She’s Different!

The first female Jawan – Shanti Tigga

A mother of two kids, at 35, Shanti Tigga joined the Railways after her husband’s demise on compensatory grounds. She had dreamt very early that she would join the army and make her family proud. “...

Captain Lakshmi Sahgal – the ‘Rani’ of the INA regiment

Born Lakshmi Swaminathan, christened Captain Lakshmi by Subhash Chandra Bose, Laksmi Sahgal’s name stands etched in bold shining letters in the annals of Indian history. Father S.Swaminathan, a pra...

From Ratu to Rio – the Deepika Kumari saga

Deepika Kumari is India’s ace woman archer. Ranked World number 1 in 2012 and currently ranked World number 5, she is a top notch archer with an enviable list of credits to her name since she first...

Dipa Karmakar – queen of Indian gymnastics

22 year old Dipa Karmakar will be representing India in the artistic gymnastics event in the Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, Olympics in August 2016. What is so great about that, you ask?She is the first I...

Zaha Hadid – world renowned female architect

In March 2015, Al Arabiya News reported that the firm ZHA would be responsible for the creation of the world’s largest airport terminal. The starfish-shaped building would be forming part of Beijin...

Priyanka Chopra – ‘Desi Girl’ from Mumbai to L.A

For one who joined Bollywood just fourteen years back after winning the Miss World Pageant in 2000, she has made great strides in her career, a recent achievement being, getting chosen to be one of...

Aathira Krishna – Violin Queen of India

Does the name Aathira Krishna sound familiar? If you have the ear for Indian classical music, and your preference is the Indian violin, you must have heard her name at least if not the golden notes...

Nandita Das – an intriguing personality, a powerhouse of talent

In 1998, a dusky Indian film actress arrived on the Indian film scene and ‘wowed’ audiences with her string of award winning performances. So much so, that it had everyone gasping at the way she bu...

Celebrating the ‘summit’ queen – Arunima Sinha

Arunima Sinha! Name ring a bell in the mind? At age 24, a small tragedy occurred in this girl’s life when she was thrown off a train by four thugs, lost one leg, almost lost her life. Yet she survi...