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Friday, Jun 27, 2025
Breaking several stereotypes, women are now venturing into professions which were once out-of-bounds for them. As the world celebrates Women’s Day, Onmanorama introduces a few of these path-breaking individuals belonging to Kerala.
Helna was coached in the electrical and mechanical aspects of vehicles by her brother Beryl from a young age. She loved vehicles since then and has now developed a knack to easily detect defects of any vehicle easily.
Interestingly, Radhamani is still a student – she is doing a diploma course in mechanical engineering at Kalamassery Polytechnic. She also manages a driving school along with her children.
She has now realized her dream and is the first woman to captain a fishing research ship in India.
Rekha, wife of Karat Karthikeyan of Ethay, Engandiyoor in Thrissur district, is the first woman to receive a licence for deep sea fishing in India.
She now collects the firewood, arranges the fire and also picks up the charred bones for the rituals carried out after death, all alone. On most days, two or three bodies are brought for cremation. “But when COVID-19 was at its peak, up to six persons were cremated,” says Saleena.
She has been driving vehicles for the last 16 years. Right now she drives the Pranavam Charitable Trust Ambulance. Earlier she used to drive school and college buses.
PR Pushpa has seized over 100 stays, sterilized them, and deposited them at homes.
Sanya got curious about forensic photography when she was just sixteen years old. It was with her guru that she handled her first ‘case’. “The first crime scene that I had covered was the case of an 80 year old woman who had set herself ablaze in her bathroom
For someone who was always taunted and mocked for her skin tone, she was able to make a mark in a field that was considered the fiefdom of fair people, fashion photography.
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