inspirational women

Meet three women sarpanches from Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh who are transforming rural India. One rescued a child bride. One broke caste barriers. One led menstrual health drives. Together, they show how women-led governance brings dignity, inclusion, and bold change where it’s needed most—at the heart of India’s villages.

Fatema Barodawala started Cakelicious with her mother and grew the business with resilience and courage. Here's a look at the entrepreneur's journey.

Taking India's food and beverage industry by storm, these women entrepreneurs are making waves with their delicious food and business acumen.

Dr Rupa Yadav was just eight years old when she was married. Read to know how she found her support system to continue her education and become a doctor.

Called a superwoman by an impressed Anand Mahindra on Twitter, Sikkim's Eksha Hangma Subba has never settled. Be it boxing, serving in the police, or winning hearts as a supermodel, she is doing it all.

A hero India needs to know about, Nishita Rajput from Gujarat has spent over a decade raising funds to help thousands of underprivileged girls with food, clothing and education.

This is the story of thousands of kids studying in government schools in Bengaluru. The first-generation school-goers. The children of migrant and daily wage labourers who were empowered with wings to soar to their dreams, by city-based NGO, Dream School Foundation.

The doors of comedy opened to her when she attended a show in India by Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood of the Whose Line Is It Anyway? fame.

"Whether it is the middle of the night or an insufferably hot afternoon, I never refuse a ride to a woman. Even after my 8-9 hour shift has ended," says the 48-year-old Raji who has been driving an auto for 20 years now!

Deepali was only 16 when her father lost four fingers in an accident and she had to take on the responsibility of their garage. Today, her annual profit runs in lakhs!