by Suneeta Kaul | Nov 4, 2016 | Inclusion Matters
Women carrying passports. Credit: Reuters/Files On January 25, 2016, Minister of External Affairs, Sushma Swaraj, shared some very important news with the nation – in a series of tweets, the Twitter-savvy minister made it clear that the process of issuing a passport...
by Rashmi Mandloi | Oct 10, 2016 | Inclusion Matters, Uncategorized
The furore caused by Tannishtha Chaterjee who walked out of the sets of a popular TV Roast Show recently got me thinking. Now ‘Roast’ is not ‘Chicken Roast’ that we are talking here but, a program where celebrities willingly come to the show to get their legs pulled...
by Guntas Bedi | Oct 4, 2016 | Inclusion Matters
A week after a movie hits the theatres, you expect to see an average turnout for a morning show on a sunny day. To my amazement, the theatre had an occupancy of 90% for the movie “Pink”. A classic Shoojit Sircar film – offering an important message through an...
by Ruchika Arun | Sep 23, 2016 | Inclusion Matters
Behind every success—individual, team or company—there are people behind the scenes—supporting, encouraging and absorbing the extra stress themselves, thereby ensuring success. As organisations we have focused on what we can provide to our employees to support and...
by Shilpi Singh | Aug 19, 2016 | Inclusion Matters
Maternity Act Amendment As per the proposed amendments in the Maternity Benefit Act, maternity leaves for women working in both private and public sector will be enhanced to 26 weeks as against the existing 12 weeks. However, those women employees who already have two...
by Shilpi Singh | Aug 19, 2016 | Inclusion Matters
When Kiran Mazumdar Shaw joined the board of directors at IIM, she was the first woman to be appointed on the IIM Board. Her words would set the objective of the recently celebrated Women on Board week by Biz Divas Foundation, “It’s all still an old boys’ club. It’s...
