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The Cook, the Chef and the Gender Gap

Shylashri Shankar

Let’s assume that skill in the kitchen is gender-neutral. If so, why is a man more likely than a woman to be taken seriously as a chef? It is perception that creates the illusion of a distinction between men and women in the kitchen

The Cat Lady

Aastha Atray Banan

She used to be a lonely old woman. Now she’s young, independent and secure

Stranger in the Mirror

Chinki Sinha

How a woman trapped in a man’s body fought to find herself

A Bond Forged by a Betrayal

Sonali K

Why a woman is not a woman’s worst enemy

A Woman in the City

Devika Bakshi

“I am here,” she says. “Get used to it”

The Panic of the Thirties

Aastha Atray Banan

The troublesome questions a woman starts asking herself

Planet Singlehood

Aimee Ginsburg

…and the views it affords of the Land of the Twosome

First-time Parents at 70

Open

In rural Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh, there is talk of the ‘miraculous operation’ which gifts childless women with progeny.

Her Walk Home

Open

An uneasy disquiet, a sense of foreboding that casts a shadow behind the lone woman going home.

She Can Do Magic

Avantika Bhuyan

Women have traditionally been seen as nothing more than beautiful distractions on a magician’s stage. But now, they’re breaking the stereotype to create their own brand of illusions.