Wonderful Women

Neerja Bhanot was a senior flight purser for Pan Am who was killed while saving the passengers from heavily armed terrorists on board the hijacked Pan Am Flight 73 at Karachi Airport. When the armed terrorists barged into the plane, Neerja showed her great presence of mind in alerting the cockpit crew. Neerja took it upon herself to protect the lives of the passengers while senior-most crew member remaining on board. Neerja was born to Rama Bhanot and Harish Bhanot in Chandigarh on 7 September 1963. She completed her high school from Bombay Scottish School and graduated from St. Xavier’s College. She was a very active young girl, caring and cheerful. She got married after her graduation but unfortunately her marriage life was a tragedy. After her separation from her husband, she focused on her career and made it successful. She applied for a flight attendant’s job with Pan Am, there were nearly 10,000 applications, but Neerja proved to be the best and got selected among...

Indira Gandhi was popularly known as the Iron Lady of India across the globe. Her pure love towards politics helped her to climb remarkable position in the Indian Politics. And also helped her to become the first woman elected to head a democratic country. Born & grown in a politically powerful background helped her learn all political tricks in her early age. After the death of her father, she becomes the central figure of the Indian National Congress Party. She was born to Jawaharlal Nehru - India’s first Prime Minister – and Kamla Nehru. Her childhood wasn’t a happy one like others. Her father was mostly away from home due to his political responsibility and her mother suffered from bouts of illness frequently. She completed her preliminary education at home and completed her secondary education in school. After the death of her mother, she went to the University of Oxford in Britain to learn about history, political science, and economics. It was unfortunate that she...