Manifest's March issue, which has a focus on women across advertising, media and marketing, ahead of International Women's Day which is celebrated on 8 March, is now available to purchase.

The lead feature in this issue is about the lack of women creative leaders in advertising. Despite well-meaning discussions about gender representation, the harsh truth is that they have remained just talk. We ask leaders how can this change?

The issue also has exclusive chats with Neha Ahuja of Spotify, Sakshi Choudhary of Indian Creative Women, Malishka Mendonsa (RJ Malishka) of Red FM, Dara Lynch of D&AD, and Kainaz Karmakar of Ogilvy.

BBDO India's Josy Paul and Performics India's Gautam Surath debate on whether we are seeing 'traditional mentorship in agencies fading away'.

We also chat with Kulfi Collective's Manoti Jain and Advait Gupt along with And The Nerve's Hira Mohibullah and Daniah Ishtiaq, about their India-Pakistan partnership.

Further, Adyasha Roy Tomar of McCann Worldgroup, compares Women's Day to the Anil Kapoor film Nayak, which sees him play the role of a chief minister for a day. 

Ad film director Sonal Batra writes about Alice in Wonderland, and how it inspired her to 'break out of norms' and 'run out for adventures'. 

HumanSense's Ruchi Sharma writes about the controversy surrounding Ranveer Allahbadia and Samay Raina and India's Got Latent. 

Our monthly focus on healthcare and pharma takes us to the Cipla Health office to chat with MD and CEO, Shivam Puri.

And there's a special focus on Puff Productions and Prianca J, and a deep-dive into the Swiggy-Havas partnership.

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