New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) With warm hugs and handshakes under a pleasant spring sun with some delectable eats to add the extra zest, prominent women personalities -- including former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit and film stars of yore Hema Malini and Jaya Bachchan -- gathered at an event organised by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj here on Tuesday to mark International Women's Day.
Dressed in a light pink saree, Sushma Swaraj personally greeted all the invitees, including women media persons, and women officials of her ministry, with a warm handshake and a "Happy Women's Day!".
In fact, the few men present, including senior officials of the ministry, looked awkward amidst the overwhelming presence of women on the lawns of Jawaharlal Nehru Bhavan.
Attired in colourful and elegant sarees and salwar kameez, the women MPs and ministers mingled with the invited guests, including some women diplomats.
While Dikshit, Kirron Kher, Supriya Sule, Harsimrat Kaur Badal, and others chatted among themselves, union minister Maneka Gandhi stood apart. She was later joined by women journalists.
There was Shaina NC, the Bharatiya Janata Party's spokesperson, and minister Uma Bharati, attired in saffron, and Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan.
In a short speech, as "food for thought", before the eats began, Sushma Swaraj remarked that there was a "kind of imbalance" in society, with some women reaching the top positions as achievers, while there are many women who are underprivileged and exploited.
She said women should help extend a helping hand to remove the imbalance in society.
Sushma Swaraj later exchanged a warm hug with Sheila Dikshit.
International Women's Day is celebrated on March 8, but the minister held the event on Tuesday to mark the occasion.
The Nepalese government has announced the lifting of the ban on social media after violent protes
A few days ago, former Congress President Rahul Gandhi (Rahul Gandhi Death Threat) had given a st
The three-day meeting of the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) monetary policy review is starting tod
PM Modi launched PARAM Rudra supercomputer, which will get tremendous benefits; Know its 10 features
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched three Param Rudra supercomputers along with hig
Mumbai, ANI. The fast-growing corona infection cases in Maharashtra have raised the government's
EXCLUSIVE: From early days to the question of The Family Man 3, know what Manoj Bajpayee said
Bollywood's best actor Manoj Bajpayee is in a lot of headlines these days for the web series 'The
On Tuesday, Union Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said that the increase in oil prices in t
Delhi Chief Minister and AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal's meeting with the entrepreneurs of the metr
Maharashtra Political Crisis: The politics of Maharashtra is standing at a new juncture today. Th
Income Tax officials raid GIP mall in Noida
Noida, March 10 (IANS) Income tax (IT) officials on Tuesday conducted a raid at offices of the
