Emerging Rural Women Entrepreneurs: The New Face of Growing India
Going to celebrate its 72nd Independence Day, India has many reasons to become proud of herself. It has an umpteen number of success stories that keep its spirit vital and alive. Of those many stories, one thread has a colorful account of unstoppable, ambitious and focused women who are constantly shaping the face of new India. The definition of successful Indian women, today, is not confined to the metropolitan cities but has its meaning spread through the small townships and remote rural areas as well. Chetna Sinha, Ela Bhatt, Thinlas Chorol, Annie George, Lalfakzuali, Rama, Yasmin and Jayshree, Shanti Devi and Indu Devi are a few names who have been successful in creating an up-and-coming business model or have helped several others in creating the one. Some of them belong to rural areas from birth and some left their cities to devote their time, energy and skills to the development of the rural populace. Their journeys were not smooth, but they tried hard and did brave out th