What else happened during the lockdown?
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is unimaginable. It has put global governments in a quandary, businesses in a fix, and revealed the cracks in social and economic systems that prioritize corporate profit and defense expenditure over health, education, and social welfare. Besides the lives lost, the uncertainty of the pandemic has changed the long-term plans and made it tricky for most to operate. Even so, many people have forged new paths to stay afloat. Others have come forward to battle social challenges, all by modifying their operations and pivoting to newer opportunities. While this uncertainty continues, India witnesses a remarking surge that was growing the number of women entrepreneurs, who are also empowering other women to find and follow their passion. Some of the success stories from Kolkata have brought a slight shift in how women are perceived today in society. From distributing 1000 sanitary napkins in a remote area, using social media platforms as a way to run a han...