India's First Women Pilot Sarla Thakral successfully vanquished resistances for women empowerment
She went down the aircraft in a saree ЁЯЩП
She is mother of 4 years daughter while getting flying licence ЁЯЩП
She proved keep walking and stop worrying about nonsense ЁЯЩП
At the age of just 21, she proclaimed 1000 hours of flying ЁЯЩП
And at 24, she couldn't hold her husband from dyeing ЁЯЩП
Yet audacious Sarla became entrepreneur fighting all odds ЁЯЩП
May her soul rest in peace by lord ЁЯЩП
Sarla Thakral, the one lady who pioneered a career in aviation. She was not just the first woman to fly solo, but her story of success is as inspiring as anyone's today. Just that people barely know about her!
Delhi-born Sarla was fiercely ambitious who got an aviation pilot license in 1936 when she was just 21.
At a time when women were fighting for equal status in the society, Sarla was already living her dream in the skies, quite literally. That's how you wing your way into the sky and create history. She tied the knot with P D Sharma, also a pilot, at a young age of 16. Her husband was the initiator behind her achievement and her father-in-law was also supportive of all the things. At a time when aviation was only about men, Sarla entered the cockpit of a Gypsy Moth and made a history as India's first lady pilot.
She stepped into the cockpit in a saree!
Sarla obtained her 'A' license after accumulating over 1000 hours of flying.
She was then looking for the group B license which would've authorized her to fly as a commercial pilot. While working to get this license, World War II broke out and civil training was suspended. This was a speed-breaker in her career.
Her life took an ugly turn at the age of 24, after which she gave up on all her dreams
During her training in Jodhpur in 1939, her husband died in a crash. She was widowed at 24. That's when she abandoned her plans to become a commercial pilot.
She returned to Lahore to join the Mayo School of Arts and got a diploma in fine arts.
But after the partition, she moved to Delhi with her two daughters.
In her second innings of life, she became an entrepreneur.
She successfully took up jewellery making, saree designing, painting and designing for the National School of Drama in her later years. One of her clients was Vijayalaxmi Pandit!
Sarla represents the face of a new and confident Indian woman. She came as a fresh breeze of courage and determination, leaving hundreds inspired for generations. Sadly, her story got buried after her death in March 2008. Her simple moto in life was:
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