• Reading Like a Writer: Learning Craft from South Asian Masters

    A Live Online Workshop with Namrata Saturday, March 14 Time: 11 AM IST Live Online on Zoom | 2 Hours There is a popular belief that writing has no rules. And yet, strong stories are rarely accidental. They are built. Carefully. Intentionally. Through choices about silence, structure, interiority, emotional...
  • Book Review: Floating Worlds by Alpa Arora

    “Aren’t you tired of running by now, Ruby?” It is the kind of question that sounds accusatory at first, until the reply reframes everything: Sometimes you run out of fear, and sometimes you run because you finally can. Like a horse loosed into a field. Like freedom. This quiet,...
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    Will you? leave me she asked and I answered will you? Leave? Us? the partings the ones that refuse to tear sundering our leavetaking unbearable waves that threatenpromise to drown forgetting easier easier than unlearning our loving learning learning to unlove again to tip toe into hearts made different...
  • On Wellness and Feeling Good in Your Skin

    On Wellness and Feeling Good in Your Skin

    For years, wellness has been tied to perfection: green juices, flawless gym sets and a highlight reel full of “before-and-after” stories. We’ve been fed a narrative of extreme workouts, restrictive diets, and an impossible ideal that rarely reflects the busy, demanding, and constantly evolving lives of real women. We’re...
  • The AI Cat is Out of the Bag

    The AI Cat is Out of the Bag

    Let’s be honest, we have all jumped on the AI bandwagon but safe to say we are only trying to get on it. Grappling to hold on. And while the world is delving into the notions of agentic AI, voice biometrics, smart automation and data management, we – the...
  • From Hashtags to Action

    From Hashtags to Action: Why Pakistan Needs a Collective Blueprint for Women in Tech Every year on International Women’s Day, timelines flood with powerful stories, corporate campaigns, and hashtags promising a more inclusive future. For a day, the energy is electric — women’s achievements are celebrated, commitments to gender...
  • Gender equality is the world’s unfinished business – and unfinished potential

    The private sector is indispensable for closing the gap, according to a new report from UN Women launched today New York – Gender equality remains the unfinished business of our time – and the private sector is indispensable for closing the gap, according to a new report from UN Women launched today....
  • World leaders place women’s empowerment and gender equality at the heart of multilateralism

    Governments commit more than 212 actions showing global support for women and girls. New York – 2025 marks a once-in-a-generation milestone for women’s rights and gender equality: 30 years since the world committed to the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, 15 since the creation of UN Women, and 80...
  • Seagull Books: A Homage Designed For Artistic Endeavors

    Seagull Books: A Homage Designed For Artistic Endeavors

    The scent of a freshly bought book – crisp pages, glossy sheen, fascinating design and if it’s a hard cover – even better! Whether it comes in the mail or you buy from a bookshop, the anticipation and excitement of flitting off to realms beyond for an avid reader...
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