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Shanti Tigga’s is a story that deserves to be told. The widowed 35-year-old mother of two volunteered for the Territorial Army (TA) in 2013 while being employed with the Railways as a points-man and posted at Chalsa station in Jalpaiguri district (West Bengal). “I joined Railways in 2005, on compensatory ground after my husband passed away.”
Reportedly, Tigga always dreamt of joining the Army. “At that time, I was not aware that no woman has ever joined the Army as personnel below officer rank. But that was hardly a deterrent,” she had told a portal.
When she joined Recruitment Training Camp (RTC), Tigga impressed one and all with her skills. “With her overall performance in the RTC including physical test, drill and firing, she was adjudged the best trainee,” an official had said.