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29 Aug 2026

Vinita Surana on why the reality bends once you stop waiting for someone else’s yes.

Vinita Surana learned early that reality bends to conviction, not the other way round. This is the story of how she stopped needing anyone else’s yes.

6 Aug 2026

Sudha Chandani Khatri on turning the camera into a mirror women finally like looking into.

“The world sees you through your eyes only,” says portrait photographer Sudha Chandani Khatri, whose entire business is built on helping women see themselves differently, one frame at a time.

27 Jul 2026

Sneha Jain on quitting a job she loved, twice, and building something of her own instead.

“I don’t want to follow the herd. I’m going to make my own life.” Sneha said this describing the instinct that has shaped almost every decision of her adult life, starting with the one she made straight out of college. It sounds like a throwaway line until you count how many times, she actually acted…

24 Jul 2026

Nishita Mantry on why business should feel effortless

“Life is not easy. Life is not fair. Life is a struggle.” — Nishita Mantry This is the exact belief Nishita opened our conversation with, and it turned out to be the thread that ran through everything she said next. Not a complaint, more like a starting point. She spoke about the unfairness of life…

22 Jul 2026

Gulnar Virk on building an empire from a study table and never losing herself to it.

“If you can run a company, are you telling me you can’t raise children?” That was Gulnar Virk’s nani, on the other end of a phone call, cutting through a sleepless, hysterical night of postpartum depression with one Punjabi sentence. Gulnar never forgot it, and once you hear the rest of her story, you understand…

22 Oct 2024

Chanaya Gupta on building a brand rooted in inclusivity and community

Chanaya Gupta is the founder of Lazo Store, a women’s fashion brand rooted in empowerment and community. She’s a dancer by heart, an entrepreneur by soul and a fitness freak by her muscles. We recently had the opportunity to sit down and talk to Chanaya about her journey of building LAZO, what it’s like building a community of women who feel comfortable and free to dress however they like and lots more.