Anandibai Joshi, India’s first female physician was a trailblazer. In spite of being married to a man twenty years older than her, who was a hypocrite and pretended to be liberal, Anandibai defied the prevailing patriarchal conventions and set sail to America to become the first Indian female MD physician in the year 1886. Hers was not an ordinary feat. Her achievement paved the way for Indian women to look beyond the household. It freed them from the shackles of restrictions and compulsions. It proved that a woman can have an identity other than that of a mother, a wife and a daughter. That she can be her own self… an individual.

It has been 150 years since then. Have things really changed? Are the Indian women free? Free from the drudgery of the household chores? Is she free to think of her own desires, wishes and needs? Is she free from her constant need of validation and approval from the men in her life? Yes, there has been progress… in terms of education, career, lifestyle choices… but can we say the same about our attitude and our mind set?

Dr. Anandibai - Like, Comment, Share tries to answer these questions.