Passion To Profession — Five Women Entrepreneurs Who Defied Age To Build Their Business Empire!
My grandmother never stopped working — not until her last month. And this is what encouraged me to keep working, no matter what the situation in your life is! That feeling of being self-dependent and making your life the way you wish is incomparable. People often limit their ambitions — either after a certain milestone, or a certain situation or…
Captain Lakshmi Sahgal: Officer Of The Indian National Army
2020 marks the 106th birth anniversary of Lakshmi Sahgal, the ardent freedom fighter and a social activist who served in Subhash Chandra Bose’s Indian National Army (INA). ‘Captain Lakshmi’, as she was fondly called, dedicated her life to public service in various capacities — as the commander of the all-woman regiment in the Indian National Army; as a medical practitioner…
Coming Out Month: People Who Mustered Courage To Accept Their Sexuality!
October is the Coming Out Month and the 11th day of this month is celebrated as National Coming Out Day widely across the UK and the USA. But I do wonder if we even need such days or occasions to tell people who we are? Or what we feel? Or how do we imagine living our life? Well, the answer…
Rights And Beliefs: LGBT Laws That You Must Be Aware Of In India!
It’s been 25 months since the government ruled out Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code and acknowledged consensual homosexual sex between adults as legal. But what still makes it inequitable is the constant objection offered by half the country — the constantly given looks full of disgust and words of utterly divisive judgement! 25 months of freedom and 25…
National Police Commemoration Day: Meet The Gutsy Women Police Officers Of India!
When Kiran Bedi became the first female Indian Police Service officer, the whole country went gaga over her. And it’s been more than four decades, several female police officers have followed her steps and are changing the way we imagine women officers in Indian Police. On the occasion of National Police Commemoration Day, Infano introduces you to a few of…
Shantha Ragunathan: The Woman Who Lifted An Entire Village By Uplifting Its Women!
When Shantha took up a volunteer job at a local government office in the village of Kodapattinam, situated in Tamil Nadu’s Kancheepuram district, she had no idea that her life would change forever — and not only her life, but that she would inspire, empower and transform several other lives! Shantha (who, like many women where she lives, doesn’t use…
Rural Revolution: Five Inspiring Power Women Who Changed The Destiny Of Rural India!
Do you know that women account for as much as 89.5% of the labour force in rural India in the agriculture and allied industrial sectors? Or that 47% of India’s women aged 20–24 were married before the legal age of 18 as per UNICEF’s ‘State of the World’s Children-2009’ report? In a country where female infanticide is still prevalent in…
Indian Air Force Day: Meet The Women Officers Who Created A History In The IAF!
India celebrates October 8 as Indian Air Force Day to mark the foundation day of the Air Force. Indian Air Force was established in 1932 and currently ranks fourth amongst the air forces of the world. While the Indian Air Force is filled with the glory of war and male officers who brought the nation utmost pride and respect, the…