The auteur once said that the way to start writing is not by writing at all. It’s by living. Here we look back at wonderful career she had and catch a glimpse of her life through the people whose lives she touched along the way.

Changing and shaking up the scene in Malaysia, they are the new trailblazers of fashion.

Second on our "Women Who Walk Ahead" series is Tengku Chanela, whose passion for boutique cosmetics translated into a new venture as she rolled out the Dida brand.