Sushma Swaraj And Nirmala Sitharaman Stand Tall At All Male Conference, And It’s Making Us Proud

This month for India has been one of conflicting emotions with regards to our daughters. We started it off feeling indescribably proud of our girls doing so well at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. However, that sense of pride and joy was short-lived as countless cases of infants, girls and women getting raped all over the country came to light. Despite the glum that has set over the nation now, we must not forget that our women are no longer the meek submissives they were once perceived to be.

We have scaled and conquered every mighty peak and stand shoulder to shoulder with both national and international leaders in every field. And these photos will act as a testimony to that.

Two of the country’s Union Cabinet ministers, Sushma Swaraj and Nirmala Sitharaman recently featured in two striking photographs.

The above photograph of the minister of external affairs, Sushma Swaraj is from the recent Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Beijing.

Nirmala Sitharaman, the minister of defence, also featured in a similar photo at the recent Defence Ministers meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.

What makes these photos awe-inspiring is that our ministers were the only women amid a sea of men, who were representing their respective countries.

These photographs have received a lot of approving nods on social media, with even the railway minister, Piyush Goyal commenting on their impact.

"यत्र नार्यस्तु पूज्यन्ते रमन्ते तत्र देवता:
Where Women are honoured – There Divinity blossoms"

Indian women Ministers shine at all male SCO Foreign & Defense ministers meeting! pic.twitter.com/ZASnGNJOnC

— Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) April 25, 2018

Many others on Twitter followed suit, admiring our female ministers standing tall among the sea of men.

1. Truly powerful.

This is one of the most powerful images I've seen in a long time!
A woman towering with power!#SushmaSwaraj pic.twitter.com/XzAR6bRFSk

— Puneet Anju Gaur (@puneet_anjugaur) April 25, 2018

2. Anupam Kher also said his bit.

Had to put these two pics together and tweet them again. This demonstrates the #WomenPower in our country. Our foreign minister @SushmaSwaraj ji and our defence minister @nsitharaman ji in male dominated pics. Chalo my friends!! Show me your power of retweets. Jai Ho.🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/CgjKThQ6yS

— Anupam Kher (@AnupamPKher) April 24, 2018

3. Squad goals!

https://twitter.com/TeeKayyPBUM/status/988844800806764544

4. Role models indeed.

https://twitter.com/nishi_nsingh/status/988846827096170497

5. Respect.

Well, that’s democracy+inclusiveness+equality, summarised in two pics..!! #IndianWomen #Respect 😎😎🙏🙏

— Archit Das (@ArchitDas) April 25, 2018

6. Yes, she is.

And believe me
"SHE IS THE TALLEST OF THEM ALL"

— Sanjay Sinha (@SanjayS37691417) April 25, 2018

7. Sarees > Suits.

What's so special about these pictures from #SCO2018?@SushmaSwaraj is the only female Foreign Minister in a league of males.@nsitharaman is the only female Defence Minister in a league of males.
And.. both are dazzling in sarees!#WomensEmpowerment, the great Indian style 🙂 pic.twitter.com/uBalsAlVw0

— Kiran Kumar S (@KiranKS) April 24, 2018

8. Inspiring, to say the least.

special picture#SushmaSwaraj is the only female Foreign Minister in a league of males. #NirmalaSitharaman is the only female Defence Minister in a league of males.#WomensEmpowerment, the great #Indians style pic.twitter.com/cyPVqNtvaq

— Vinay Soni Satna (@VinaySoniSatna) April 25, 2018

9. No words needed.

When a picture says it all! @SushmaSwaraj stands tall among the men in suits and boots! pic.twitter.com/JFFDQjN9lu

— Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) April 25, 2018

10. Well said.

Standing tall, intellectually and integrity-wise amongst them. Great to see 👏👏👏

— Ranjana Sivasankar 🇮🇳 (@ranjanasiva) April 25, 2018

These photographs truly serve as a reminder to us that our women are second to none. And while we may not be the most developed nation in the world, we are the right path to lifting our women up onto an equal pedestal as that of men. Looks like the rest of the world has some catching up to do in that regard.