My Inspiration: A Women's Day Special

Soma Komal

The woman who inspires me is Dr Sunitha Krishnan. I admire her because of the work  she has done to save women and children from trafficking. Dr. Sunitha Krishnan has completed her doctorate degree in psychology. To give a good life to women and children who were once sold as sex slaves she started an organization named "Prajwala,"which is a pioneering anti-trafficking organisation.
Two visionaries, brother Jose Vetticatil, and Dr Krishnan joined forces to initiate an intervention called 'Prevention through Education,"which initially consisted of a small school program run in a transition center. Prajwala, the organization was started in the year 1996 with the main mission of tackling trafficking of girls and women in the country. She faced life threatening situations a number of times, which she and her team braved through with the conviction that their cause is worth all the risks they were taking. The enormity of the situations and the vastness of the task did not stop her and her efforts from making a small change in this community. I got inspired with her courage to face any situation being a woman. She received many awards for her work, globally. Recently, she received the Padma Shri award by our former president Pranab Mukherjee for her film Naa Bangaru Thalli, which was produced by her and directed by her husband, Mr. Rajesh. The film showcased the exploitation of women through sexual slavery and prostitution. One of her show was telecast in the programme, Satyameva Jayate, which visualizes all her work and her mission to make India an anti-trafficking country and to save women and girls. 
I have been impressed by the way she speaks on the stage for any program and the way she explains her plans. She is progressing her organization with nearly 250 workers and 300 girl children who do not have a home. 
She spends lakhs of rupees for the development of the organization every month. Sunitha Krishnan has been a part of the Bharat Yatra rally headed by Kailash Satyarthi, for encouraging girl child education and stopping prostitution. The rally continued for one month, led by the Nobel laureate Mr. Sathyarthi himself, who went on foot to Delhi to pass the bill in the Parliament against women trafficking and girl child education. Her progress in life and serving the society with her reasoning abilities stood her as
inspiration to me. The way she overcame many obstacles to make her mission successful is truly uplifting. As her journey progressed, she expanded to meet the needs of victims and established a wide range of anti-trafficking initiatives, with full faith in people's participation in the process of
change. I hope India is blessed with many more brave and kind women like her.