One of the most controversial movies of the year, Lipstick Under My Burkha had a steady run at the box office. The story features the tumultuous lives of four women from different age-groups who are struggling to take control of their lives in a patriarchal set-up. The 'lady-oriented' film was ... (Publication: Business Today)
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The Female Gaze
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Content Queen
She has been the queen of TV soap operas for close to two decades. Ekta Kapoor, Joint Managing Director, Balaji Telefilms, wanted to not just create content but also own a TV channel. The dream, however, remained unfulfilled, as the broadcast business needed deep pockets. Even as a content maker, ... (Publication: Business Today)
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On an Urban Mission
For 44-year-old Ruchi Mathur, it was not enough to belong to a city. She wanted to be its change agent, too. So, she gave up the cushy life of a corporate executive and headed for the slums, deciding to dedicate her life to getting officials, politicians and companies to do something for the city ... (Publication: Business Today)
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On a Rescue Mission
Sunitha Krishnan is proud. One of her young charges, a third-year medical student, has topped all her semester examinations. But unlike other talented youngsters, her life started on G.B. Road, a red light area in Delhi. Krishnan rescued the four-year-old along with another child who is now doing ... (Publication: Business Today)
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Empowering Children
What if we have kids sitting on their school management committee or the Prime Minister has an advisory council of students where they could express how they want the next India to be, muses Shaheen Mistri, Founder and Chief Executive of the NGO Teach For India. She has accomplished a mammoth task, ... (Publication: Business Today)
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A Green Chulha for Rural India
Indoor air pollution, caused by smoke from traditional chulhas, is the biggest health risk faced by rural households in India. Every year it kills over 4.3 million people globally, which is higher than malaria, HIV and tuberculosis combined. "Rural India must convert to cooking gas, but until that ... (Publication: Business Today)
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Peoplebusiness
Calling it a DayIshaat Hussain, a veteran who has donned many hats in his journey at the Tata Group, has decided to retire from the group having attained the official retirement age of the company (70 years). Hussain had joined the company in the early 80s. He has worked closely with all the four ... (Publication: Business Today)
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Success Is Sweet
There is much more to Rajshree Pathy, 61, than the sobriquet "sugar baroness" often used to describe her. No doubt she has broken many a glass ceiling, taking over as the first female managing director of a sugar mill in 1990, after the untimely death of her father G. Vardaraj, who had set it up, ... (Publication: Business Today)
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Enabling Change
Change is tough. Facilitating change is tougher. When Preethi Herman joined Change.org as Country Director, India, in 2012, there were 50 petitions being signed in India every month with 150,000 users. In five years, the number has surged to an average of 2,000 petitions a month with 7.5 million ... (Publication: Business Today)
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Couture Twist
Designer Anita Dongre has taken high fashion to far-flung corners of the country. Her brands, AND and Global Desi, are present in more than 50 cities. Her company, House Of Anita Dongre, set up as many as 100 stores in 2016 to take the total to 283. But more than that, it is her new mantra - ... (Publication: Business Today)
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A Prolific Year
In her two-year stint as Secretary, Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance, Anjuly Chib Duggal has overseen several big initiatives. But her last few months in office - she retired in August 2017 - were, perhaps, the most action-packed. She was leading the government's efforts to ... (Publication: Business Today)
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Legal Eagle
Where there is a matter of Competition, Pallavi Shroff, managing partner of law firm Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM), cannot be far from it. A noted lawyer and wife of Shardul Shroff (he is the Executive Chairman of the firm), Pallavi, a graduate in marketing management from Mumbai's Jamnalal ... (Publication: Business Today)
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Creative Powerhouse
Why tinker with something that is perfect? While that's a valid question for Apple, the new 21.5-inch iMac with 4k Retina display is stunning. It has a sleek aluminium unibody, which is 5.5-mm thick at the edges leading to a deeper cavity at the centre where all the hardware components are placed. ... (Publication: Business Today)
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Upfront
Quote"When I come to India in a few years, I hope to enjoy the beauty of India through the windows of the Bullet train"Japanese PM Shinzo Abe after launching the Bullet train project in Ahmedabad. It will be India's first such project, which will connect Ahmedabad with Mumbai in just two hours.Two ... (Publication: Business Today)
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Dealmaker
Shweta Jalan, Managing Director of Advent International, a private equity (PE) firm, has been on her toes for the last 26 months. During this period, she was involved in making four investments - Ask Group, Dixcey, Quest and Crompton Greaves - and, more importantly, a successful exit. Advent sold ... (Publication: Business Today)
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Breaking Barriers
At first glance, BarrierBreak's office in Goregaon (East) looks much like any other workplace. Unless you consider the staff working there. About 70 per cent of the 140-people team is differently abled, coping with visual, auditory and cognitive challenges. An inclusive life is the company's raison ... (Publication: Business Today)
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"Sustainable Growth to Come from High-Barrier Complex Generics"
The US-based global CEO of Lupin, Vinita Gupta, tells P.B. Jayakumar about the crises Indian drug companies are facing in the US.Q. How will shrinking margins and wholesaler consolidation in the US affect Indian drug companies?There has been considerable pressure on pricing and margins in US ... (Publication: Business Today)
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The Animal Campaigner
When Shiranee Pereira, an employee of the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR), shifted to Chennai in the early 1990s, she was appalled to find how stray dogs were put to sleep. The animals were electrocuted but died a prolonged and painful death due to frequent voltage drops. An animal ... (Publication: Business Today)
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Freedom Warrior
Fight against human trafficking can be complex and tedious but Hasina Kharbhih does not hesitate to take the bull by the horns. At 17, Meghalaya-based Kharbhih walked away from an opportunity to study in London and pursued her work to prevent trafficking, an initiative she had taken up as part of ... (Publication: Business Today)
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Incessant Fall
Continuing on a downward trajectory for the fourth month in a row this fiscal, India's drug exports declined 5 per cent to $1,391.9 million, in July, compared to the same period last year. A decline of over 8 per cent was recorded in the first two months of the fiscal, while in June the decline was ... (Publication: Business Today)
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