Her Life is a showcase of India’s unsung heroes, women navigating their way through a changing world. Using audio, video, photos and text, women share their successes and hopes on Her Life, but also their failures and fears. It’s her life – in her own words.
When Kashmiri engineer Saima Shafi Mir took to pottery to overcome depression, she discovered the plight of local potters producing an age-old craft few care about. So Saima decided to bring pottery into the limelight again. Read her journey in her own words.
Having been abandoned as a baby and growing up in an orphanage, Parkash Kaur now runs Unique Home, where she mothers 70 abandoned girls. She received the Padma Shri award for her work. Here is her story in her own words.
Rambai Das was kicked out of her marital home when she was 20 for giving birth to a girl a second time. Grieving personal losses, she became a farmer despite taunts from others. Now a success, she dreams of her daughter becoming a nurse.
It was a magical, life-changing moment when her husband’s generosity to a stranger coincided with the healing of her sick child. Sapna Upadhyaya decided to provide for the medical needs of underprivileged children suffering from cancer and launched livelihood programs to support their families. Here she talks about her journey.
Honing her inherent embroidery and design skills, Ruma Devi overcame personal and market hurdles to become a fashion designer. Now she has a fashion brand in her name, employing 22,000 women artisans. She talks about her journey.
Shakeela Jaffar struggled to make ends meet selling milk from her two cows. When her husband’s illness deepened her misery, an order for paneer became a ray of hope that has turned into a successful cheese-making business. Here is her story.
Viji Palithodi is a tailor-turned-activist from Kozhikode, Kerala, fighting for women’s rights in the workplace. Ironically, it was her abusive father who lit the fire of activism in her. Here is her story in her own words.
Karuna Purty beat poverty and prejudice to become a national hockey player. Now she coaches girls who have the same dream in their eyes that she had many years ago. Karuna Purty from Khunti district of Jharkhand talks about her journey in her own words.
Shintu, who lives on the outskirts of Varanasi, was underweight and anaemic when she got pregnant during the pandemic. Because her husband lost his job, she did not eat well and gave birth to a premature baby – but lost her five months later. Read Shintu's story in her own words.
