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Fair face of success

Their devotion to the purpose of their lives has helped them achieve the highest goals. Vimla Patil profiles the women, whose success stories are an example to every woman, on the occasion of International Women’s Day (March 8)
T
HE world is changing! And the speed with which it is turning upside down is reflected clearly in the number of Asian and non-American or European women, who have won the place of pride in the World’s Most Powerful Women List, compiled for 2009 by Forbes. The top hundred are a balanced mix of royalty, politicians, finance experts, business leaders and, most important, epoch-making leaders of their countries.

Prescription for progress

Sonia Gandhi, President, Indian National Congress
Sonia Gandhi, President, Indian National Congress


Foeticide fighters
These feisty women take on the might of the jatland to secure justice for women and prevent female foeticide, writes Nitin Jugran Bahuguna
Bimla Devi, 57, of Basduda village in Rewari district of Haryana is no stranger to social boycott and ridicule. Socially ostracised by both men and women of her village, denied public services from local tradesmen and public transport operators and even brutally beaten up once while holding a women’s meeting at her home, this diminutive-sized woman has displayed hidden strength in dealing with her detractors.


Bimla Devi of Basduda village in Rewari district is known for her relentless campaigning against female foeticide


Bimla Devi of Basduda village in Rewari district is known for her relentless campaigning against female foeticide

 

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