Saturday, May 5, 2001  

Prized Valour

The lives of Alice and Ashamma not only inspire but also underline the significance of service and sacrifice — the two qualities which best describe these women. Starting from scratch, both Alice and Ashamma have been braving one odd after another to get justice for exploited women. They have confronted fear with a vengeance and have gone ahead to accomplish their chosen missions. They know courage is resistance to fear, not the absence of it, writes Aditi Tandon.

"The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of the final moment; but it is no less than a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy. A person does what he or she must — in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures. And that is the basis of all human morality...."

TO uphold this very human morality, the Neerja Bhanot award winners for the year 2000 — Alice Garg from Jaipur and Ashamma from Andhra Pradesh — have been engaged in a constant battle against injustice. The lives of Alice and Ashamma not only inspire but also underline the significance of service and sacrifice — the two qualities which describe these women best.

 
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