Be it rehabilitating acid attack survivors or instituting healthcare programmes for those in need, philanthropist KULSUM SHADAB WAHAB proves that with great privilege comes great responsibility.
Kulsum Shadab Wahab has been keeping a gratitude journal for years—a habit she has also instilled in her 13-year-old son and eight-year-old daughter. “We don’t go to sleep till we write down at least one thing in our lives that makes us feel grateful towards the Almighty.” Born into enviable affluence and married to mining tycoon Hothur Shadab Wahab, there is little in her life that can be called ordinary. With a closet packed with the hautest designer labels and a travel itinerary that sees her traipsing across the world, Shadab Wahab leads a charmed life. But there’s another side to her, one that sees her don a different kind of armour. As the CEO of Hothur Foundation, she is advocate, philanthropist and someone who turns privilege into power, the good kind. The Bengaluru-based foundation supports multiple projects and initiatives focused on helping disabled children; education and meal programmes for the underprivileged; health care for the poor; construction of bus shelters and other infrastructure; empowerment and self-reliance initiatives for women; and art therapy for the mentally challenged and children from underprivileged backgrounds.
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Breathe In, Breathe Out
A powerful tool to help you master your nervous system or another biohacking buzzword? SIMONE DHONDY explores the inhalations and exhalations of breathwork
Red Pill, Blue Pill
India's nutraceutical industry is booming thanks to advanced technology, distrust of the medical system and rising vanity. With multivitamins becoming purer and more effective, NIDHI GUPTA finds out if supplements have become the new serum
Sign of the times
No longer do you need to have an answer to, \"What is the significance of this?\" when people point to your new tattoo. ARMAN KHAN discovers that everything is on the table when you get inked temporarily
Return to form
Watching the world's most elite athletes deliver the best performances of their careers rekindled SONAKSHI SHARMA's own love for sports
Dimple, All Day
YOU MAY HAVE WATCHED HER ON THE BIG SCREEN FOR OVER FIVE DECADES, BUT DON'T MAKE THE MISTAKE OF ASSUMING THAT YOU KNOW DIMPLE KAPADIA.
MUSIC, TAKE CONTROL
As someone who had always sought safety in numbers, ALIZA FATMA often wondered what her own company would feel like. The answer arrived unexpectedly when she attended her first-ever music festival, one of the largest in the world, all alone
Let it grow
When we think of hardworking farmers toiling in India's scorching heat, we often think of men, the sweat on their brow, the sinews in their arms. JYOTI KUMARI speaks to four women who are championing the invisible female labour that keeps these fields running
YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE
When armless archer Sheetal Devi set her sights on the Paralympic Games this year, she knew she had a tough journey ahead of her. Luckily, her mother was with her every step of the way.
Beauty and the feast
The appeal of Indian weddings has always been in a sprawling spread. For additional bragging rights, Aditi Dugar recommends going beyond designer tablecloths and monogrammed napkins.
Sweet serendipity
From a scavenger hunt-inspired proposal to a Moroccan-themed baraat, Malvika Raj and Armaan Rai's love story prioritised playfulness throughout their blended celebrations.
