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Meet the Women IAS & IPS Officers Who Led the Rescue Operations in Chamoli
“On 7 February 2021, I got news of a disaster having occurred in Chamoli. I was in a town called Gopeshwar, Uttarakhand and could rush to the site immediately. I knew that Chamoli is a disaster-prone...
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Started With Rs 3000, This All-Women Canteen Now Earns Rs 3 Crore Per Year
At the age of 30, Sumitra Shinge from Vasai, Mumbai, lost her husband. Her son was then five years old, and the two had no means of gaining financial support. While looking for a job to sustain her...
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‘I Was Forced Into Prostitution As A Teen, But Rescued 1200 Girls From...
Few define the words ‘strength’ and ‘resilience’ the way Bhimavva Chalwadi does. Today, the 35-year-old is a confident woman, who has helped hundreds of women escape harrowing circumstances to be able...
View ArticleWATCH: Indian Women In Space From Kalpana Chawla to Swati Mohan
As the world watched the nail-biting moment that NASA’s Perseverance rover whizzed through the thin Martian atmosphere and safely touched down on the red planet, Mars, very few people were aware of the...
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Odisha Women’s Self-Help Group Saves Entire Village, Boosts Income of 700...
In Koraput district, Odisha, lies a remote village called Kanjariguda which is home to an Adivasi community of farmers who predominantly grow ragi and rice. The village is so remote that villagers have...
View ArticleIndia’s First Female Civil Engineer Built 69 Bridges From Kashmir to...
In 1953, Shakuntala A Bhagat, the daughter of a bridge engineer was the first Indian woman to obtain a civil engineering degree from Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute in Mumbai. She was the...
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70,000 Copies Sold: 75 Rajasthani Villagers; And Their Bestseller on Women’s...
Discourse around sexual wellness in India remains tiptoed around, hushed up, avoided, or ignored. A report in the Reproductive Health Journal states that in India, young women, especially those in...
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10 Women Share Easy, Sustainable Hacks, Passed Down by Moms and Grandmoms
Long before sustainability and minimalism became a fad, our mothers and grandmothers have unknowingly incorporated these principles into their daily lives. Growing up in a middle-class family, it was...
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Left Blind At 19 By An Acid Attack, She is Now Empowering Over 80 Diff-Abled...
A teacher, a counsellor, Uttarakhand’s ambassador for women empowerment, and an acid attack survivor — Kavita Bisht (31) has many labels to go by. But the foremost is that of a young, jovial girl, who...
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How a 13-YO Freedom Fighter Scared the British Into Sentencing Her to Life...
Its beauty and difficult terrain make Hangrum [a village in Assam] a dramatic setting on a knife-edged ridge; range after range of the Manipur hills looming blue and green out of the cloud on one side...
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In Pics: 1st Female In Antarctica to ISRO Scientists; 13 Indian Women Making...
When asked to name a few famous Indian scientists, APJ Abdul Kalam and CV Raman are bound to be the first names that come to mind. However, Indian women have been making a name for themselves in the...
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After Creating A Multi-Million Dollar Company, Odisha Woman Breaks EV Glass...
What does it take for a woman from a conventional middle-class family in Rourkela, Odisha, to become a successful entrepreneur in the technology domain whose first venture ends up becoming a...
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B’luru Woman Grows 230 Types of Fruits, Veggies & Even Prawns on Her...
Amidst the chaos of Bengaluru traffic, on a rooftop in Richards Town, you will find Jincy Samuel’s terrace dotted with a rainbow of colours, from purple and burgundy to green. If you look closely you...
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Why People of Kashmir Call This Former Maths Teacher to Rescue Bears, Leopards
Aaliya Mir, who lives in Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, was busy when we called — her phone giving an engaged signal. But we keep trying. The 42-year-old former Maths teacher is famous on the internet...
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Meet The Parsi Lawyer Who Helped Ensure Indian Women Can Vote Freely
Mithan Lam (née Tata), and her mother Herabai Tata, the wife of industrialist Ardeshir Bejonji Tata (a member of Parsi industrialist Jamsetji Tata’s extended family), were on a holiday in the cool...
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How 3 Mysore Queens Became The Face Of A Campaign For The World’s First Vaccine
Three women stand tall, dressed in regal sarees and adorned with bedazzling jewellery in a portrait of the early 19th century. They offer half-smiles and pose casually while exuberating the sense of...
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Named After Victoria, This Indian Princess Was One Of The First ‘Royals of...
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s interview with Oprah put a spotlight on Britain’s colonial history. As Meghan Markle expressed the palace’s concerns around her then-unborn son Archie’s skin colour,...
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Fighting Stigma To Winning Medals, How 4 Women Athletes Made India Proud With...
This article has been sponsored by Welspun Foundation for Health & Knowledge. Early mornings, endless hours of training, aching wounds and countless sacrifices — being an athlete is much more than...
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Mother-Daughter Duo Blaze A Trail Through India’s First All-Women Racing Team
Over the last decade, motorsports have gained popularity in India, specifically in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, with the city being known as the Motorsports capital of the country. Thrill, speed, focus and...
View ArticleOdisha Sisters Plan to Make EV Batteries From Crop Residue, Cut Cost by Up To...
This article has been sponsored by MG Motor India. For Nikita and Nishita Baliarsingh from Odisha, building cars had always been a childhood dream. So when both sisters sat down to discuss how they...
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