Ladies First, Literally! – Outstanding Women Achievers




          India – where women have been given the supreme position of that of mother is also a country where women have been subjected to atrocities for centuries. On one hand, where women are worshipped in the form of ‘Shakthi’, on the other hand they are subjected to the harassment of dowry, society, male counterparts etc.

Despite all the oddities, some women have indeed made their presence felt, achieved stupendous success and are really a great inspiration for generations to come.

We salute these women. The following are a list of women who were the first ones to shine in the respective fields.

President                                                               : PratibhaPatil
Prime Minister                                                        : Indira Gandhi
First Graduates                                                       : KadambiniGanguly and ChandramukhiBasu, 1833
First woman Honours Graduate                                : Kamini Roy, 1883
First Nobel Prize winner                                          : Mother Teres, Calcutta
Railway Minister of India                                         :Mamata Banerjee
Pilot a locomotive engine                                         : SurekhaYadav
Chairperson of State Bank of India                           :Arundhati Bhattacharya
Court Martialled                                                      : Anjali Gupta,2005
Lawyer                                                                   : Cornellia Sorabjee
Photojournalist                                                        : Homai Vyarawalla
Doctorate of Science                                               : Asima Chatterjee
Chief Justice of High Court                                      : Leila Seth
Air Vice Marshal                                                      : P. Bandhopadhyaya
Supreme Court Judge                                              : Justice m. FathimaBeevi
Resident of the United Nations General Assembly     : Vijayalakshmi Pandit
Physician                                                                : Kadambini Ganguly
Airline pilot                                                              : Durba Banerjee
To travel to space                                                    : Kalpana Chawla
To cross English Channel                                         : Aarti Saha
Monarch of Delhi                                                      : Razia Sultan
To reach finals in Olympics                                       : P.T.Usha
I.A.S. Officer                                                            : IshaBasant Joshi
To take part in Ultra-marathon (100 mile race)              : Priya Darshini
Minister in a government                                           : Rajkumari AmritKaur
C.M. of state                                                           : Sucheta Kripalani
Governor                                                                 : Sarojini Naidu
Speaker of Lok Sabha                                               : Meira Kumar
Member of Legion of Honor                                       : Asha Pande
Indian National Congress President                           : Annie Besant
I.P.S. Officer                                                            : Kiran Bedi
Asian Games Gold Medal winner                               : Kamlijit Sandhu

Indeed ladies have carved their success paths amidst the evils called sexism, gender inequality and discrimination.

Let’s celebrate the spirit of womanhood! Three cheers to the all the women in this world.


Happy International Women’s Day!
Location: India

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The Rolls Royce Lifestyle- Made of Milk and Honey

Image
Rolls Royce, since its evolution has been a mark of high status and opulence, simply because any middle-class person cannot afford to buy a car that costs 3-5 lac dollars. Well, the rich and luxurious lifestyle comes to those who are lucky and can manage it in a way like Buffet or Gates do! A Villa with a beautiful interior, some German or British made vehicles, classy attire, maids at your call, a yacht in the river, a private jet for foreign travel and a Rolex or a Panerai to adorn your hand; that’s a luxury life. What is it and how? It is about living life - king size, being able to spend on what you want, buying some classy and affluent brands, carrying class in your attitude. Well, it also rests on the brands, if you are a millionaire you wouldn’t want to wear anything less than Louis Vuitton or drive anything less than a Mercedes! It is about others drooling over your richness and your mannerisms. It will all come to you because of your hard work and
Read more

Vibrant Colours of One Festival – MakaraSankranti in South India

Image
MakaraSankranti is the festival that every Hindu, regardless of the caste, creed or gender celebrates with joy. It is a harvest festival. As the granaries are full, it signifies prosperity. Sugarcanes are one of the most important and symbolic food crop of this festival. The festival of welcoming harvest and soliciting winter is usually celebrated in the month of January. The celebration in South India varies from state to state. Karnataka - MakaraSankranti People decorate their houses and light lamps. The pray and sing invoking the gods and goddesses to shower their blessings upon them. Two sugarcanes are placed on either sides of the gate or each at the entrance. The famous ‘Rangoli’ a design laid in the entrance using flour is a welcome gesture that has been in use for ages in the Indian culture. The famous ‘ellu-bella’ which is basically sesame seeds and jaggery is shared among family, friends and acquaintance.  It is a gesture to signify prosperity and better life
Read more

Crafts from recycled material are fun and easy to make

Image
Recycle! This is the new happening word, and it should be in its right. Given the amount of waste we generate every day, no soon we will be surrounded by garbage everywhere. Reuse and recycle is the keyword today. What is recycling? Recycling is the process of converting waste materials into reusable objects to prevent waste of potentially useful materials, reduce the consumption of fresh raw materials, energy usage, air pollution (from incineration) and water pollution (from landfilling) by decreasing the need for "conventional" waste disposal according to Wikipedia. There are innumerable ways in which you can recycle things which you otherwise throw away. Instead of throwing them out, reuse yogurt cups, cereal boxes, milk jugs, water bottles (and more) to make easy, affordable decorations for your home. Recycling gives you a sense of satisfaction of saving money and getting creative. Here are a few day-to-day things which we tend to throw away which ca
Read more