Acknowledging strong Girls this International Girl Child’s Day who made Indore proud.
“It’s not easy to raise a girl”, said the society; “It takes courage to be one,” said she.
The world hasn’t made it easy for the genders to peacefully co-exist without struggling for equality amongst one another. The fact that we need to dedicate a day to honor and celebrate girls is a testimony of how the struggle for survival is infinitesimally higher if you have two X chromosomes in your DNA! It’s not easy to pave a path for them in society dominant of one gender, yet efforts have been made to ensure equal opportunities for all. India has seen the most brutality done against girls for centuries, with a million fetuses still disappearing every year. India being the country with the highest number of under-age girl marriages and the low literacy rate for women, there is a lot that has to be done. The country has seen courageous girls who grew up to be the pride of our country, girls who despite everything fought to stand strong in the male dominant society.
The city of Indore has also seen its fair share of bold and determined girls who turned odds in their favor and made a name for themselves despite everything a few such names are-
Lata Mangeshkar (Playback Singer)
This 91-year legend hailed from Indore to Mumbai at the age of thirteen and never looked back. Facing tragedy as a young girl after her father’s sudden death, she took life’s reign tight and came out stronger. With more than 25,000 songs recorded in her singing career, she was listed in the Guinness Book of World record under the singer with most songs recorded in history. Lata Ji sings songs in thirty-six different languages and is the first Indian to perform in Royal Albert Hall, London. A recipient of prestigious awards like Bharat Ratna, Padma Bhushan, Padma Vibhushan, and Dada Saheb Phalke Award, she has certainly made India immensely proud.
Palak Muchhal (Playback Singer)
Another legendary voice in the music industry, Palak Muchhal is born and brought up in Indore and has now traveled the world to showcase her voice. Since a very young age, Palak shared her voice as a source of collecting funds for those who need them, a savior and protector since a young child. She and her younger brother Palash Muchhal perform stage shows across India and abroad to raise funds for the poor children who need financial assistance for the medical treatment of heart diseases. Muchhal has made her entry in both the Guinness Book of World Records and Limca Book of World Records for great achievements in social work.
Sneha Khanwalkar (Music Director)
Creating wonders in music for various films like Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!, Sarkar Raj and was nominated in the 58th Filmfare Award for Best Music Direction in Anurag Kashyap’s Cult duet ‘Gangs of Wasseypur 1 & 2’. . A resident of Indore, her family moved to Mumbai in 2004 in hopes of her joining an engineering college but Sneha paved her path and never looked back. Known for her dedication to creating innovative music, she traveled through rural north India, especially Haryana, and visited the Raagini Film festival in search of inspiration. Ultimately she created a hit soundtrack adorned with a Haryanvi flare for the film Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!, and received various accolades and recognition for it
Shubhangi Atre (Television Actress)
Originally from Indore, Atre started her career in acting after getting married and having a beautiful daughter, quite opposite to the norm in the industry. She is known for her roles in hit tv soaps like Kasturi, Chidiya Ghar, and her current show Bhabhiji Ghar par Hai! For which she has received numerous accolades and praises for her acting and character portrayal.
Sandhya Agrawal (Indian Cricketer)
A lesser-known personality, Sandhya Agrawal was the Captain of the Indian Women’s Cricket team in 1991. She is known best for breaking Betty Snowball’s score of 189 that had held the record in women’s Test cricket since 1935 and reached her top score of 190 against England in 1986. Her short career surmises 4 centuries in 13 test matches and 561 runs in 21 women’s ODIs. After her retirement, Agarwal continued to contribute to cricket as a selector and coach. She is chairperson of girl’s U-19 and senior women’s team of MPCA as well as a member of the BCCI’s women’s committee.
All these women struggled as young girls in their respective battles and came out as winners. Through their hard work and determination, they not only made the country proud but also proved to be an inspiration for lakhs of young girls who dream to break out from the society and carve a niche for themselves through their talents. Indore Talk salutes such warriors for making the city proud!
Team Indore Talk wishes all of you a very proud International Girl Child’s day. We hope that every girl in the world shall have the freedom to live freely without the shackles of society and fly high.
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