Yet another year is set to pass. 2017 is gearing up to bid a happy goodbye. But sorting through the best moments of the year, we realized there was a lot happening in terms of women breaking societal norms and showing the middle finger to the so-called sanskari standard.
2017 can be defined as the year when women truly empowered themselves. Take a look at these awesome women who went non-sanskari and had a blast.
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When a Bride ditched her Lehenga for Gym Shorts
When a Dalit Bride from Rajasthan rode A Horse to her own Wedding
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Rajasthani Bride takes 'Baraat' To The Groom's Door (Picture Credit: InUth.com)
When an 80-year-old sold her goats to gift a toilet to her 102-year-old mother-in-law
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A bride who decided to dance to "Cheap Thrills" while her groom was on the way?
When 9-year-old Ridhima Pandey sued the government for failing to implement green laws
52-Yr-Old Granny became Uber’s First Female Bike Taxi Driver in Punjab
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When Sari-clad, young female skateboarders in a music video “Alpha Female” broke the internet
Artist Annushka Hardikar’s project Oh Nari, So Sanskari! reveals issues modern women face
When Sunny Leone adopted a kid
When this acid attack survivor’s wedding made us go aweee! She met her husband via a wrong number
When women with Down Syndrome were beautifully captured on film to challenge beauty norms
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When a transgender woman mothered an adopted kid
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When a few women wore cow masks to question if cows are safer than women in India
When Mona Varonica Campbell become the first trans plus-size model at Lakmé Fashion Week
And, this 21-year-old's artwork fights Censorship through Temple Art
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Akshita Chandra's Being Censitive art
When this Hijab-Clad Bike enthusiast rode an orange-red-and-black Honda CBR Repsol
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Roshni Misbah - Delhi's fierce 22-year-old 'Hijabi Biker' (Pic Credit: Facebook)
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When Kochi Metro appointed transgender people at work
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When three Muslim hijab-clad girls from Kerala’s Malappuram took part in a flash mob on World AIDS Day
When India saw the first openly transgender wedding in Mumbai
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Madhuri and Jay's Wedding. Pic Credit: Facebook/Aher Abheena
When Aligarh Girls Challenged Discrimination, Roared Into AMU Campus On Bikes
When 30-year-old Stephanie Góngora (@casa_colibri) took social media by storm by Instagramming a video of her in a yoga pose while she bled through a pair of white yoga pants.
From the wedding straight to the polling booth, Tamil Nadu bride casts vote
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Sasikala, a railway keyman, conquered a men’s zone, ensuring safety of trains and goods on the tracks
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