In 1995 when Indraani Singh became India’s first female pilot to be Commander of an Airbus-300, she was an inspiration for young women. Yet the attractive pilot wondered how she could do more. A chance encounter with a vegetable vendor, who requested her to help him pay his daughter’s school fees, motivated Indraani to start Literacy India, a non-profit in Gurugram that provides education and vocational skills to children, youth and women from low-income homes.
Indraani first set up a mobile crèche for children of construction labour. The going was tough. . .