Women are increasingly breaking free of societal restrictions to explore their identities further. This International Women’s Day, Plan India highlights seven women who have become true examples of women going beyond traditional roles and boundaries.
Forced to relocate with her poor family in a squalid resettlement in north-west Delhi, Pooja Kashyap faced a life of destitution. This is the story of how her grit and determination instead helped her craft a life that inspires others.
On October 4 in Nagpur, Tamina Bobade, 44, performed the last rites of her father, Sumit Munshi, breaking the age-old Hindu tradition of only a male being allowed to light a parent's funeral pyre.