Noorjehan Safia Niaz – Founder of Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan

We, the women have come a long way. We had no rights, no education and no voice. We no doubt have a much longer way to go but along the way we must applaud women who have made life changing alterations in this unjust society.  Iconic women such as - Pundita Ramabai and Sarala Devi …

Gurdev Kaur Deol – An entrepreneur, An organic farmer and an empowering woman

Gurdev Kaul Deol married her husband in the middle of getting her BEd degree. The challenge was however, being able to work as an independent woman which was not an ideal situation, especially in rural households. Gurdev showed people how wrong their mindsets were and fought against all these superstitions that put women down.   She …

Viji Penkoottu – A woman who ensured women could sit and be provided with bathroom facilities

In 2009, Viji formed a collective also named Penkoottu (women for each other) after established trade unions refused to take the demands of unorganized women workers seriously. Women who worked as saleswomen were made to stand the whole day. Some women drank minimal amounts of water to ensure they wouldn't have to go to the …

Meena Gayen: A woman who built a road and made her village more accessible

It is ironic how terrible personal tragedies are sometimes the very reason you do an extraordinarily monumental gesture. This is how Meena Gayen's fight for accessibility to and from their remote village reached its pinnacle.  Meena Gayen is a resident of a secluded village in India named Tridibnagar, in South 24 Parganas district of West …

Komal Hadala: A girl who single-handedly built 250 toilets in her village.

Some people believe that having a bathroom inside their houses threatens the purity of their homes. Komal hadala was a simple city girl from Delhi who never imagined that she would once live in a house without bathrooms. This 22 year old single handedly built 250 bathrooms in her village and showed the rest of …

Meenu Vadera: The founder of Azad foundation and Sakha Cabs.

“The glass ceiling is so much stronger for these resource-poor women and the livelihood opportunities available to them in the informal sector are mostly gender-stereotypical roles such as cooking, cleaning, working as helpers in homes and now, doing factory-based work such as embroidery.” - Meenu Vadera Meenu vadera is the founder of the Azad foundation …

Avani Singh: The Founder of Ummeed Changing Lives

At the age of just 16, Avani Singh founded Ummeed, a program that trains women from the slums of Delhi to become taxi and rickshaw drivers. It has completely transformed the lives of women. They can improve their standard of living with the money they earn and achieve a level of physical and social mobility …

Kalpana Saroj – Unstoppable Business Tycoon

“Hard Work is not overrated, It is fail proof. What you want - whatever it is - you shall get it if you apply yourself wholeheartedly and work towards it with a single minded vision” - Kalpana Saroj Kalpana Saroj was born to a Dalit family in Vidarbha, an eastern region in Maharashtra. Her father …

P.V. Sindhu – India’s first Badminton World Champion

As a result of her extreme perseverance and extraordinary grit, Pusarla Venkata Sindhu became India’s first world champion in badminton on the 25th of August 2019!  PV Sindhu is an Indian professional badminton player born on 5th july 1995 in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Inspired by Pullela Gopichand’s win in All England Badminton Championship in 2001 …

Geeta Kumari Phogat – Wrestling Champion

Imagine having to train every single day for 5 to 6 hours without any days off. Imagine being a teenage girl running through fields at 4 am in the morning in shorts and lycra tops in a neighbourhood where girls were taught to wear loose clothing and cover themselves. Imagine the insults and taunts that …