Activism

Sisters Sanjoli and Ananya Banerjee began engaging in activism and fighting female foeticide from a young age. Today, they champion many causes -- education, menstrual hygiene, mental health and more.

Engineer turned lawyer Prita is founder-president of the NGO Peace and Equality Cell (PEC), which works to prevent CSA by creating awareness and providing victims access to justice.

In Maharashtra's Panegao village, a stunning story of community action was scripted when people banded together to fight a 20-year-long battle against illegal mining by the sand mafia.

"One Nation One Voice is not just an anthem but a movement that reflects the current emotions of the people."

"Every expert we met discouraged us to take up this mission. No one believed that we could revive such a wasteland through organic methods. But, we made the impossible eventually possible."

Sumaira Abdulali’s great grandmother was jailed during the freedom struggle and her granduncle led the iconic Salt Satyagraha after Mahatma Gandhi was arrested. No wonder, threats, taunts and struggles have failed to deter this gritty woman from leading a 17-year-old crusade against noise pollution!

On 15 August 1947, this company distributed nearly 1 lakh tubes of Boroline for free. And in the last 90 years, it's never been indebted to the Indian govt for a single rupee!

Thanks to their consistent efforts, tribal communities today have formed independent groups for producing several natural goods- especially honey and beeswax.

Here are the 10 wonder women of India that we would like to honour with The Better India Spotlight, 2018.

Believing in a form of advocacy that combines feminist theory and community action, she is best known for her work with the feminist network Sangat.