India’s 83-year-old protesting grandmother and the warrior queen who inspires her.
![[Illustration by Jawahir Al-Naimi and Muaz Kory/Global News Insight]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Womens-Series01.png?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Tavleen Tarrant is a freelance reporter and global citizen. She loves writing about politics, gender and labour rights. To see more of her work, go to https://tavleentarrant.journoportfolio.com/.
India’s 83-year-old protesting grandmother and the warrior queen who inspires her.
![[Illustration by Jawahir Al-Naimi and Muaz Kory/Global News Insight]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Womens-Series01.png?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
After my grandmother died, I turned to online tools to virtually piece together a part of her life she never discussed.
![The writer's grandmother, Abnash Kaur [Photo courtesy of Tavleen Tarrant]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/journey-3.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)