Christmas is the season to be jolly and full of cheer. And, while life may be full of challenges and obstacles, there's never a better time to pause and reward yourself for how far you've come. So this holiday season, in the spirit of the festive air all around us, IWI celebrates the relentless spirit … Continue reading Be Your Own Light
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The Art of Managing Large Sized Facebook Groups
Tanu Shree Singh, founder of The Reading Raccoons and the Senior Reading Raccoons Facebook groups, shares some valuable insights and interesting insider tales about managing the largest online reading community in the country. The groups just happened. When I started them, they were meant to get people off my back! Friends would constantly ask for … Continue reading The Art of Managing Large Sized Facebook Groups
#MeToo: The Stories We Couldn’t Hear
In the midst of all the survivors pouring their hearts out and bravely sharing their stories, Lakshana Palat writes why it is okay to keep silent too. “You’ve been sexually harassed. Why didn’t you speak out during the #MeToo movement? Your silence is not helping.” I’ve heard these words quite often, lately. The #MeToo movement … Continue reading #MeToo: The Stories We Couldn’t Hear
Femcyclopaedia by Kirthi Jayakumar
At a time when equality and women's empowerment were notions still unheard of, Sarla Thakur became the first Indian woman to fly an aircraft. Born in 1914, she earned an aviation pilot license in 1936 at the age of 21. By that time she was already married and had a four-year-old daughter. In spite of … Continue reading Femcyclopaedia by Kirthi Jayakumar
Femcyclopaedia by Kirthi Jayakumar
Kamla Bhasin is an Indian developmental feminist activist, poet, author and social scientist. Her work spans across 35 years and focuses on gender, education, human development and the media. Best known for her work on the NGO Sangat- a South Asian network of feminists, and for her poem Kyunki main ladki hoon, mujhe padhna hai. In 1995, she recited a refurbished, feminist version of the … Continue reading Femcyclopaedia by Kirthi Jayakumar
INCREDIBLE WOMEN OF INDIA 