Storming a Male Bastion An equal opportunity initiative launched in early 2016 helps to transform the lives of women in our community; creating unique employment opportunities for them and enabling them to become achievers in their own right. To provide equal opportunities, we took up the initiative of establishing our first women’s only delivery center at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, in March 2016. This was soon followed by a second one at Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Through the help of our service partners, these stations are completely managed and run by women. The Thiruvananthapuram delivery center boasts a team of six female delivery associates, managed by Divya Syam; while the Ramavaram delivery station in Chennai operates with a team of nine under the supervision of Jamuna Rani. Women at both centers deliver packages on two-wheelers, covering a radius of about 2–3 km from their stations. Whizzing along smartly in their shiny scooters, with
All Categories ‘Self-publishing has allowed me to pursue my dreams’ Best-selling Indie author of over 19 books, Sundari Venkatraman recounts her journey From being a person who admittedly “couldn’t write two creative sentences to save my life” to being a best-selling Indie author of over 19 books, Sundari Venkatraman has come a long way. “I never really thought of myself as a writer, so to think of myself as an author is really a long way off. But, in my house as kids we did read a lot. My granddad was a lawyer in the British era, so he had this great collection of books which we would be asked to read. In fact, I think I started reading by when I was like three-and-a-half years,” says Sundari as she recounts her self-publishing success story. EDITING A SCHOOL MAGAZINE And this story had quite an interesting beginning. Looking back on her days as a Personal Assistant to the Principal of the school where she worked, Sundari recall