Get over old religios books and have a look at what women have done in India and for India. The list also includes a Mulsim Women, but we need more of them and definitely i would encourage our muslim brothers to encourage their sisters/mothers/daughters to be one of these below.
Rani Lakshmi Bai
Indira Gandhi
Kalpana Chawla
Kiran Mazumdar
Kiran Bedi
1944: Harita Kaur Deol becomes the first Indian woman to perform a solo flight.
1951: Prem Mathur becomes the first Indian women commercial pilot of the Deccan Airways
1959: Anna Chandy becomes the first Indian woman Judge of High Court[20]
1966: Captain Durga Banerjee becomes the first Indian woman pilot of the state airline, Indian Airlines.
1966: Indira Gandhi becomes the first women Prime Minister of India
1970: Kamaljit Sandhu becomes the first Indian woman to win a Gold in the Asian Games
1972: Kiran Bedi becomes the first female recruit to join the Indian Police Service.[21]
1989: Justice M. Fathima Beevi becomes the first woman judge of the Supreme Court of India.[22]
November 1997: Kalpana Chawla becomes the first Indian woman to go into Space.[23]
2004: Punita Arora becomes the first woman in the Indian Army to don the highest rank of Lt General.
2005: Manndhir Rajput, a 34-year-old woman from Ludhiana, Punjab becomes the first Indian woman to become an engine driver of trains with the New South Wales Rail Corporation, Australia.[24]
2006: V Shantha, cancer specialist, wins Ramon Magsaysay award for public service.
RE:Women In India
by Mike Gandhi on Mar 18, 2007 07:14 PM Permalink
Mandhir Rajput is not first women who driving railway engine. The first women is Mumbai's local trains driver Smt. Zubaida or Zakia, I dont remember her name. Kalpana Chawla was not Indian. She borned and educated in USA.
RE:RE:Women In India
by pranat on Mar 18, 2007 10:01 PM Permalink
But that was not the point. The point is that Indian women have done us proud and i am proud of them, which ever religion they belong to. Are you?
RE:RE:Women In India
by wada pav on Mar 19, 2007 01:44 AM Permalink
Will a truly and strict Islamic country like saudi arabia,sudan etc allow her to become a train driver?
they don't even allow women to drive a car.
this only shows how liberal hindus are. your women are prospering in a hindu country, more than what they can in a muslim country.
Chawla, a Hindu[1][2], was born in Karnal, Haryana, India. Kalpana is a Sanskrit name meaning "idea" or "imagination." Her interest in flight was inspired by J. R. D. Tata, a pioneering Indian pilot and industrialist.
RE:RE:Women In India
by Day lambu on Mar 19, 2007 04:02 AM Permalink
Check your GK Mr Gandhi, Kalpana Chawla was born and educated in India, she is a graduated from Punjab University
RE:RE:RE:Women In India
by bharatiya on Mar 19, 2007 04:21 PM Permalink
lambu,
this behench%# paki mike is just out there to insult hinduism. osama probably pissed in his mother that's why he's so radical. don't react to any of his comments
RE:RE:Women In India
by Perv Sharma on Mar 19, 2007 04:35 AM Permalink
Mullahs just can't come out of the idea of denials. Mention something from Hinduism and there they go.
Why you madrasa people can't just use your own brains and senses. Why do Madrasa people just follow whatever a Mullah teaches you bad history. Why do you prove again and again you are a lost case and everyhting U try to own is looted or stolen from somewhere.
Madrasa educated here's Kalpana Chawla's little history for your knowledge and if you still deny then that's your birth right.
Kalpana Chawla was born in Karnal, Haryana on 1st July, 1961. Her father Banarsi Lal Chawla was then a leading industrialist of Karnal and owned a Tire factory. Her mother Sanyogita Chawla, a housewife, expected a boy as her last child, when Kalpana was born. In 1976, she did her schooling from Tagore Bal Niketan school, Karnal. She did her pre-university and pre-engineering from Dayal Singh College, Karnal. She then graduated with BSc (Engg) degree in Aeronautics from Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh. Master of science degree in aerospace engineering in 1984 from University of Texas. Doctorate of philosophy in aerospace engineering from University of Colorado, 1988.
RE:Women In India
by Rasheed on Mar 18, 2007 07:44 PM Permalink
Yes, Pranat, more Muslim women need to come to the forefront and into the mainstream. Living in the ghettos, many Muslims are under the influence of people with dubious education. Many Muslims, though they want to emerge out of the shackles of their miserable existence, find themselves entrenched in religio-centric systems. The Muslim Personal Law Board, which proclaims itself to be the torchbearer of Muslims here, has done precious little towards reforms. Of course, the Board's claim itself is questionable. Key issues such as the triple talaq are glossed over. The Board maintains a studied silence every time questions are raised from within. It is time to progress and interpret Islamic principles in a modern context. Not because some radicals from other religions demand it, but for the sake of the millions of Muslims toiling miserably in their ghettos. If not this generation, at least the next generation will benefit.
FOR YOUR KIND INFORMATION THE ISSUE TRIPLE TALAQ HAS BEEN CLARIFIED BY THE MUSLIM PERSONAL LAW BOARD. THEY CLEAR THAT TRIPLE TALAK MEANS THREE DIFFIRENT OCCASION. NOT IN ONE TIME OR ONE SITTING. UNFORTUNATELY, KATHMULLAS ARE STILL INSISTING TRIPLE TALAK ON ONE TIME IS VALID. THIS IS THEIR OPINION (FATWAS) BUT NOT ACCORDING TO NOBLE KORAN AND AUTHENTIC HADITH.
RE:RE:RE:Women In India
by Rasheed on Mar 18, 2007 08:12 PM Permalink
But mike, there are thousands of Muslims who are under the influence of those "Kathmullahs." And why does the Personal Law Board meet often and fail to come out with any reform worth the salt. They keep parroting the same old thing. And, why arent there any women representatives. If you are sitting on judgement on their cause, why cant you involve them. With such inflexible approach, what else do you expect but Kathmullahs coming out with ridiculous Fatwas. The latest is some Board anouncing a reward for head of Taslima. Why dont you raise your voice against those ridiculous statements.
RE:RE:RE:RE:Women In India
by wada pav on Mar 19, 2007 01:47 AM Permalink
What was the crime of Taslima Nisreen ? she only exposed the rape and attrocities on Hindus in Bangladesh.
