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Women on careers, money and life, told straight.
Beyond the Bio · 13 Nov 2026
She Writes Her Audience Like a Cast of Characters
Tasneem Lokhandwala, Brand Manager at Naagin, trained as a screenwriter at Whistling Woods. She writes for her audience as named characters, learns from the questions women ask at sampling tables, and explains why her job got a new name when men moved into it.
From the Founder · 9 Nov 2026
On the business of trust
Every so often, a brand asks to collab on the Decoding Draupadi community. Here’s how we decide what reaches 10,000 women, and why our recommendations aren’t for sale.
Beyond the Bio · 30 Oct 2026
Ask Yourself: Are You Doing the Same Thing You Were Doing Six Months Ago?
Labdhi Kothari wanted to be a fashion designer. With no NIFT background, she cold-emailed her way into marketing at Gini and Jony and then Payal Singhal Design House. She checks her own growth with one question: am I doing the same thing I was doing six months ago?
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Notes from inside the sisterhood.
3 Nov 2026
aaj gaadi teri behen chalayegi (?)
On Indian women learning to drive. And more.
8 Sept 2026
Your mum had an affair. With patriarchy.
The beliefs the women in our families carried without question, and never called by name.
1 Sept 2026
The Place That Was Never Ours To Begin With
On third places, the Indian working woman, and the radical act of sitting somewhere just to sit.
26 Aug 2026
💄The Friendship Recession Is Real, And You're Probably In One
Adult friendships don't end in a fight. They end in a hundred small "let's catch up soon" texts that never happen.
18 Aug 2026
The Mouse in the Room
What we've absorbed as fact about our own cycles, and how much of it was actually tested on a body that doesn't have one
5 Aug 2026
“Just Seeing Where Things Go" Is a Scam
You negotiate your salary. You don't negotiate your situationship. Here's why that's a problem:
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