EMPOWERED WOMEN MAKE NATION SELF-RELIANT: SMRITI

CHANDIGARH : Indian women in the past were equal partners with men, participating in debates and writing treaties, and nation cannot become self-reliant without empowered women, said Smriti Irani, Union cabinet minister for textiles and women and child development. Speaking at a webinar at Panjab University (PU) on Sunday, Irani stressed on the need for Indian society to revert to the ancient way of thinking. They fed the starved and also fought bravely, carrying their children on their backs, she said.