From Carpenter to Plumber! These women broke all the bonds for their financial freedom – News Day Express

When our country is celebrating the 75th festival of independence, it becomes necessary to talk about the change that has come in our society after years and these changes have brought women of the country. Today we are talking about those women, who did not care about the old thinking for their financial independence and made themselves self-reliant.

They chose those jobs which for some years were considered to be the work of men only. Just imagine, does a carpenter sister ever come to make your home sofa or cupboard or you go to a woman to make a washing machine at home. But now all this is happening and the common women of the country are doing it.

We have brought the stories of five such women of the country, who are doing unusual things despite living in a very normal family and environment.

Preeti Hinge

Preeti Hinge, a resident of Nagpur, has been running her business in the city under the name Jai Shree Ganesh Furniture for the last eight years. After learning woodworking from his father, he was always interested in this work. But she never thought that one day she would become a businesswoman due to this work.

After marriage, to support her husband, she started making furniture in a small shop. She is the first woman carpenter of her city and she is running this business well taking care of her three daughters.

Soon she is also going to open her big show room. She is so happy and successful with her financial independence that she is educating her three daughters on her own. For years, women were not coming forward, considering the work as the work of men only, with the courage and passion with which Preeti does that work, she is also showing a new avenue of employment to many more women.

After studying civil engineering, Shatabdi Sahu from Bhubaneswar chose a job that was not considered a womens job instead of taking up a job. But her work standing out from the crowd has earned her the title of the only female plumber trainer in Odisha today.

Usually, even a small tap in the house gets damaged, so we look for a plumber for months. But Shatabdi Sahu of Bhubaneshwar solves every problem like tap or leakage in her house along with neighbors house in a jiffy.

27-year-old Shatabdi, herself knows well the work of plumbing, as well as she has so far trained 1000 people in plumbing. Although till date not a single woman has come to him for training, but he wants women to adopt this work.

She has also received the award of Odishas only female plumber trainer by Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Skill Development, Government of India and all this was possible because she only listened to her heart for her financial independence.

Sita Devi from Gaya (Bihar) is working as an electrician since last 15 years and can fix everything from bulb to microwave. He had started this work under compulsion at one time. But today she does this work with pleasure. Because this work helped him to run the house in difficult times and also to make a new identity.

Sita Devi never went to school, but still manages to do all the work very easily. Actually, her husband Jitendra Mistry is an electrician. But due to health problems, he was unable to work, after which Sita took up the responsibility of the house and later taught her sons to make electric appliances.

The story of Sita proves that no work belongs to a woman or a man.

Santoshini Mishra of Sambalpur, even at the age of 74, works as a catering service in many weddings and other functions of the city. She is also providing employment to many through her catering agency.

About 40 years ago today, Santoshi Mishra of Sambalpur (Odisha) used to cook food in the house of others to take care of the expenses and responsibilities of her family.

At that time working outside the four walls of the house was a big deal. But troubled by the financial condition of the house, he had to go out to work under compulsion.

She says, Years ago, when people started catering, leaving the job of cooking in their homes, most of the catering businesses in the city were run by men. I also had to face many types of opposition from family and society. At one point of time, I was also finding it difficult to find a girl for my son.

But she continued to do her work by fighting every trouble and even today she does this work with pleasure and is completely self-sufficient.

Until recently, gardening was considered only a hobby. Nobody thought of it as a business option. Gardeners were also used for the work of plant nurseries or plant care. But today many women are running nursery business from home.

One such youth is Deepika Lakra of Jharkhand. Deepika Lakra, who lives in the government quarters in Ranchi, has a special love for gardening. She is growing a variety of ornamental plants as well as running a nursery.

Deepika is also running the YouTube channel of Gardening since the year 2017. But at that time due to college and studies, she could not make many videos. In the lockdown last year, he started uploading more videos, due to which the number of his subscribers also started increasing. Now she also earns some money through this, as well as preparing and selling some rare varieties of plants.

All these women living a self-reliant life have proved that achieving financial independence for them is not just to earn money, but to do the work which they enjoy doing and by which they can make their own identity.

Breaking every social shackles and stereotypes, leading a financially independent life and all these women The Better India Salute to

Editing: Archana Dubey

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