Helping differently abled children overcome challenges
Jun 30, 2018Stree NewsAutism, Education, Fitness, Kids, Physical Excercises, Youth
By: Varda Sharma In 1994, Jaya and Naresh Alreja found that their 4 year old son was facing a number of developmental challenges. Through their search for medical and habilitation facilities, they...
Enhancing the Beautiful You
Jun 29, 2018Stree NewsSkin, StartUps, STREE, Women
By: Varda Sharma Life came to a stand still for Meeta Rana (48) three years ago when she lost her husband to a fatal disease. “I felt completely shattered,” says Meeta who now had to shoulder...
Helping people in distress
Jun 27, 2018Stree NewsArt, Happiness, Health, StartUps, STREE, Women
By: Meena R. Prashant Ms. Mhatre was going through a very difficult phase in life. Nothing seemed to be going in the right direction for her. Although not a believer in tarot card reading, on the...
StreeNews joins hands again with ‘WOW Starlite Women’s Excellence Awards 2018’
Jun 23, 2018Stree NewsAchievers, Women
Pune: With an aim to felicitate women achievers from different segments of society, StreeNews is joining hands with BE Publications in organising Wow Starlite Women’s Excellence Awards 2018 on 15th...
War against railway rowdies
Jun 22, 2018Stree NewsHuman Rights, Safety, Sexual Abuse, Women
By: Meena R. Prashant The brutal rape of 23-year-old Jyoti Singh (Nirbhaya) has left a permanent scar in each one of our memories. The world was outraged and the Indians did not stop protesting until...
Natural products for beauty regime
Jun 17, 2018Stree Newsemployment, Skin, StartUps, STREE, Women
Varda Sharma Madhurima Ramakrishna (39) always nurtured a desire to create natural beauty products either with different essential oils or botanical extracts. She would often create simple beauty...
Defying norms since childhood
Jun 15, 2018Stree NewsAchievement, Dance, Education, STREE, Youth
By: Varda Sharma Rucha Shere (29) has once again succeeded in challenging medical history by bagging 67.5% in MA (Sanskrit) from SNDT University, Mumbai. Born with Down Syndrome (Trisomy 21), Rucha ...
Platform for accessible tourism for all
Jun 13, 2018Stree NewsAutism, Entertainment, Happiness, Hearing Impaired, Mountaineering, Photography, StartUps, STREE, visually impaired, Women
By: Varda Sharma As a child Neha Arora (34) never got an opportunity to go on a family holiday. Not that there was financial crisis or the family did not like to go on vacations. Still, her travel...
“Impossible actually means ‘I am possible”-Taniya Sanyal, first woman fire fighter by AAI
Jun 11, 2018Stree NewsBravery, employment, Women
By: Varda Sharma With the appointment of Taniya Sanyal (25) as the first woman fire-fighter by the Airports Authority of India (AAI), the Indian women are now literally rubbing shoulders with their...
Spreading happiness all around
Jun 06, 2018Stree Newsemployment, Health, Kids, Menstruation, vocational courses, Women
By: Meena R Prashant Rupam Patel (30) moved to the United States of America when she was in 9th grade. In the US, says Rupam, it is mandatory to do community hours (volunteer work) when the student...
