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TBI Blogs: Meet the Young Woman Who Pioneered the Education of the Poor in...
Most 10-year-olds worry about school homework, the latest toys and gadgets they want, etc. Meet a young lady who decided to take charge of the education of the poor children in her village at the...
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Odisha’s Girls Are Breaking Societal Norms to Work in Cities, And They’re Not...
Odisha’s women are no longer just content with being wives, daughters, and mothers. More and more women from the state’s rural areas are flocking to its cities for jobs, and in the process discovering...
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Inspiring Story of the Wheelchair Table Tennis Player Who Has Her Eyes Set on...
Bhavina Patel and three other para table tennis players are making India proud on the international stage and the Blind People’s Association is helping them achieve greater heights! In the year 2004,...
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Udaipur’s Hooligans and Troublemakers Are Facing a New Terror – These...
Women in India are often reluctant to approach the police forces of the country, because of a certain negative and unhelpful image. Udaipur’s new all-woman patrol squad hopes to remedy that sorry state...
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Iron Lady: How the Feminist in Jayalalithaa Had Empowered the Women of Tamil...
Dressed in a green saree she rests in peace -- the lady who ruled Tamil Nadu for over fourteen years as the state’s CM for five terms. Although mired in controversy over corruption and sentenced to a...
View ArticleTBI Blogs: A Greater Courage: Meet Devi – Sexually Exploited, but Unbroken...
There are 18 million children enslaved in India, all of whom face some form of sexual exploitation everyday. Devi is a resilient young mother who went from being a victim to a survivor of sexual...
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No More Khatna: Meet the Five Women Standing against the Ritual of Female...
I was browsing through Facebook while sipping chai when a video caught my attention. I hit the play button. “A cut that pierced my life…A small nick, just a piece of skin, they say….” The video, made...
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TBI Blogs: A Greater Courage: Rescued from a Brothel, Ayesha Now Dreams of...
According to the National Crime Records Bureau, the number of registered human trafficking cases has increased by 38.3% over five years, from 2009 to 2013. Ayesha was in danger of becoming just one...
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TBI Blogs: Begum Sahiba of Lucknow: At the Age of 100, Hamida Habibullah...
The City of Nawabs has a long and rich history of noteworthy personalities engaged in various facilities. Here is one of them, a living icon of our times – the woman who has been called “the iconic...
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TBI Blogs: A Greater Courage – From Attempting Suicide to Aspiring to Be a...
A child has to be rescued from the clutches of some form of sexual exploitation every two days in India. This is the story of Susan, a lively and outspoken aspiring film star, who spent her childhood...
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What Do Muslim Men in India Have to Say on the Topic of ‘Triple Talaq’? Here...
The practice of triple talaq among Muslims has been under the scanner for a while now. Women from the community like Shayara Bano and Afreen Rahman, among others have come forward to question this...
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How Cinematographer Sophie Winqvist is Breaking Gender Norms & Fighting...
Indian cinema is full of success stories of women making it big on the Big Screen. Here is a woman who has achieved noteworthy success behind the scenes of Bollywood, despite not being a native of...
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Meet The First Indian Cricketer to Make It to ICC’s Women’s Team of the Year...
In a historic moment for women's cricket in India, Indian batswoman Smriti Mandhana became the only Indian cricketer to be named in the first ever ICC Women's Team of the Year 2016. The 12-member team...
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TBI Blogs: How a Doctor in Rajasthan Used a Traditional Remedy for Anaemia to...
Folk medicine and Ayurveda can often provide remedies that offer almost miraculous results. A doctor in Rajasthan stumbled upon one such remedy, and has used it to change the lives of women in...
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This Patna Teacher Quit Her Job to Help More Women Become Teachers
Ipsha Samaj Kalyan Kendra in Patna is helping women become independent by conducting different training courses. Indu Singh has been a teacher her entire life. For 25 years, she has been regularly...
View ArticleVIDEO: Women Storm Male Bastions
These Indian women have defied societal norms and stormed male bastions, to take up careers that many thought were not meant for women. They are doing a better job than their male counterparts in...
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2016 Belonged to These Inspiring Women Who Overcame Great Odds to Transform...
2016 has been a year of many changes and developments, big and small. These women have, in their small ways, made huge impact on their communities and their own lives, and as the year ends, we...
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This Delhi-Based Engineer Set up an Innovation Lab to Encourage More Girls to...
Feminist Approach to Technology (FAT), a Delhi-based organisation is trying to encourage girls and women to participate more in the fields of science and technology. Here's how. It is a Wednesday...
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MY STORY: Why I Started a Petition against a Ban on Emergency Contraceptive...
In the MY STORY section, we present some of the most compelling and pertinent stories and experiences shared with us by our readers. Do you have something to share? Write to us:...
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These Women Took on Male-Dominated Workplaces and Emerged Inspirational Winners!
Women have faced a steep struggle in getting equal rights and recognition at the workplace in India. However, these women have chosen to take on male-dominated workspaces head on, and come out...
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