Bengaluru :

It wasn’t only in Delhi that women took centre stage during the Republic Day celebrations.

While the all-women’s contingents of the Indian Army, Navy and Air Force stole the show at the Republic Day parade in Delhi,  Bengaluru girls also won many accolades in the Republic Day march past here.

The accomplishment could not have been more timely, considering that this year, the theme for the celebration is women’s empowerment.

The CRPF women’s team headed by Usha Shetty won second place in the march past in group one while the NCC girls and the Civil Defence girls’ teams won first and third place respectively in group three. The NCC girls’ team was headed by Ranjita Raj G while the Civil Defence team was headed by Pavithra Raghu. In group four too, two of the prizes were won by teams led by women, including SARS Carmel School (first) led by Hima Gowri and SARS Florence Public School (third) led by Bindushree. In group four, the first and second place was won by women-led teams, including Asha P of BMS College Ranger School and Gayatri Prabhakaran of Alpine Public School.

“The most difficult part was moving our hands and feet together with those beside and in front of us,” said Himashree, who participated in the march past.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> City> Bengaluru / by Express News Service / January 27th, 2015