Extraordinary Indian Women

Ordinary women doing extraordinary things.

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Juhi Ramani

  25-years-old Juhi Ramani along with her sister Bobby Ramani has set up an organisation called ‘I Support Foundation’ with the purpose of working for the education and overall development … Continue reading

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Pempilai Orumai or women’s unity

  Recently 6,000 barely educated women laborers took on one of the most powerful companies in the world and won. The women are tea pickers from the beautiful south Indian … Continue reading

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Sushma Verma

      In a country where more than 35 per cent of girls are discouraged from studying and going to school, young prodigy Sushma Verma , daughter of a … Continue reading

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Malala Yousafzai & Emma Watson

  Malala Yousafzai tells Emma Watson: I’m a feminist thanks to you. Watson posted a video of the interview on her Facebook page and said she found Yousafzai’s admission moving. … Continue reading

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Russian Scientists

      Recently six Russian women volunteered to participate in a unique experiment that requires them to be locked up in isolation for eight days. They will be testing … Continue reading

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Parbati Barua

  Parbati Barua is the only female mahaut in the world. She has been taming wild elephants since she was 14. Hailing from the erstwhile royal family of Gauripur, Parbati … Continue reading

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Sakina

  Sakina, 15, lives in a slum in Islamabad, Pakistan. One day, when she was walking home from school through narrow lanes, a boy on a motorbike approached her, put … Continue reading

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Graffiti Grannies

  Isaura Santos Costa, 90, is part of Lata65, an organisation that runs workshops in Lisbon, Portugal for over-65s women who are interested in making street art. “The more I … Continue reading

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Abia Akram

  Abia Akram, 30, is the first woman from Pakistan, with disabilities to win the much sought after U.K. Government’s Chevening scholarship and to be nominated as the Coordinator for … Continue reading

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Deepa Nishant

  Deepa Nishant, a Malayalam teacher recently made a Facebook post against banning of beef in her college. On October 1st the SFI students in her college, Sree Kerala Varma … Continue reading

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