With stories of 30 amazing contemporary Indian women, this book looks
at what shaped them, the challenges they faced, the influences they had, the
choices they made and how they negotiated around or broke the boundaries
that sought to confine them, either through society or circumstance. From
diverse backgrounds, different generations, they have risen through sheer
grit, determination, bolstered with passion, and are, today, names to look
up to, to hold out as examples to the next generation of young women and
girls, giving them courage to reach out to their dreams. From politics to
sport, from the creative and performing arts to cinema and television, from
business leaders to scientists, legal luminaries and more, this book features
the stories of these much celebrated, fabulous women: Sushma Swaraj, Sheila
Dikshit, Fathima Beevi, Mahasweta Devi, Amrita Sher-Gil, Amrita Pritam,
Sonal Mansingh, Lata Mangeshkar, Anita Desai, M.S. Subbulakshmi, Harita
Kaur Deol, Madhuri Dixit, Bachendri Pal, Rekha, Chhavi Rajawat, Karnam
Malleswari, Shailaja Teacher, Hima Das, Naina Lal Kidwai, Shakuntala
Devi, P.T. Usha, P.V. Sindhu, Ekta Kapoor, Kiran Bedi, Mary Kom, Menaka
Guruswamy, Tessy Thomas, Aparna Sen, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw and Gayatri
Devi, among others.