List of top 10 role models in India
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Ladies who have set a trend and are role model for many indian women. These women are an ideal whom many woman from india consider their role models.
Sonia Gandhi - in the field of politics
The woman who comes to mind at the top of the list is none other than the President of the ruling Congress Party, Mrs Sonia Gandhi. I admire her for her courage, her determination, and her dedication to the people of the country that she has adopted as her own after she got married to Rajiv Gandhi (Former Prime Minister).
"Sonia Gandhi nee Maino was born on December 9, 1946 in Orbassano, near Turin in Italy. She was No.3 in Forbes magazine's list of The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women."You can read more about her here:
http://www.soniagandhi.org/php/showContent.php?linkid=1
Arundhati Roy - in the field of literature
Kiran Bedi - in the field of administration and security
I admire Kiran Bedi for becoming the first woman IPS officer in India, a field that was dominated by men for so long. She paved the way for many other women to follow suit in her footsteps. She showed a great amount of courage and dedication to her work and won the respect of all her colleagues who worked with her. She transformed the Tihar Jail completely during her stint there and made things much better for the inmates. She also helped inmates transform to lead a better life. As a Delhi traffic police in-charge she was dreaded by even the hotshots of the capital.
Kiran Bedi has been voted as India's most admired woman and fifth amongst all Indians.
Shabana Azmi: Art, acting and entertainment
If both the Hindu and Muslim extremists issue fatwas against her, she must be doing something good! This actress-turned-social activist has taken on such causes as the plight of Mumbai slum-dwellers and national integration. Probably the best actress of India, ever, (especially after the premature death of Smita Patil) she was never afraid to take on unorthodox movie roles, right from a whorehouse madam to a lesbian. “Gracious, fearless, intelligent and a beautiful person” is how someone describes her.
Shabana Azmi is a multi-faceted woman who has achieved success in many fields. She is an actor, a Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha, a social activist, a philanthropist, and a strong proponent for women empowerment.
Not only that, she has also addressed various Universities across the world on the need to relate communal harmony to issues of social justice.She was born to the famous Urdu Poet Kaifi Azmi and her mother was a famous stage artist Shaukat Kaifi.
Lata Mangeshkar: in the field of music
India's nightingale, that too for decades at a stretch. But, perhaps benefited quite a bit from the hype and the media attention because I personally think that her contemporaries like P. Susila of the South, are just as great and prolific singers.
Shobhaa De
Shobhaa De is one of India's best selling authors and has written thirteen books all of which have topped the best sellers lists in India. I admire her guts and courage to be able to voice her strong, often controversial opinions on any and all subjects and people. She is a renowned columnist for various publications and her columns are read by one and all.
She has to her credit, founded and edited three popular magazines - Stardust, Society and Celebrity. She is married and has six children. However, she keeps herself fit and looking beautiful as ever and is always seen in elite society with all the Glitz and Glammor. She has held her own and is respected by all her contemporaries.
“Ms De shocks India, and much of its literary set like no other writer today” New York Times
Hema Malini
Hema Malini is also known as the "Dream Girl" of Bollywood. She is one of the most beautiful actresses to have graced the silver screen during the colorful era of the 70's. She struggled a lot during her initial days, but made her mark in Hindi Cinema with "Sapnon ke Saudagar". She has never looked back since.
She is not only a successful actress, but also a Member of parliament in the Rajya Sabha, a renowned Bharat Natyam dancer, and the editor to a succesful woman's magazine. She has achieved a lot in her career and is now helping to build a cultural center to promote Indian art and dance.
She had a lot of guts to romance and then marry the hottest star of those days, Dharmendra, who was a married man. She has two daughters from that marriage and remains free to chase her dreams and ambitions.
Amrita Pritam: A prolific writer who is active even now, even though she is over eighty. Her feminism-based themes and stories were way ahead of their time.
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