Ismat Chughtai was a pillar of the modern Urdu short story and a woman who dared to write about the one thing that was most taboo in her time – feminine sexuality. Catch the story of a literary realist who was accused of ‘obscenity’ because her simple but powerful stories threatened conservative Indian society.
Saraswatibai Phalke, the wife of India’s pioneering filmmaker Dadasaheb Phalke, played a pivotal role in the making of India’s first movie ‘Raja Harishchandra’.
A child poet, Subhadra Kumari Chauhan used her creativity as a weapon during the freedom struggle and went on to become India’s first woman satyagrahi to be sent to jail. Catch the story of a mother and a revolutionary for whom no challenge was too great to overcome.
The story of Rani Durgavati, the Queen of the Gonds, who valiantly defended her kingdom against the Mughal army
The freedom fighter and social reformer Bipin Chandra Pal once remarked ‘I doubt whether any Indian loved India the way Nivedita loved her.’ Here’s the story of a woman who was a true champion of our country and its arts, science and beliefs
