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.
Today once again hearing in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case was held in the Supreme Court. This
The teams of Pakistan and Australia will face each other in the second semi-final of the T20 Worl
MNS chief Raj Thackeray held a press conference amid loudspeaker controversy and fears of arrest.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar broke ties with the country's largest party BJP and once again
The heatwave has started increasing again in Delhi NCR. If the temperature is increasing rapidly,
In Maha Kumbh, devotees are also fulfilling the pledge of cleanliness. From 13 to 31 January, 31.
The second phase of the Navy's most famous Malabar exercise in the Bay of Bengal began today. Thi
Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi reached Haridwar on Saturday to give the edge to the party
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has finally issued a statement on the 'handshake
Police have arrested a suspect suspected of a violent shooting in Detroit, Michigan. Detroit Poli
