Anita Thakur, Managing Editor

Anita Thakur, an optimist and persistent, approaches things in a creative way! She was a Herbal Cosmetologist before switching to internet five years back. "I believe in letting go of the past and making the present a starting point. Magic happens with every breath we take, it's in our ability to perceive the beauty in the world around us."
Anita administers the site and can be reached at anita@sawf.org

Sunanda Vashisht, Editor

Sunanda was born in the beautiful valley of Kashmir, India when Kashmir was known for its unparalleled natural beauty and not as a cauldron of fear and terror. She did most of her schooling in Delhi and dabbled with several professions before moving to U.S last year. she is currently pursuing higher studies here. she likes to introduce herself as an explorer because she wants to spend all her time in this world exploring unknown. Writing for her is a cathartic experience. She can't remember when she began writing first but she does know that writing has always helped her to be at peace with herself and with the world around her.

Shabnam, Poetry and Visual Host

Sonia Arora (pen name Shabnam), born and raised in Punjab, is now settled in Canada. “I am a single mom with 11-year-old son who is absolutely an awesome young man. Writing poetry and loving my son are some of the most important passions of my life. I am blessed with the gift of poetry and I think poetry is the connection between heart and thoughts. It is a gift in disguise to let out your inner most feelings. I have recently spent lot of time in personal development, and I truly believe that if I invest in ME, I have better person to offer to the universe. My recent additions to personal development are PSI Basic Seminar, PSI 7 Seminar and Women’s Leadership Seminar. These educational seminars gave me an opportunity to tap into my old beliefs and my abilities. Besides from all this, professionally I am a realtor and a full time mom. I love butterflies, roses, dew drops (Shabnam) and consider myself a true princess”

Vijainder K Thakur, Site Architect

Vijainder is a former fighter pilot of the Indian Air Force, currently works as a software system architect in the US. He lives in perpetual bewilderment and bliss! Bewilderment because he cannot fathom why people pay him to do what he loves to do, and could well do it for free! Bliss because he basks in the bountiful love of his wife and two beautiful daughters.

Tarannum Manjul, Development & Gender correspondent, India

This young budding journalist was a happy go lucky girl, studying in Delhi for her Bachelors in English Literature from Delhi University. Ever since her school days, she was a human rights activist, although the hues were different. She ended up being the house captain and discipline incharge too. In college, her involvement in cultural activities made her the member of culture committee, and she was involved in a few students rights agitations too. After her grad, she moved over to Lucknow and is now a journalist with a leading national English newspaper from the past 4 years.
Live for today, for yesterday has gone and tomorrow still has to come. With this motto in life, this young journalist gets going everyday. A through bred Delhite, a true gemini to the soul, she loves meeting people and issues related to the underprivileged, women and children touch her the most. a budding development journalist, Tarannum loves writing about the feat achieved by her key areas, and can go anywhere to do that, with nothing stopping her. She is also an avid traveller, and a prize winner lenswoman too. (She won the Delhi Tourism award for amatuer photographers). At SAWF, she keeps the readers updated with happenings in development and gender areas in India (focusing on the rural belt) with her broadcast 'From Ground Zero'.

Sandhya Acharya, Contributing Editor

Sandhya, is doing MBA in the University of Notre Dame, USA. Reading, writing and music are her passions. She has studied German and is quite conversant with the language. She explains her view of life with - "My friends call me Dream Girl, not because I look like one (As you can see I am hardly a looker), but because I dream a lot. I believe that dreams sustain your today and build your tomorrow." As is evident, besides being talented Sandhya is also modest!