Sasha Star

Anu Alex is many things—and she refuses to be reduced to just one. She is a mother of two boys. A wife deeply in love. A prominent name in Singapore’s modelling space. And a Singapore-based entrepreneur and director with hands-on experience building and leading customer-facing businesses—from running a restaurant to founding and scaling a curated gifting studio. Creativity is her instinct. Operational discipline is her backbone. Service is her language. Today, Anu leads her own gifting...

Some women don’t burst onto the scene. They arrive quietly —layer by layer, country by country, choice by choice—until one day the world knows their name before they enter the room. Gayathri Menon is one of those women. Her journey was never linear. It curved, paused, reshaped itself. Fashion and merchandising came first. Then came marriage, motherhood, migrations, visa limitations, and the kind of invisible labour that rarely gets applause. For years, Gayathri lived fully inside the roles...

Solo travel for women is not about escape. It’s about arrival. Arrival into your own rhythm. Your own decisions. Your own silence. In a world that constantly asks women to be accommodating, agreeable, and accompanied, choosing to travel alone is a radical act of self-trust. This isn’t a guide to “finding yourself.” You were never lost. This is about remembering who you are when no one is watching. “Solo travel isn’t lonely. It’s the first time many women hear themselves clearly.” Why...