Educationist Dr Armaity Desai and veteran journalist and editor Bachi Karkaria were recognized for their work in gender and equality issues at the Laadli Awards 2024 at the Tata Theatre of the National Centre for the Performing Arts on October 10, 2024. Desai received the Laadli of the Century Award while Karkaria was presented the Laadli Lifetime Achievement Award.
Desai underlined how her parents, Tehmina and Sapur Desai, afforded her and her brother Xerxes, founder director of Titan Industries, with equal opportunities for personal freedom, outside-the-home activities and learning experiences. "This is as much my award as all my colleagues’ but......