RISING 30 WOMEN WHO CHANGED INDIA (PB)

 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.