Since 1996, the year Cosmopolitan magazine launched in India, it played a significant role in raising pertinent questions and championing women’s causes. Be it in the bedroom or workplace, Cosmopolitan has always strived to help women be the best version of themselves.

This year, Cosmo India turns 22, and their anniversary celebrations include a special focus on sisterhood and features a long list of formidable women, who speak about and encourage the spirit (and power) of sisterhood. Taking the lead are three cover girls: global icon Priyanka Chopra, poet and best-selling author Rupi Kaur, and YouTube superstar Lilly Singh.

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In her interview, Priyanka spoke about how she accomplished her goals, despite being told by some that she wouldn't. “I think we, as women, need to make examples of ourselves. I’m not someone who has expectations from people, I only expect from myself. So I just started working really hard and proved all those people wrong. And I hope that the generations of girls after me won’t have to think about these things—that they aren’t good enough to work in international entertainment, or that it’s too late for them,” Priyanka stated.

Author Rupi Kaur wrote an open letter to young women who grapple with insecurities and don’t think they’re pretty enough. In her letter, Rupi discusses her own struggles with the idea of what’s ‘beautiful’, while growing up. “I thought how I looked on the outside was innately wrong. When in reality, the outside had nothing to do with it. My mind was using the exterior as an excuse to hold onto the negative thought patterns and ideas society had fed me and young girls around the world,” Rupi said in her letter.

There’s more in this issue, including a very special feature with 31 inspiring women from different walks of life, who echo the same sentiment—that women supporting women is the only way forward. Voices and names include Shobhaa De, Anupama Chopra, Ira Dubey, Adwaita Nayar, Mallika Dua, Shikha Talsania, and more, who share their stories and experiences to help highlight how by empowering women, we can empower the entire community. Plus, what drag queens can teach us about feminism, why every woman needs a ‘work wife’, the biggest fashion and beauty trends of the moment, and much more.