Helloo MSians!!!
While cruising down the highway of life,we might come across many manifestations of circumstances,some good some bad.Our individual personalities lead us all down a different path and that is how the exceptionals are tapped out from the unexceptionals.The book in question is about 21 such exceptionals who have been tapped out either because of their integral talents or determination or enthusiasm to make the world a better place to live in.
The book has been edited very efficiently by Ritu Menon about certain women who have left a trademark in the society beginning with miles 0.They are women who lived in integrity to ascertain their race with the rights to humanity.They understood that preserving women's rights is no less essential than preserving people's rights
because its the women who build the peopleand this fact was realised by a selective few in the older days due to which there persisted inhumane torture towards the society-given name weaker sex alias women.
This book consists of the names of certain eminent women of our society of the 21st century who believed that ::
Standing by an idea in unity is whats called integrity and integrity is the ability to stand by an idea...Life will never lick you as long as you fight back.
Just giving a brief idea about the women leading the mass to the top::
#1-Sheila Sandhu::
First woman of the Federation of Indian Publishes.
Founder trustee of the I.C.Trust which identifies those individuals or institutions that fall outside the NGO[Non-Government Organisation] net,for welfare aid to villages in cyclone etc.
#2-Vina Mazumdar::
Pioneer in the Women's Studies Movement in India.
#3-Kumudini Lakhia::
Renowned Kathak dancer and choreographer.
Started the famous Kadamb Dance Centre[Ahmedabad].
Choreographed for movies like Umrao Jaan and Sur Sangam.
#4-Romila Thapar::
Foremost historian of ancient India.
Authored the famous I.C.S.E course book A History of India.
#5-Ela R.Bhatt::
Founder general secretary of SEWA[Self Employed Women's Association]-an organisation of the poorest working women in Ahmedabad.
#6-Padma Ramachandran::
First woman IAS officer.
#7-Sai Paranjpye::
Marathi playwright,theatre personality and film-maker.
Her famous Hindi films are Chashme Baddoor,Saaz and Sparsh.
#8-Indira Jaisingh::
First woman to be designated as a Senior Advocate by the High Court of Bombay.
Has advocated the famous Mary Roy case,Rupan Deol Bajaj case,Githa Hariharan and Vandana Shiva's case.
#9-Anjolie Ela Menon::
Eminent painter and Padma Shri awardee[1999].
#10-Sonal Mansingh::
Youngest recipient of Padma Shri among artists in India.
Founder of Centre for Indian Classical Dances[CICD-1977].
#11-Preety SenGupta::
First Indian and first vegetarian to reach the Magnetic North Pole in the High Arctics.
#12-Aruna Roy::
Former IAS Officer and founded the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan[MKSS]:a working example of a transparent organisation that demands for the public's right to scrutinize official records-a crucial check against arbitrary governance.
#13-Amal Allana::
Theatre director.
Well-known productions on Naional Network are Mahabhoj;Himmat Mai;Begum Barue;Sonata.
#14-Latika Katt::
Well-known sculptor in the world.
#15-Kiran Bedi::
First woman IPS Officer.
Founder of Navjyoti:an organisation that provides cost-free residential community-based therapeutic treatment for alcohol and drug dependants.
Founder of the Indian Vision Foundation.
Initiated the guli schools.
#16-Ruth Manorama::
Social worker.
Human rights activist.
Founder of the National Federation of Dalit Women.
#17-Maya Krishna Rao::
Theatre actor,director,choreographer and one of the very few women to be trained as a Kathakali dancer ,unusually in the male role-Krishna,Arjuna,Ravana,Hanuman,Bhima.
Pioneered the one-woman dance-drama form.
#18-Kalpana Lajmi::
Award-winning film-maker.
Major films::Rudaali,Darmiyan,Daman.
#19-Bachendri Pal::
First Indian woman to climb the Mount Everest[1984].
Listed in the Guiness Book of World Records.
Listed in the Limca Book of World Records.
#20-Shubha Mudgal::
Female Hindustani vocalist.
One amongst the few doing Sufiana poetry.
Has given signature tunes for films like:Mira Nair's Kamasutra:A tale of love;Rajan Khosa'a Dance of the wind.
Her famous discographies are:Ab ke sawan;Ali more angana and Man ke manjeere.
#21-Karnam Malleswari::
International weight-lifting champion.
First Indian woman ever to win a medal in the Olympics in 2000.
Women like these are needed in hundreds,as of now, if not thousands or lakhs for a billion plus population of India but that is only if more than the half a billion plus men'spopulation count thought similarly as the above mentioned women.
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