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Apr 16, 2024 | 
womensweb.in | Smita Das Jain |Aruna Raghuram
Imagine studying for 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 whole years for the JEE exam only to find out that there’s only a very, very slim chance of getting into an IIT. It is a fact widely acknowledged that the IIT-JEE is one of the toughest exams not just in India but in the whole world. Apart from IITs, the NITs and IIITs of India also accept the JEE scores for admission. There are said to be a total of 23 IITs, 31 NITs and 25 IIITs across the country. Now, let’s first get a few facts about the IITs right.
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Mar 4, 2024 | 
womensweb.in | Pooja Priyamvada |Smita Das Jain |Natasha Ramarathnam
Trigger Warning: This contains descriptions of mental health trauma and suicide, and may be triggering for survivors. Author’s note: The language and phraseology used are not the author’s words but the terms and narrative popularly used for people living with mental illnesses, and may feel non-inclusive. It is merely for putting our point across better. I have seen how horrifying was the treatment given to those with mental illness.
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Mar 4, 2024 | 
womensweb.in | Smita Das Jain |Natasha Ramarathnam
In our world, being a part of a minority group, any minority, is always extremely challenging. It brings with itself very systemic issues of acknowledgement, acceptance and inclusivity. Almost always. For example – ethnic minorities, religion driven minorities, etc. Today I am going to talk about a minority group that I belong to, in a world which has merely 10%-15% of people like me.
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Feb 9, 2024 | 
womensweb.in | Lalitha Ramanathan |Smita Das Jain |Kalyani Ganesan
Dear Daughter-in-law,Today, you enter our home with new dreams and hope. In you, I see my reflection from a long time ago. The wedding festivities have prompted me to take a trip down memory lane. A marriage is a fresh start where bonds are forged, and love flourishes. I wish you all the happiness and abundance in the world. May your cup always overflow with contentment and love, for your husband and your family…but most importantly, for yourself. I married at twenty-one.
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Feb 8, 2024 | 
womensweb.in | Smita Das Jain |Kalyani Ganesan
Leheri Bai, a 27 year old woman from the Baiga tribe of Madhya Pradesh, was recently appointed India’s Millet Ambassador. Who is she, and why was she given this honour? In the heart of Madhya Pradesh, lies the home of the Baiga tribe who follow rather intriguing agricultural practices aimed at the preservation and conservation of Mother Earth. They grow millets, cereals, pulses and oilseeds in the same plot.
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Feb 8, 2024 | 
womensweb.in | Anupama Dalmia |Smita Das Jain |Aruna Raghuram
I read a post on X recently in which a woman recounted a disconcerting experience during a professional interview call. As the potential employer conducting the interview, she found herself on the receiving end of an unsettling remark from the interviewee. The man commented on her nose pin while he was being interviewed which according to me was not just unprofessional but also random, creepy and weird.
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Feb 6, 2024 | 
womensweb.in | Rrashima Swaarup Verma |Kalyani Ganesan |Smita Das Jain
Now while this piece is essentially about a brand-new literary chat show that has recently been making waves in the Indian literary community, a bit of background for the uninitiated, might be in order. I’m sure we all agree that writing is a solitary exercise. It therefore becomes necessary for writers, particularly from the point of view of their social and emotional well-being and productivity, to belong to a community, a place where they can meet and interact with other like-minded people.
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Feb 4, 2024 | 
womensweb.in | Smita Das Jain |Anupama Dalmia |Lalitha Ramanathan
Photo by Arka Karmakar on Unsplash “I don’t know what to say.” The response was tediously predictable. The night before, in the haze of sleep, Rashi had envisioned her husband uttering this phrase. In the quiet of the night, those words seemed distant, barely audible whispers. Now, in the stark reality of daylight, the same words carried a palpable edge, slicing through the air just a few feet away from her. She turned to her right, locking eyes with Shekhar, her husband of twenty years.
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Jan 22, 2024 | 
pressreleasepoint.com | Smita Das Jain
Gurugram, 22nd Jan 2024 - /PressReleasePoint/- Executive Coach and Personal Empowerment Life Coach Smita Das Jain has contributed a transformative chapter to the international best-selling book series, "Cracking the Rich Code: Vol 12." The renowned book, curated by personal development luminary Jim Britt, boasts the endorsement of acclaimed life and business strategist and author Tony Robbins and features a foreword by legendary motivational speaker and 'Eat the Frog' author Brian Tracy.
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Jan 15, 2024 | 
womensweb.in | Aruna Raghuram |Smita Das Jain
What made a banker unused to physical exertion, take up adventure sports in her 30s? Sheer grit and passion, it seems. And, a healthy dose of rebellion against a conservative family and society. At 70, Mala Honnatti’s voice rings with great confidence today. And, she says she owes it all to her determined pursuit of two adventure sports – mountaineering and marathoning. Her passion for mountaineering has taken her to Himalayan heights of 22,000 ft on many occasions.
