Breast Feeding With Love – I refuse to feed my baby in a toilet
Women are emotionally very vulnerable during pregnancy. Nothing prepares you for how raw and exposed you feel post childbirth. When a woman enters motherhood, the learning curve is massive. She is not just creating a new life but is also completely responsible for their wellbeing and nourishment. New moms struggle with a lot of self-doubts,…
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Incest: A Daughter Fights Her Father In Court
Today we are addressing one of India’s most well kept secrets, incest. WATCH THE PHOTOBLOG ON OUR YOUTUBE PAGE I do not have words to express my anger against this man and its also true that until it happens to someone you know, you misjudge its effect on their emotional and physical ability to cope…
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The Pressure To Bounce Back Post Pregnancy #Vlog
A mother should never apologise for her glory. We respect women who take a break to raise their child, we also respect women who work till the last day. #30ish got into a conversation with television and theatre personality Ami Trivedi about motherhood and how does one deal with the ‘come back’ in showbiz. Watch…
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Women In Politics – Priyanka Chaturvedi #Vlog
30ish in conversation with Priyanka Chaturvedi – She is the national spokesperson for Indian National Congress and her uncompromising vision is an inspiration for women across India. As a woman I feel extremely comforted by the fact that there are powerful women in the system who will be part of the decision making policies that…
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Wild Ambition – Witch Hunt Project
The Witch Hunt Project is a concept photoshoot by International photographer Victoria Krundysheva. She has captured powerful images of women who are independent and progressive, but the society hesitates in treating them with respect. The images are disruptive and we loved being a part of this project. This photograph stands for everything #30ish represents – Wild…
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Our Art is About Courage #Vlog – Victoria Krundysheva
#30ish got into a conversation with Victoria Krundysheva, an award winning international conceptual photographer from Russia.If I try to give you 10 commandments on feminism, you will block me in all probability but disruptive art breaks those barriers. I strongly believe that a true artist needs no validation and this interview is a glimpse how…
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Dance For Your Soul – Naach (Vlog Collaboration)
I am so glad that women entrepreneurs are finally turning the universe upside down! We love women with audacious plans, 30ish is building a large ecosystem for women who are willing to dream big. I truly believe that the digital space has given entrepreneurs great opportunities to explore and connect. Every start-up has its own struggles…
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Mukka Maar, Head-On!
Problems without names tend to stay inadequately addressed, street harassment always starts with something verbal, an uncomfortable word or gesture is the beginning of an unpleasant experience. The shameful Bangalore incidence where several women were mobbed, eve teased and subjected to crude comments by random drunk men brings us to one big question, how safe…
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Folk Feminism – Gulabi Gang
The fact that you have the ‘freedom to find a story and share it’ is a very powerful feeling. Gulabi Gang started with 5 members and currently has a strength of more than 2,50,000 women. The movement started in the Bundelkhand region, one of the poorest districts in Uttar Pradesh and has spread across the…
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Fear Is A Liar – When A Woman Challenged The Himalayas
Climbers from across the world are drawn to the spectacular natural beauty of the Himalayas, there is no place like Nepal as far as experiencing mountaineering is concerned. Unfortunately the forces that created these mountains also have the power to destroy them, nature has its own way of completing the circle of life. A violent earthquake…
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2016, You Made Me Stubborn and Ambitchious
I am not a fashion blogger, which meant I would never be commercially viable. I am 30ish, on the cusp of dying as far as social media likability was concerned. I wasn’t young only restless. The first couple of years are the most challenging for any start-up, thank you 2016 you kept me alive. A…
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Sakshi Malik – Girls Don’t Wrestle
Coming from a state with one of the lowest female to male ratio (human sex ratio) – A woman is redefining dreams for all the girls in her sport. Sakshi Malik was in the city last weekend and we are so glad to share our experience with this haryanvi sherni (as addressed lovingly by her…
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Health Is Hope #HealthyKids
I have been working on initiatives associated with nurturing child development since of couple of years, Its challenging when I have to explain the reason behind why a blogger would invest so much time and energy towards something that has no direct association with what I do for a living. As bloggers its our duty to…
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Gang rape did not break her – Baljit Kaur
Rural India is breeding some amazing powerful women, 30ish in conversation with Baljit her story is one of those incidence we read in the newspapers and turn the page because it makes us uncomfortable. There are thousands of women fighting the battle of gang rape in rural India, the walk back home is dark and…
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Mumbai Fire Brigade: Do you have the fire within?
Safe rescue of trapped people is the first task assigned to the fire fighters, this is extremely risky and life threatening. They stand for courage and sacrifice, 30ish wanted to bring out their story and understand what goes on inside the mind of a fire fighter.
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Thanks for the troll, I was famous by default
Trolling by definition, is someone who creates conflict by posting messages that are controversial and personal, they usually attack in groups to upset your sanity.
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Love Bytes – Mira Savoor fights domestic violence
We talk to a fighter, applaud her audacity to come forward and break the silence at the age of 83.
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Gentlewoman of Sports Broadcasting in India – Harini Rana
She is Sachin’s straight drive, Dravid’s cover front, Dhoni’s iconic helicopter shot to sports journalism in India. Meet India’s top broadcast journalist and commentator of the last decade, Harini Rana.
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Cricket to Kabaddi – Thigh Five #LePanga
Today I write about a sport that originated in our very own country and is the second most viewed sporting event in India with a record 435 million viewers across the globe. Kabaddi is India’s contribution to the sports fraternity, but does it get its due respect from us?
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IncrediBULL Panga
So what if I was 1/4 his strength, it never stopped me from taking a panga #LePanga with the IncrediBULL captain of Bengaluru Bulls. He just smiled charmingly 😀 and thought I was crazy!
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