Women

In many communities, women are socially ostracised in the days of their period, their mobility is restricted, they are considered impure, and are not allowed to worship or enter the kitchen.

A civil engineering graduate from Madan Mohan College, Nimisha now works shoulder to shoulder with her male colleagues on the Metro III line in Mumbai.

23-year-old Majiziya Bhanu took the competition by storm with her unique physique wearing a hijab.

"The idea of being cruel to another person just because she is a female perturbs my inner core," says Joy.

She paid her final respects not only as a widow of a man she loved dearly. But also as defence personnel honouring the death of a fellow officer, who died on duty.

All you have to do is visit the state women and children development department’s ‘Asmita scheme’ portal and pay Rs 182.40!

A remote hamlet in Leh’s high altitude Hemis National Park constantly loses its livestock to snow leopards, but have turned to homestays around conservation tourism, reaping rich rewards. Sharada Balasubramanian takes a closer look.

Today, Dr Malvika Iyer, apart from a bomb blast survivor, is also a social worker, a PhD scholar, an international motivational speaker, a disability rights activist and a Global Shaper under the World Economic Forum.

With all the wonderful changes that the Indian Railways is bringing about, including more women into their workforce is amongst the most significant changes.

Don’t be amazed, because it isn’t the first time the octogenarian has gone out of her way to be a part of a selfless cause. This is in fact the third time in 20 years that the senior citizen has come forward to help educational institutions.