1. Deepika Padukone for calling out the Times Of India when they drew attention to her cleavage without her consent.
2. Gauahar Khan for her badass response to getting slapped for wearing a short dress.
3. These 2 college girls from Rohtak who responded to harassment by assaulting their culprits with a belt.
4. Sonakshi Sinha's response to this series of tweets by all round douchebag Kamaal R Khan.
I can't understand why no actress in Bollywood has butt like Kim Kardashian. It's totally disappointing.
He went on have a poll on which Bollywood actresses had the biggest butt.
Sonakshi responded with a poll of her own that obviously got the most RTs.
Please RT this if u think @kamaalrkhan is a woman disrespecting waste of space and deserves to be hung upside down and given 4 tight slaps.
Slay Sonakshi slaaay.
5. ISRO's women scientists that helped India successfully become the fourth country in the world to launch a satellite into orbit around Mars. #Casual
6. This group of women in Delhi that beat the shit out of the dick who was sexually harassing them.
7. Rani Tripathi who put her foot down against dowry by organising a sting operation.
8. Saina Nehwal for winning the Australian Open Super Series title.
9. These three single moms who are earning a livelihood and single-handedly educating their kids, all in the coolest way.
Single moms take to wheel to fuel dreams - http://t.co/vJ1rn5PsAS #Chennai
10. Priya, the rape survivor and India’s newest comic book hero.
11. This beautiful bunch of Indian women celebrating their boobs.
12. The five acid attack survivors who participated in a “Shoot for Beauty” campaign to regain their confidence and, more importantly, help countless other acid attack survivors regain theirs.
13. Veena Ashiya Chindlur who was being sexually harassed while on her daily jog, and didn't ignore her harasser like many of us do on a daily basis.
14. These female martial artists who started an all women only cab service to promote women's safety in Mumbai.
15. Laxmi, an acid attack survivor, who was awarded the US Secretary of State's International Women of Courage Award 2014, by FLOTUS Michelle Obama.
It isn't always easy being a woman in India. In fact, on a daily basis, it's pretty damn hard. So let's take a moment to celebrate the ladies who're trying to make it a little bit easier for us all. Here's to a safer, happier, even more badass 2015.
