These Women pursuing Unconventional Careers Prove There's no such Thing as a 'Man's' job

Gokhale is a Indian woman priest who had broken the age old tradition of male persons taking up priesthood. In the male dominated society, she followed her heart and recites shlokas, mantras and is a professional priest. She conducts pujas and prayers

Sunita, drives on the roads of Delhi that have recently ignited the fear of being dangerous for women. The recent attacks on women in Delhi had created uproar in the nation. Beating the fear is a bold Sunita who drives an auto to fend her daily bread and is as courageous as man.

This reminds us of Vidya Balan’s performance in the recent movie Bobby Jasoos that shows the difficulties in the life of a private detective. We all like to read detective stories and children and teenagers have been crazy fans of Miss Marple and Nancy Drew. Accomplishing the same is Rajani Pandit who began her Rajani Pandit Detective Services in 1991 and holds a record of solving around 20 cases every month.

Our bollywood has seen many women divas, and choreographers, stylists, designers, and the like. However, it is common to see a woman work infront of the camera than perform the backdrop job. Closer to home, we have Anjuli Shukla, who is a professional cinematographer and has won appreciation and laurels for her work. She has also bagged a National Award for her work in Kutty Srank.

In India, when it comes to the local transport, it has always been the men as drivers, who have made it there. However, these days we see women are also taking up driving jobs, for their daily bread. Prema Ramappa Nadapatti was the first female driver of the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC). This woman is also referred to as 'daredevil' by her colleagues.

Our society has still not been able to accept that women can’t work or take up bartending jobs. . However the metropolitan set up has changed this norm, and here is one woman Shatbhi Basu one of the most popular bartenders in India and she not only tends to the bar but also has mastered the craft.

Since very young she had developed a fetish for go-karting. She loved racing and her father was able to fulfill her wishes. Women racers all around the world have demystified speculations like only men can race ride or drive well. They have time and again proved it wrong. One such case is Alisha Abdullah who has won numerous accolades for our country. She is a biker cum a racer at the very young age of 27.