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How a landmark judgment gave Transgender(TG) Noor Shekhawat the courage to pursue her dreams. When there is an auspicious occasion in one’s house, like a baby announcement, a wedding, or a festival, people from a particular community arrive and declare their presence by having high-pitched clapping, known as TABOTA in the Indian (Gujarati) language. This gesture of Tabota is popularly recognized as a credential for the community known as transgender. But Noor Shekhawat, a TG from Jaipur, has something different to say. She says, “Change your own identity. Mere clapping cannot be your identity, but get official papers instead.” Her statement was based on the landmark judgment in the case of NALSA vs. Union of India (2014) 5 SCC 438, which recognizes TGs as the third gender and gives them other rights and benefits. Though, discrimination is not yet abolished from society. Abolishing such discrimination from society needs a struggle over time, and only the TG community has to ...

Khatija Bibi: A Role Model for the Women's Healthcare Khatija Bibi is a retired nurse who worked for 33 years at a government health center in Tamil Nadu, India. She received a government award for delivering more than 10,000 babies without any deaths. She witnessed many changes in women's healthcare and attitudes in her rural town. From Pregnant Nurse to Award-Winning Midwife: Khatija started working as a nurse in 1990 when she was pregnant by seven months. She resumed work only after two months of maternity leave and continued to help other women during their labor. She says her own experience of motherhood helped her guide pregnant moms through childbirth. Saving Lives with Limited Resources: Khatija's clinic was not equipped to do Caesarean sections, so she had to send women with complications to the district hospital. She says she is proud that none of the babies she delivered died on her watch. She credits her calm composure and quick decision-mak...

Anukruti Sharma: An IPS officer Restored the Light in the Life and Home of 70yo Lady Noor Jahan| At Khedi, a small village in Uttar Pradesh, a young IPS officer Anukriti Sharma and her colleague Jitendra Saxena from Agota Police Station organized a program to inform the villagers about the benefits of various government schemes. They also asked if anyone had any issues or grievances. Among the crowd, a 70yo poor Muslim woman Noor Jahan was watching the program with curiosity and wonder. She, who spent her whole life in pain and tingling, finally dared to say something even though she was afraid. She was living in a hut with crumbling walls and no electricity. She was amazed to see a young woman in khaki uniform as the “Officer” and gathered the courage to speak up.Her complaint was simple: “Beta (nickname for daughter), I don’t have electricity at home. Nothing else, but I feel very hot.” The Prompt Action of IPS Officer: Anuk...