India is brewing tall tales & folklores of incredible women personas who reside at every corner of the sub-continent. Spoken of them, each shares a common patch, where they say that the journey was simple yet exemplary, tough yet winning or strenuous yet empowering, in overachieving their life goals. Many share the spotlight, while others shy-away. This Women’s Day lets raise a toast to all the brightest bearers of thousand accolades who wears the bravest smile in making India proud.

Frequent cross-talks among disciplines like technology, sociology, economy and other sects, has generated many new roles and categories to look for. But are there enough fertile grounds or resources or say, efforts in pushing new women talents to plummet the heights? The answer is yes. With an added surprise, the change has begun long back and is happening in real-time. Exploring the journey of many brave hearts, here we have enlisted five stories of five women, who chose a life apart.

Anita Dongre, Fashion Entrepreneur | Captain Tania Shergill, Woman Army Officer |
Vinita D.Gupta, Women Industrialist | Humpy Koneru, Rapid Chess Master |
K.V.Jeyasri, Teacher-Translator