Leone: Hello friends. Today as part of International women's day we are going to interview Ms. Sujatha Modi. She has created many unions leaders. She belongs to a well-educated family and finished her education and she is working for the workers and lower level people. She started unions for such people's benefit and its successfully running from many years. It will be apt to interview her on this women's day. Hello mam. Sujatha: Hello. Leone: By hearing your name, we are able to make it out that you have come to this state from another state, well educated. Now you are working here. How did you get this motivation? S: From my very young age i knew that women are facing injustice. No matter whether they are at home or go out to work, they are facing so many issues. During my childhood, i used to see this and think why is this injustice happening in our society. I wanted to do something First i studied economics. Even while studying that i was searching for the reason for this. When i was a student i used to attend union meetings and participate in many types of protests. Every small experience gave to knowledge. So in 1999, i came to a decision to start a union so that women should get recognition. With that motive, i stated this union PTS. L: Thats great mam. How many members are there in this PTS which was started in 1999? S: While starting this union.... I remember so many things because joining people in initial stage was very difficult. In the first 3 years we were able to join only 300 members. After that many have joined. Now the union has grown and its working in 4 districts. More than 200 branches we have. Almost 20000 women workers have joined this union. I really feel proud. L: The huge banyan tree is hidden in seeds. In the same way when you started this union that too among the bottom level who doesn't know whom to trust. Build trust among such people and join them in union reaching 20000 is great thing. If 20000 women are members in union it means, 20000 families have joined union. Really its a great work. Congratulations Madam. Its difficult to include Sujatha Modi's 20 years journey in union in one single episode. So this will be continued to another episode.
