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International Women’s day- Choose to Challenge- Time to Reshape the rules!

Sonica Aron, Managing Partner, Marching Sheep, in conversation with, Apurva Purohit, President of the Jagran Group, one of India’s largest multi-media conglomerates. Apurva has been a leading voice in the Indian business landscape, advocating gender diversity, what ails it, and what organisations and leaders can do to improve this critical imperative. She is also the author of the two national bestselling books “Lady, You’re not a Man” – the Adventures of a Woman at Work and “Lady, You’re the Boss!”. Through her books, Apurva aims to empower women and encourage them to achieve their full potential.

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Our tenth interview under the #Internationalwomensday– #choosetochallenge campaign.

Sharing the recording of our tenth interview under the #Internationalwomensday #choosetochallenge campaign, a candid and thought-provoking conversation between @Sonica Aron and @Apurva Purohit on #ChooseToChallenge – What does it take to reshape the rules, for ourselves, and those around us? #MarchingSheepCelebratingWomen #IWDcampaign #Interviewseries #IWD2021 #ChooseToChallenge

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International women’s day- Choose to Challenge Interview Series

Sonica Aron, managing Partner Marching Sheep, in conversation with Ruchi Jain, CEO and Co-Founder of Taru Naturals, an organic fair-trade foods brand, which focuses on sourcing and creating a market for organically grown super foods (such as Black rice, turmeric) from 10,000 identified tribal and small-scale farmer networks across India. Ruchi has been the recipient of several awards for Taru Naturals including, 15 Women Transforming India by Niti Aayog, 2020, GQ 50 Most Influential Young Indians, SheUnltd Food Enterprise 2019, Women Economic Forum Award.

In this conversation, we will talk about how international women’s day is not just one day, but a celebration of a journey, a journey which is still in progress, not yet complete, and there are still some gaping issues. And we are all aware of the issues, the question is- are we ready to bite the bullet?

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International Women’s day- Choose to Challenge Interview series- 7th episode

Sonica Aron, Managing Partner, Marching Sheep, in conversation with Tina Vinod, Head – Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at ThoughtWorks, on Stereotypes at work. Organisations are but a subunit of the society. While, some organisations are at the forefront driving change through inclusive cultures and practices, there are still stereotypes that exist. In this conversation, we will challenge some of those.

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International Women’s Day- Choose to Challenge- 6th Episode

Sonica Aron, Managing Partner, Marching Sheep, in conversation with Megha Mughija, Founder and Chief nutritionist, Health Mania. Women have for long been influenced by a prototype of an ‘ideal look’, be it the fad of Size Zero, to the phrase in matrimonial ads- Slim, fair and beautiful, to the continued reinforcements like being fair and lovely can land you a job, or you need and to look and dress a certain type to be taken seriously at work! In this candid conversation with a specialist, we shall challenge some of these.

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International Women’s Day- Episode 5- Choose to Challenge Self imposed constraints and guilt

Sonica Aron, Managing Partner, Marching Sheep, in conversation with Bina Pillai, is a poet, author, and a crusader for social causes. She published her poetry book ‘Lyrical Rhythms of my Heart’ in 2017 which won the National Rising Star Award, in the category of Art & Culture. She is the Associate Editor of the Journal of Asian Art, Culture and Literature, and the Administrator and jury member of Asian Literary Society. Her novel, ‘Under The Mango Tree’ was published in November 2019, for which she has received critical acclaim and was the amongst the best- selling books on Kindle.

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