Today it's #WomensEqualityDay and even though it started as a movement in US in 1920, there is perhaps no place better than India where we truly understand the importance of this word. Equality to women in India is still an emerging dream and most of us believe it's never going to change. But some women keep trying, keep fighting and give others hope with their achievements. Check out our latest list.
Yes, our very own P. V Sindhu who became the first Indian woman to win an Olympic silver medal in badminton in 2016 Rio Olympics. This young girl of 21 years has fought all odds to reach where she is today. She was called the 'black horse' when she left for the games and returned as the 'beti of the nation'.
Sakshi Malik scripted history by becoming the first Indian woman to clinch a medal in wrestling at the 2016 Rio Olympics. All her life, she was pushed back on the pretext, 'wrestling is not for girls'. But where are the boys now?
An actress who has not only made it big in India and also has gone to become one of the highest paid actresses in the whole world, as per the recent Forbes report. People love her, but then there were also a set of people who simply turned their back on her when she was struggling.
She became the first female Indian amputee to climb Mount Everest even after she lost one leg. She suffered from serious leg and pelvic injuries and to save her life, doctors amputated her left leg. Did it break her, no, she turned out to be stronger than ever. Read her story here.
She comes from a small village in Tamil Nadu and fought poverty at every step of the way. But today, she is India's first international referee for FIFA. Her journey started when there were no matches for women's football. She left playing matches and moved on the path to become a referee. She is again an example, where women in sports are not taken seriously, and they have to fight tooth and nail to get somewhere.
She became the first lady officer to lead the Inter-Service Guard of Honour which was inspected by US President Barack Obama at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. Didn't she have to battle it out, of course she had to.
She's known as the 'Missile Woman of India' and became the first woman scientist to head a missile project. She is the Project Director for Agni-IV missile in Defence Research and Development Organisation.
She has become the first woman sarpanch in India with an MBA degree. She left her high paying corporate job with one of the leading telecom firms of India and became the sarpanch of Soda, a village 60kms from Jaipur.
Even though this is not an exhaustive list of all that women have achieved, yet it gives us the courage to fight the odds, push those sarcastic comments to a side and strive to achieve things that we so believe in.
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