Power of she

One of the biggest life changing lessons has been taught to me by some incredible women in my life from my mother, sister, aunts, cousins to my friends.  I have always admired women all my life and has been awestruck and inspired by their courage, compassion, smartness and intelligence.Having been lived on this planet for 25 years, I had been a  keen observer of society including men, women, and children. One of the observations I have noticed is that women are slightly more stronger than men in all dimensions of an existence of human being. Be it emotional, physical (endurance), spiritual and intellectual. I have seen women working shoulder to shoulder tirelessly with their male counterparts in 50-celsius heat as a construction worker to leading a nation to greater heights with sheer determination and courage. In my opinion, it is a crime for women to think that she is less than a man just because society is patriarchal or men are muscular. Such societies lack knowledge about what women have achieved over the period of history and have poverty of thoughts in its citizens.  It is the right time for men of such societies to come out of their cocoon of insecurities and accept the fact that a woman has equal right to have similar pay as men, to take leadership roles, to take their own decisions and dare to dream big dreams and achieve them and of course be cool with a women not changing her surname after getting married. Following are some of the examples of women who have done something different just by sheer grit, passion, and courage to take the road less traveled. There are numerous other extraordinary examples including the lady construction worker pushing her limits in 50 deg celsius heat to feed her kids and return back home after work to cook food and feed them.

Here it goes: 

Anu Vaidyanathan- India's first triathlete to have completed Ironman.

 An entrepreneur, author, and athlete, she has completed Ultraman Canada (swim 10km-bike 425.6km -run 84.4km ) and has a record of completing her PhD in 2 years.

Nungshi and Tashi Malik: First twins to scale seven summits and reach north pole and south pole.

At the age of 24, these twins have climbed all the highest peaks of each continent and traveled to north pole and south pole by walking. They have followed their passion for setting an example and are presently working for women empowerment.

Colonel Nicole Malachowski- First female Thunderbird pilot.

She has flown F-35, F-16 and flew in number 3 as only women fighter pilot in one of the world's best aerobatics team in the world called Thunderbirds.She is commanding a squadron of 25 fighter planes.

Dr. Seema Rao - India's only female commando trainer

She is the only female commando trainer in CQB in India to have trained special forces, paramilitary and national security guards. She has mastered 6 types of martial arts and the only trainer of jeet Kune do in all of Asia. An avid skydiver, she has numerous national awards to her name.

Sunita Williams- Commanded International Space Station.

She has done more than 50 hours of spacewalk and has been commander of more than two expeditions to international space station. She has been a helicopter pilot and has completed a marathon in space by running on a treadmill in space station.

                                 

Arunima Sinha- First female amputee to scale Mt Everest.

She has conquered all odds and proved her grit by scaling mount Everest after losing her leg in a train accident.She is also a seven summiteer just like the Malik sisters and is presently opening a training school for athletes in India.

Archana Sardana- India's first base jumper.

She is a skydiver, scuba diving instructor, and India's first base jumper. She has done more than 200 skydives and has more than 20 base jumps to her record.

Shital Mahajan- Skiver and 5 World record holder.

She has skydived over the north pole and south pole in -40 deg celsius without trial attempts. She has 5 World records and 12 national records to her name.

There are thousands of examples like them but if I cover them all it may take ages to write and might exceed the limit of my blog. From breaking hearts of lovers, bones of criminal and records of Gunness book of world records, women has achieved the impossible and has reinvented societies, companies, families, men, kids and themselves.  In the end all I have to say is 

"If women can produce a new human being they can do anything impossible" 

I rest my case.

This post is dedicated to the women in Uniform and all the  lovely and strong ladies whom I have had the honor of knowing and the fortune of spending my time  with them.