Janhavi Ukhalkar

Honesty, commitment and integrity are the most important aspects of any relationship. When a girl and a boy decide to be together, get married and spend the rest of their lives as husband and wife, it becomes very important that both the partners have complete faith in each other’s thoughts, intentions and behavior. But what if you have had...

It has been one hundred and seventy long years since Savitribai Phule and Jyotiba Phule established the first school for girls in Pune, India. Both of them worked for their entire lives to fight for the cause of girl’s education. Taking inspiration from them, lots of other thinkers and social reformers started working for educating the girl child. Their...

In South India, in some communities, there is a ceremony called “Ritu Kala Samskara” which is celebrated when young girls attain their puberty at the onset of menstruation. Celebrated with local customs and traditions, singing songs and doing a pooja, this ceremony is a celebration of the woman’s fertility – her ability to reproduce which is considered as divine...

Someone once said a happy mother is always a good mother. And if the work of the mother makes her sing with happiness, then the entire family sings along. This statement is so apt and relevant for the Indian working mothers of 21st century. The first 17 years of the new millennium has seen some of the most unexpected...

India is an ancient agricultural country. Today, over 58% of rural households depend upon agriculture as their principal means of livelihood. Agriculture, along with fisheries and forestry, contribute upto 17.3 percent in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the country. Yet, agriculture in India today cannot be said to be in a good condition. The stark observation made in the Economic...