A 24-year-old IT professional, strong, successful, was found hanging from a ceiling fan, still draped in the pink saree that carried the lingering fragrance of turmeric and flowers from her wedding just six months prior. Before her death, she posted a WhatsApp status: "I gave everything, yet it wasn’t enough. Forgive me, Mom..."

Gender-based quotas are an effective way to challenge power structures and improve the number of women on major board committees, finds new research by Emlyon Business School. But ownership matters; state and institutional investors open the door, while family owners often keep it firmly shut.

One of the key pillars for achieving the vision of Viksit Bharat by 2047 is ensuring 70 per cent women workforce participation in the country. Women's empowerment is a key driver for national progress, and today India stands to witness a transformative shift.

Today’s young husbands fear blue plastic drums and cement sacks as if they’ve become ominous symbols of death. Meanwhile, elderly mothers-in-law in joint families are buying begging bowls instead of wedding utensils, fearing that the daughter-in-law is no longer confined to the kitchen but has intentions elsewhere.

As the sun rises over India, a young girl wakes up and stretches lazily. Today is just another school day, or so she thinks. But as she glances at her grandmother’s old, weathered diary lying on the table, curiosity takes over. She flips open the fragile pages, filled with dreams, hopes, and a vision of a future where women are in every field.

Curly hair has always held a reputation for being trickier to manage than straight hair. Research by Bellissima, a specialist in curly hair, has found that it takes on average 22 minutes a day to style curly hair - that’s five and a half days of styling time a year!