Here’s introducing a series of corporate home truths straight from the horse’s mouth. From a seasoned HR professional with...

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Why I Find March 8 Annoying!

Why i find march 8th nnoying.thumbnail-09
Anita Belani Loading

5 min read

Editor’s Note: On the eve of yet another ‘Day’ for women, the author tells us why she doesn’t have much patience for March 8th, viz. International Women’s Day. …… While traveling to work this morning I was sifting through my usual early dose of news and came across perhaps the millionth article on gender equality...

Bringin’ the F in Female Vocalist

Bringin' the F in Female Vocalist.Nov19 2015.Final-03
Shaapla Sen Loading

4 min read

As a female vocalist one of the main things I do before any show is take a sticky lint roller and try to get cat hair out of my black clothes. Of course, when I was starting out, I had other problems. Calcutta is a city deeply connected to all sorts of music and that...

Like a Boss!

Like a Boss!
Ushasi Sen Basu Loading

3 min read

I find human relationships fascinating; how nuanced the simplest one is. Like how, had it not been for your mother-figures, you might’ve been walking around on all fours and baying at the moon instead of…reading this article. A great loss that doesn’t bear consideration. Yet — she’s probably the one we snap at most; whose...

Job Designation: Stay-at-Home Mom

Work - Homemaker - Job designation stay at home mom --50
Kiran Manral Loading

3 min read

P just had a new baby. As far as new mommyhood goes, she was a little sanguine about it, this being her second time round, with her first offspring now out of training pants and off diapers. She knew about the coping with the leaky breasts, the postpartum depression sneaking up on her, dealing with...

Life in a Steel Plant

Work - Employed - Working in a steel plant-32
Nandini Bhattacharjee Loading

3 min read

25 years ago when I chose to join a steel plant in small town West Bengal over a job in Calcutta, I was warned that a) life in a factory is not meant for girls and b) I was in for a culture shock, having grown up in a pretty liberal environment, family and education-wise....

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The HR Lady Speaketh: Zen and the Art of Prepa...

Preparing for an Interview Part 1
Namita Kutty Loading

4 min read

Getting hired by a company is much like marriage. Heck, if you put in long hours, you probably end up spending more time at office than with your better half. Think of your interview as the first date. You want to make a good impression, but you also need to do your homework. First step,...

Maid of Honour

Maid of honour.thumbnail-05
Krishani Khound Loading

5 min read

My sister is a lawyer, who deals in corporate matters. She got the most challenging case of her career recently. Her client is our mother. Here is a rare case where a lawyer has to become charitable and unprofessional. The son of our mother’s maid got into a quarrel with his wife and she filed...

Feeling Bookish: Life Lessons from Lean-In — W...

Life lessons from lean in.thumbnail-06
Rupam Sabharwal Loading

4 min read

  Editor’s Note: Guest author Rupam discusses the book that changed her life in this Feeling Bookish installment. Write in with your thoughts on the books you love! Most of us are Facebook addicts. We like, we comment and we share content. Thankfully, I landed on this shared video, which was Sheryl Sandberg’s TED TALK....

The HR Lady Speaketh: Navigating the Corridors...

The HR Lady Speaketh: Navigating the Corridors of Power Part II
Namita Kutty Loading

5 min read

In our previous post, we explored the basic hygiene factors which will help build a solid reputation.  Credibility: do you know your subject matter, Reliability: are you a woman of your word and Integrity: do your people trust you? After you’ve set-up a strong base for a stellar reputation, we can move on to navigation...

The HR Lady Speaketh: Navigating the Corridors...

The HR Lady Speaketh: Navigating the Corridors of Power Part 1
Namita Kutty Loading

6 min read

The term ‘Human Resources’ often conjures up images of professionals with Machiavellian plans. Honestly, we’re not all that evil, it’s just that the realities of corporate working sometimes are a bit more complex than they appear. Here’s introducing a series of corporate home truths straight from the horse’s mouth. From a seasoned HR professional with...

Ode To Scholarly Survival Paradigms

Ode to scholarship paradigms.thumbnail-05
Hampi Chakrabarti Loading

3 min read

Scholarship has never been alien to human civilization. Scholars have thrived through the brutality of non-scholars and morons since time immemorial. They have been hanged, plastered inside the walls, banished from the kingdom, undergrounded in asylums and what not, only to be proven right centuries later. I say this at the onset just to clarify...

Why I Find March 8 Annoying!

Why i find march 8th nnoying.thumbnail-09
Anita Belani Loading

5 min read

Editor’s Note: On the eve of yet another ‘Day’ for women, the author tells us why she doesn’t have much patience for March 8th, viz. International Women’s Day. …… While traveling to work this morning I was sifting through my usual early dose of news and came across perhaps the millionth article on gender equality...

Bringin’ the F in Female Vocalist

Bringin' the F in Female Vocalist.Nov19 2015.Final-03
Shaapla Sen Loading

4 min read

As a female vocalist one of the main things I do before any show is take a sticky lint roller and try to get cat hair out of my black clothes. Of course, when I was starting out, I had other problems. Calcutta is a city deeply connected to all sorts of music and that...

Like a Boss!

Like a Boss!
Ushasi Sen Basu Loading

3 min read

I find human relationships fascinating; how nuanced the simplest one is. Like how, had it not been for your mother-figures, you might’ve been walking around on all fours and baying at the moon instead of…reading this article. A great loss that doesn’t bear consideration. Yet — she’s probably the one we snap at most; whose...

Job Designation: Stay-at-Home Mom

Work - Homemaker - Job designation stay at home mom --50
Kiran Manral Loading

3 min read

P just had a new baby. As far as new mommyhood goes, she was a little sanguine about it, this being her second time round, with her first offspring now out of training pants and off diapers. She knew about the coping with the leaky breasts, the postpartum depression sneaking up on her, dealing with...

Life in a Steel Plant

Work - Employed - Working in a steel plant-32
Nandini Bhattacharjee Loading

3 min read

25 years ago when I chose to join a steel plant in small town West Bengal over a job in Calcutta, I was warned that a) life in a factory is not meant for girls and b) I was in for a culture shock, having grown up in a pretty liberal environment, family and education-wise....

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Life in a Steel Plant

Work - Employed - Working in a steel plant-32
Nandini Bhattacharjee Loading

3 min read

25 years ago when I chose to join a steel plant in small town West Bengal over a job in Calcutta, I was warned that a) life in a factory is not meant for girls and b) I was in for a culture shock, having grown up in a pretty liberal environment, family and education-wise....

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