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

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.