Women

Nobel Laureate CV Raman, Homi J Bhabha, Vikram Sarabhai and more - find out everything about these scientists who contributed to building India.

Radhamani Amma drives and owns licenses for 11 vehicles, including heavy vehicles like JCBs, excavators, road rollers and cranes.

Malar Raja shares her complicated twin pregnancy ordeal on Quora, which is an inspiration for every mother‐to‐be.

By 2040, more than 1 million women in India run at a risk of succumbing to uterine cancer. This initiative, Ganga Godavari Cancer Screening Program, is trying to help the country steer clear of that fate.

Kochi resident Selina Michael has been a crematorium worker for over a decade. She talks about how this job helps her stay afloat after a life of hardships, and how her work breaks the stigma around women performing such rituals.

Arti Dogra, an award-winning IAS officer is 3.5 feet tall. Undaunted by all the discrimination she faced because of her appearance, she cracked the civil services exam in her first attempt.

Milkuri Gangavva, a 60-year-old farm labourer from Lambadipally, Telangana, is now a YouTube star with millions of fans of ‘My Village Show’.

A unique initiative by Tata Communications and The Better India to support and educate women from small towns and villages in India is helping hundreds of others like Laxmi overcome barriers and become entrepreneurs. Here’s how.

Actor and homemaker Medha Gokhale runs a no-frills cooking class for men in Pune. She has trained over 1,200 men over the last 16 years.

A school teacher with Sharada Mandir School, Sabina Martins has fought for 35 years through her women’s collective to bring about significant changes for women's safety in Goa - such as an all-women police station at Panjim.