Infano
Infano is a platform that aims to impact every facet of a woman's life - health, career, motherhood, lifestyle, and much more. We are a team of like-minded individuals who wish to be a support to women from all walks of life and in everything they do. Our aim, through our posts and articles, is to bring to light the issues and problems that women face in their day-to-day life, to try and make their life a little easier and a little better, provide the latest news updates of women around the world, and to highlight their big and small achievements. We celebrate womanhood each and every day.
Paternity Leave Doesn’t Make You Less Of A Man, It Makes You A Better Dad
The Indian Team is all set for some cricketing action in Australia. The four-match Test series between the two teams, one of the most anticipated tournaments by cricket lovers, is expected to begin on December 17th. An announcement was made by BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) that the captain of the Indian cricket team, Virat Kohli will…
A Doctor recounts her experience of working during the pandemic
We have heard firsthand accounts of people who suffered, recovered or died from COVID 19. But what does a doctor go through and feel while treating their patients? Dr. Payal Debbarman from Vadodara, Gujarat tells us her experience of the pandemic. The virus felt personal to me from the beginning. The first time I stepped in the OPD with COVID…
Indian Women Need to Up Their Political Game
In the last few days, we have been celebrating the first woman Vice President of color -Kamala Harris - of the United States, the most powerful country in the world. This is a true victory for us, fighting for women's equality and women empowerment. Indians have also been very vocal about their celebration of her victory, which is more special…
Karva Chauth – Let’s re-think this celebration of love
It's that day of the year again. The pandemic has subdued the celebration of most of the festivals, but this is not one of the days that can be overlooked, even in these situations. It's Karva Chauth today – a day when married women, mostly across North India, observe fast, even avoiding water, from sunrise to moonrise, in order to…
Mirror Mirror On The Wall, Does It Matter Who Is The Fairest Of Them All?
As a kid my parents showered me with love. They would even shut anyone up mentioning to them,“Tumhara gorapan nahi mila hai tumhari beti ko” or “Naak-naksha sahi hai beti ka, but rang thoda saawla hai”. The constant hush-hush comments on my skin-tone did affect me and my Mom knew this. She always told me that such shallow thoughts are…
#MyStory: How I am fighting with Endometriosis
I got my first period at the age of 13. Always painful, heavy and irregular. My gynaecologist said the condition will improve with age. And yes, it did. The irregular periods were gone by the age of 16-17. But what never left my company was this pain, this unmerciful and burning pain. I remember sometimes I used to faint because…
Seetal Savla – A journey through Infertility and IVF
We are taught to believe since childhood that women are born to be mothers. But the road to being pregnant and being a mother does not come very naturally and easily to every woman. And when you realize that you do not fit into the society’s concept of an ideal woman, what goes through your mind, is turmoil. Seetal Savla…
Meet Niketa And Poovayya, Teenagers Providing Sanitary Kits To Migrant Women Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
After the Centre enforced the nationwide lockdown on March 25, two Bangalore based teenagers were firstly excited at the thought of board exams getting postponed. Tia Poovayya and Niketa Khanna, both students of Mallya Aditi International School, however soon learnt that there were a lot of people struggling to access even basic need items amid this COVID-19 crisis. The gravity…