News India Aranya Johar to Vandana Shiva: Meet the Indian women in BBC's list of 100 most inspiring women around world

Aranya Johar to Vandana Shiva: Meet the Indian women in BBC's list of 100 most inspiring women around world

From Aranya Johar to Dr. Pragati Singh, many on the list are driving change on behalf of women everywhere. Such women give us their vision of what life could look like in 2030.

Vandana Shiva

In the 1970s, she was part of a movement of women who threw their arms around trees to prevent them being felled - the original "Chipko" 'tree-huggers'.

Now a world-renowned environmental leader and winner of the Alternative Nobel Peace Prize, the 'ecofeminist' sees women as the custodians of nature.

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