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Archana Kapoor Nagpal is an internationally published author of four books. She often participates in the short story competitions, and her winning stories are now part of international anthologies. She has seen her short stories, poems and Haiku published in other anthologies as well She has also been actively involved in the editing, proofreading and book designing of various anthologies. You can read more about her writing career at the below link: https://www.facebook.com/archanaknagpal/

Monday, May 30, 2011

We are proud of you, Nivedita!

I am posting this for my all readers who visit my blog globally. This is a moment of proud for every Indian and much more an Indian women. We have proved that we are not only good at making house a home but also great achievers in all fields of life. Hats off to Nivedita Chaudhary – an IAF officer. We are proud of you!

A  27-year-old Flight Lieutenant became the first woman from the Indian Air Force to scale 8848-metre-high world's tallest peak Mt Everest along with a male climber.

Nivedita Chaudhary, who is part of an 11-member all women IAF expedition, reached the summit at around 9 am after a gruelling four-hour climb along with her co-climber Corporal Raju Sindhu (26) from Haryana.

It was virtually a hat-trick for Indian climbers with as many as five summiting the Everest in the last two days. A Haryana couple Sushma and Vikas Kaushik scaled the peak yesterday along with Premlata Agrawal (48), who was the oldest Indian woman climber to achieve the feat.

The Air Force woman officer and the Corporal were accompanied by two Sherpa guides to the summit, according to Durga Bhandari, manager of Nepal office of Rimo Expeditions that arranged the expedition.

Reports said that more Indian Air Force women climbers and their male compatriots were preparing to launch more summit bids in the coming days.

The team, which is accompanied by a doctor and eight male support climbers, is led by Group Captain Narendra Kumar Dahiya.

All the women climbers in the IAF team are first timers to the Everest.

Proud to be a Indian and proud to be an Indian women…

CheersJ