Inside the four walls
or out, women are more commonly victimized and also abused, specially verbally
and emotionally, although sometimes even physically as well.
Status is not a matter; all are bonded to a same chord. Be it Poor or middle
class or a rich and powerful like Orpha Winfrey, all have a story to
tell. However, in every darkness there is light, it is heartwarming to see some
of these women are gone make it large, they simply can be called as path
breaker. My tribute to the one and only Tessy Thomas, the missile woman.
Agni – V
The successful test
launch of the missile is a major leap forward for India in the area of military
technology and military deterrent capability, making it the fifth country
in the world to possess such a technology.
Agni-5, with a
range of over 5,000 km, is a three-stage, all solid fuel powered, 17-metre
tall missile with capability to carry various forms of payload. It can be
launched from land-based mobile platform and has the capability of hitting
multiple targets.
In 19 April 2012
at 8.07 am, the Agni V was successfully test-fired by DRDO from Wheeler Island
off the coast of Orissa .
Tessy Thomas
Having broken
through glass ceilings in various professions, women in the country now have
another reason to celebrate as one from amongst them is set to head a key
missile project. The Government has announced the path-breaking
appointment of 45-year-old defence scientist, Dr. Tessy Thomas,
one of around 200 women scientists and technicians working for the Defence
Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), as project director of the
upgraded version of the 2000 km intermediate range nuclear capable ballistic
missile, Agni-II.
Dr. Thomas is currently associate project director of
the 3,000 km range Agni-III missile project.
Tessy Thomas is
from Alappuzha, Kerala. She
was born to a small-businessman and mother was a homemaker. She did her engineering graduation from Government Engineering
College , Thrissur.
She grew up near a rocket launching station and says her fascination with
rockets and missiles began then. She also has an M.Tech in Guided Missile from the
Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, Pune. She was named after Mother
Teresa, the late Nobel laureate.
She is married to Saroj
Kumar, now a commodore in the Indian Navy and they have a son, Tejas an engineering student who shares his name
with India's indigenously developed light combat aircraft, also made by the DRDO.
In a glowing tribute in 2008, The Indian Woman Scientists Association did not
forget to mention that "like most women Tessy Thomas also does a
tight-rope walk between home and career, between being a mother and a scientist
who is dedicated to her job. "We feel Tessy Thomas serves as a role
model and an inspiration for women scientists to achieve their dreams and have
their feet planted in both worlds successfully," the group said.
Thomas, was also part of the team that was
involved in the post-test analysis of the failed firing of the first Agni-III
missile. She said there were some shortcomings in the missile which were
overcome resulting in a smooth flawless test.
!!!A 5000+ range missile and a bunch of Weaker Sex, Fairer one whatever you call them,
it is reality.!!!
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