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A Letter, A Dream, and Lady Cadet No. 1

This episode of the Anahita Speaker Series, features Major Priya Jhingan, one of the pioneering women who helped reshape the role of women in the Indian Army. She reflects on the letter she wrote to the Chief of Army Staff in the late 1980s asking why women could not serve in the Army, a question that would eventually become part of a historic shift in India's armed forces.

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By Sumbul Jahangeer and Major Priya Jhingan
Published on June 17, 2026

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