Women in India: Unheard Stories

Celebrating women's impact on culture in India.

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From inspirational firsts...

Meet the women who started it all

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Mahlaqa Chanda

The first woman 'sahib-e-diwan'

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Savitribai Phule

The woman who opened the first school for girls

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Dr. Rakhmabai

The first practicing woman doctor in India

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Anandibai Joshee

The first Indian woman to attain a degree in western medicine

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Tarabai Shinde

The author of the first feminist text in India

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Razia Sultana

The first woman Sultanate of India

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Ahilyabai Holkar

The queen who brought peace and prosperity with her wisdom.

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Begum Hazrat Mahal

One of India’s first female freedom fighters

...to the inspirational now!

Discover how women continue to inspire the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics today

Story of Anuradha TK

Story of Vidita Vaidya

Story of Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay

Story of Sujatha Ramdorai

Story of Shubha Tole

Story of Rama Govindarajan

Story of Gaiti Hasan

Story of Mitali Mukherji

Story of Ritu Karidhal

The pioneers and trailblazers

Changemakers and leaders in field of sciences, law, medicine, and music

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Dr. Asima Chatterjee

Achievements in medicinal chemistry

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Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddi

Charting the path in law, education, medicine and more

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The Rising Women of Kumaon

From homemakers to breadwinners

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Khasi Women

The strength of Meghalaya's matrilineal society

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Maharanis

Women of Royal India

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Women Musicians of Rajasthan

Reclaiming their place in public forums

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Initiating Yoga for Women: Shrimati Sita Devi Yogendra

The Yoga Institute

Representing the lives of women across india: artworks, artefacts, photographs and more

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Creating change

World Changing Women

Women During Partition

Women During Partition: Rebuilding Lives

Breaking myths, seeding reason

From Violence to Empowerment

Poster Women Archives: Political Participation

Poster Women Archives: Voicing Violence

Poster Women Archives: Environment

Poster Women Archives: The Goddess

Poster Women Archives: Religion & Communalism

Poster Women Archives: Marginalisation

Being in the zone: women artists

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Women Artists at Kochi-Muziris Biennale

Envisioning contemporary art

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Faces that Launched a Thousand Films

Women in Indian Cinema, 1949 - 1984

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At the Turn of the Tide

Exploring memory, gender and identity politics

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Nine Women Artists

Subverting their personal into the political

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Amrita Sher-Gil

Her life and incredible career

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Nutan: Behind the Scenes

Glimpses of an iconic film star

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Pushpa Kumari & Pradyumna Kumar

Sustaining the Mithila art form

The artworks, in detail

The keepers of craft and tradition

Women Who Embellish Their Environment

Towards Empowering Women

Weaving the Kusti

Weaving Freedom in Meghalaya

Women Add a Special Touch to the Jutti

Keeping the Kantha tradition alive

Hansiba Museum & Craft Resource Centre

Textiles by Women

Flat Woven Rugs of India: Past-Continuous

Temple art and feminine energies

River Goddesses in Sculptural Art of India

Endowing Queens - A Reflection of Women's Agency and Power

Mohini: The Enchantress

Embracing Knowledge: Sacred Thread and Women

Saktirupena

Hair Styles in Temple Art

Female Musicians in Temple Art

The Salabhanjikas: Entwined with Nature

Sringara Rasa: Apsaras of the Temples

Tracing the Female Dominance in Siva Iconography

Mahisasuramardini: The Warrior Goddess

Sri Lakshmi: The Goddess of Fortune and Prosperity

From Demoness to Deity: Hariti in Art and Familial Traditions

Ganga on Makara: River on the Doorways

Black Mother'

Ornamentation: Waist Bands Seen in Temple Art

Explore legendary locations in 360˚

ExploreQueen Udayamati's 11th Century marvel, now a World Heritage SiteRani Ki Vav, Gujarat

ExploreOne of the Wonders of the World, the tomb of Mumtaz MahalTaj Mahal, Agra

ExploreThe site of Kasturba Gandhi's memorialAga Khan Palace, Pune

ExploreThe site of Begum Hazrat Mahal's seige of the British in the Revolt of 1857The Residency, Lucknow

ExploreThe Dakkhani Taj tomb, dedicated to Rabia-ud-DauraniBibi Ka Maqbara, Aurangabad

ExploreDedicated to Catherine of Alexandria, scholar and martyrChapel of St. Catherine, Goa

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Unheard Stories of Women in India

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