IT IS TIME FOR OUR DAUGHTERS TO RISE FROM THE ASHES

Year after year, intelligent, strong and vivacious women from across India, are making their mark around the world in various field and ar...

Year after year, intelligent, strong and vivacious women from across India, are making their mark around the world in various field and areas, which are presumably meant for only men since ages. From astronauts to track and field athlete to fighting in battlefields- women are unstoppable in each and every aspect of life. Once, women are considered as only a homemaker and suppose to find solace in her family only. All her contributions and talents and efforts are only kept restricted to the four corners of her home only.

 But now, as time progresses, with proper education and most importantly with lots of courage women are becoming “Nation Maker” as well. But this upliftment comes no easy. By twerking the famous line said to Spider-man from his uncle Ben, it can be said that “with great success, comes greatest barriers”. Women are facing and fighting barriers since ages; be it from their own family, their workplace, from the society and from the Nation as well, sometimes it actually feels like a “bed of roses” is lying all over just for welcoming and encouraging women for all her decisions about her own life. IRONY! Isn’t it?

Whoever manages to show the courage and walk through that “bed of roses”; become the guiding force to the other millions, who never gather the courage to do the same. The numbers are infinite. Practically if you ever carefully listen, you will find out that every woman has something to share, something to learn from and something to inspire others. But for the sake of brevity, here are 10 exceptional women from India, who have shown extreme courage to break the stereotype and make our nation proud.

KALPANA CHAWLA

Born in a state like Haryana, where female literacy rate and as well as male to female ratio is the lowest in the country, a girl from a middle-class family, dare to dream to become an astronaut one day. And not only she dreamt about it, fought for it, gave it her everything and then become the Kalpana Chawla, first women astronaut from India. Though she also took her last breath amidst her favorite place in the entire universe, the stars and the moons, in the famous Columbia disaster, but she has given hope to all the others to achieve their dreams.

DIPA KARMAKAR

Whoever can think that a sweet and little Bengali girl, from a small town in Assam, can represent India in the biggest global platform for any athlete, the Olympics and that too in an event like gymnastics. But she not only represents the country, she made us all proud with successfully completed 4^th in the final, competing with the best gymnasts from around the world and secure a score of 15.100 with gracefully finishing the deadliest Produnova vault. And that is Dipa Karmakar for you, the little wonder of the country.

MITALI MADHUMITA

Women are considered week, both physically and mentally, and that’s why never even considered to be a part of the nation’s defense system. But one lady, Mitali Madhumita, breaks all the stereotypes and became the first Indian women to receive the prestigious “Sena Awards” for her outstanding courage during the sudden terrorists' attacks in the Indian Embassy of Kabul in 2010. She literally risks her own lives and fought for the other civilians and diplomats present in the embassy that time and also evacuate them from the situation successfully.

·         ARUNIMA SINHA

This lady is the epitome of courage. Once a national level Volleyball player, Arunima was traveling on a train to go for her new job in the railways. Then she was attacked by some burglars and after protesting, she was thrown out from the speedy running train. Never to her belief, as a “prize” for her little courage, it cost one of her legs. But who can stop a strong woman with just a little accident? It never stops Arunima, and she proves all the worth and will, to everybody who never believes her and tries to kill all her dreams, and becoming the first women to concur the mighty Mt. Everest with an amputee's leg.  

TESSY THOMAS

Also known as the “agniputri” and “missile woman of India, Tessy Thomas is the first Indian women, who lead the Agni-V missile project and it adds a new feature of success after its successful lunching. Tessy’s passion for rockets and missiles ignited with her frequent visit to the Thumba Rocket launching station, which is very close to her house in Alappuzha. Working as an assistant project director and project director for several DRDO mission, Tessy Thomas was appointed as the General Director of the aeronautical division of the DRDO in 2018. This is itself a milestone on its own. 

The days are changing with every nook and turns. And it is the best time to show our daughters what a real woman can do. We don’t have to be like Cindrella, to be saved by a prince charming; or like Rapunzel, who is waiting for her “true love” in a distant tower, just to be saved; we need to become like Arunima or Tessy or Dipa, or Mita, who dare to dream their own and achieved everything they want for themselves. They are the true daughters of our nation.